On Fri, 30 Jun 2017 18:25:07 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2017-06-30 5:13 PM, Bruce wrote:
>
>> I'm from a country with lots of apple trees, where apple sauce is
>> children's second most popular food item after mother's milk, but I've
>> never heard of or seen apple butter.
>>
>> So you're all making it up.
>
>I grew up a little neighbourhood with apple orchards on two sides if it
>and many more in the area. I never knew about apple butter until I met
>my wife. She likes to have it on hand. I don't care for the stuff.

I stopped eating most sweet stuff on bread many years ago, so I
haven't had apple butter for years, but it's very traditionally Dutch
(amongst other countries, no doubt).