SC - Apple butter

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Barbara Sall wrote:
> 
> Could someone tell me if apple butter is a period or modern food?  My
> daughter and I both like apple butter a lot.
> Kirsten

I vaguely recall that it is an American Colonial food, created in its
present form by either English or Dutch colonists lacking regular sugar
supplies to make the more typical Elizabethan fruit pastes and cheeses.

Adamantius
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Phil & Susan Troy

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