Sqwertz wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Fri, 30 Jun 2017 14:06:10 -0400, Gary wrote:
>
> > You've never heard of apple butter, so common in usa grocery stores
> > forever. I haven't bought any in 100 years but I do remember liking
> > it. Spread on buttered toast just like you would do with jam or
> > jelly.
> >
> > It's pretty good but nothing to run right out to try.
>
> Apple bButter is mostly a Eastern AMISH thang. Also along those same
> lines are spiced apple rings. Skin-on cored apple rings in a
> artificially red, sugary, clove-allspice-cinnamon brine. I haven't
> had either in probably 36 years. I would taste them again for
> nostalgia's sake, but not buy them.
>
> -sw

So very wrong there. Apple Butter may also be made by the Amish, but it
is not an Amish thing, other than they also make it.

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