Colonial Sense: Apple Butter Making (Practiced by the Pennsylvania Germans) - 0 views
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Geoffrey Reiss on 03 Nov 11It may be safely said that applebutter is an American dish, and specialized still more, a Pennsylvania German one. Rarely do we hear of applebutter being made in the Southern or New England States, in the early part of the nineteenth century. In Pennsylvania, however, as the apples turned rosy red in the fall, the thoughts of farmers turned to applebutter, and in many cases the making of it was the excuse for a regular frolic, a welcome change in the monotonous life of the farmer's family.