applesauce

A bowl of applesauce

Applesauce (or apple sauce) is a purée that is made from stewed and mashed apples. It can use peeled or unpeeled apples and a variety of spices or additives such as cinnamon. Applesauce can be fine or coarse textured, and may include large chunks of apple. It is easily produced at home, and commercial versions are readily available in supermarket stores (and online supermarket stores) as a common food. It may be packaged in jars made of glass, plastic or any ceramic material. It is also sold in small plastic cups for kids, snack, or lunchtime.

In the United Kingdom, applesauce is not usually served as a dish on its own, but, as the name suggests, as a sauce. This usually accompanies a main course meat, and is most often paired with ham, pork, or gammon. Swedes normally eat applesauce as a condiment for roast pork and for breakfast foods, such as oatmeal, muesli, and a buttermilk-like product called filmjölk.

Applesauce is used on Hanukah as a sauce for latkes topped with cinnamon to give it more flavor.

Applesauce is often consumed as food for babies, since it does not require the use of teeth. It is sometimes recommended to combat diarrhea, since it is high in dietary fiber.

It is also often used for the consumption of pills by the elderly not only due to the ability to mask the taste of medicine, but also because it requires use of the masticulatory muscles and is thus an excellent aide for the purpose of swallowing.nds-nl:Appelsmotse

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