Quote Originally Posted by funfishers View Post
When I was a young man (many years ago) I had apple butter and thought it was delicious.
My wife says it is just cooked down applesauce and I say no it's better than that!
What is apple butter?
Well, you are correct, your wife is wrong, knows little about apple butter. Or maybe that's the way it is made in Indiana? Or do folks make it in Indiana?
We're hillbillies from the Ozarks. We make a 30 gallon copper kettle full, works out to about 210 pints when done. Apple sauce does not require 14-15 hours of constant stirring over a hot open fire to cook down and concentrate the apple flavor. Apple sauce does not have 90-100 lbs of sugar in it (yep, 90-100). Or one ounce of pure oil of cinnamon. Some add other spices, we do not.
Try putting apple sauce on a hot buttered biscuit. Can't do that where I'm from, against the law, you'll get arrested for ruining a good biscuit.