The Apple Of My Eye

Published: Nov. 6, 2019, 8 p.m.

One of GamerDude's oldest\xa0memories is of his grandmother making homemade applesauce. He talks about how he helped out with the cutting and peeling of apples when he was a kid, and the wonderful smell that fills the house when cooking homemade applesauce.\n\nHe also talks about his first paying job, which was at an apple orchard. He learned all about apple-picking, and climbing ladders in the orchards, and how to stay out of the trees so as to avoid damaging them.\xa0 He also leaned how to drive a tractor, and load "drops" from the orchard for use in the cider press.\xa0 He also explains how they made cider, at least back in the day.\n\nHe also gives a recipe for basic, easy, homemade applesauce, and\xa0provides some variations for the "jazz" cook in the audience.