Have you ever made applesauce?

Aslowhiteguy · December 01, 2013, 02:35:17 PM

I made some in the slow cooker on Friday. I'll never buy it from the store again.
It's easy to make. And I wish the way it made the entire house smell would linger forever.

RioG · December 01, 2013, 02:43:41 PM

I canned jars and jars this fall. dh is currently out to get me a peeler/corer so I can do the bushel we picked from his dads tree a month ago. I'm with you... will never buy it again.

Aslowhiteguy · December 01, 2013, 03:44:26 PM

Quote from: RioG on December 01, 2013, 02:43:41 PM
I canned jars and jars this fall. dh is currently out to get me a peeler/corer so I can do the bushel we picked from his dads tree a month ago. I'm with you... will never buy it again.

ive got to get one of those. it may be a kitchen gadget that i'd actually use.

diablita · December 01, 2013, 04:00:24 PM

This one?

I have one and it's VERY handy. I make applesauce AND buy it because we can never have enough in the house.

Aslowhiteguy · December 01, 2013, 04:06:46 PM

Does that one peel and core? It looks like it just cores.
I think there is one that peels, cores and slices.

Run Amok · December 01, 2013, 05:02:48 PM

mmm my fave. I have a huge bag of apples I need to sauce right now. I leave the skins on!

Run Amok · December 01, 2013, 05:03:17 PM

I like mine chunky but you can actually leave the skins and cores in if you run it through a food mill.

Ice Cream · December 01, 2013, 05:12:46 PM

all the time. Unpeeled apples.

Aslowhiteguy · December 01, 2013, 08:17:31 PM

If you make it in a crock pot, like I did, how to you deal the skin?
I'm not using a blender or anything after it's cooked. I just mashed them. I wanted the chunks.

diablita · December 01, 2013, 10:01:56 PM

peels and cores. while the ring-looking piece cores the apple, the extended arm below and to the left peels it.

Run Amok · December 01, 2013, 10:02:20 PM

Apple skins are edible!

Ice Cream · December 02, 2013, 07:05:46 AM

Quote from: Run Amok on December 01, 2013, 10:02:20 PM
Apple skins are edible!

and the healthiest part of the apple... most fiber.

caribougrrl · December 02, 2013, 07:06:46 AM

I don't peel or core... just wash and roughly cut up. I run it through a food mill after cooking.

Ice Cream · December 02, 2013, 12:59:49 PM

Quote from: caribougrrl on December 02, 2013, 07:06:46 AM
I don't peel or core... just wash and roughly cut up. I run it through a food mill after cooking.

you don't get rid of the core?

caribougrrl · December 02, 2013, 01:10:38 PM

Quote from: Ice Cream on December 02, 2013, 12:59:49 PM
you don't get rid of the core?

the mill presses the pulp through but retains the skin, seeds, stems, paper bits of the cores