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Cindy Hamilton > wrote:
> On Friday, October 14, 2016 at 9:38:40 AM UTC-4, Janet wrote:
>> In article >,
>> says...
>>>
>>> On Thursday, October 13, 2016 at 8:46:48 PM UTC-4, Janet wrote:
>>>> In article >, gravesend10
>>>> @verizon.net says...
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 13 Oct 2016 17:22:15 -0400, Dave Smith
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2016-10-13 4:21 PM, Bruce wrote:
>>>>>>> In article >, Cheri says...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Don't make me laugh. Just look at this thread, Cheri, and count how
>>>>>>>>>> many Americans can make a pie. All Americans do is open a can of
>>>>>>>>>> filling, add ready made, ready rolled pastry, serve it with some ersatz
>>>>>>>>>> spray foam crap then say you'd rather buy one ready made by Swansons.
>>>>>>>>>> No wonder you've all got soggy bottoms.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Don't judge American cooks by how you do things with your soggy Brit brain.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> She's right. Where would you be without your supermarkets, your sugary
>>>>>>> prefab products, your ready-made sauces and your cheap industry meats?
>>>>>>> If there's one thing this newsgroup taught me, it's how reluctant you
>>>>>>> are to use real ingredients.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How many in here can even make a pie from scratch?
>>>>>
>>>>> I've made thousands... I don't care much for pie but it was my job so
>>>>> I made pies for nearly 400 from absolute scratch... and not one person
>>>>> ever complained other than they didn't get enough. The best apple pie
>>>>> is made with dehy apples...
>>>>> Apple Pie Filling from Dehydrated Apples
>>>>
>>>> I rest my case.
>>>>
>>>> Janet UK
>>>
>>> Dried apples have a long tradition. How else would our pioneers have
>>> made sweets in the winter?
>>
>> Pioneers knew from their European homes that fresh apples will store
>> all winter in a cool frost-free place like a coldroom or root cellar,
>> just like potatoes, onions,carrots etc.
>>
>> Janet UK
>
> I imagine they preserved them both ways. Surely some climatic
> conditions were not suitable for cellaring.
>
> I haven't looked for cellared apples, but I have found some allegedly early
> recipes for dried apple pie.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>

Not to mention, bushels of whole apples would have consumed a lot of space
on wagons of the pioneers traveling west. For those pioneers, apples were
dried.

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jinx the minx