Oma's Chunky Applesauce: Food IS Love...plus 8 Real Reasons for "An Apple A Day"

To my Oma (meaning “grandma” in German), food was love and feeding her family truly gave her so much joy.  Most of my earliest memories of her revolved around food—the shopping, the cooking, the serving, the presentation and, ultimately, the dining. Food was a blessing and good food was a joyous occasion.  As a very skinny child, as well as being her first grandchild, I posed a feeding challenge to her that brought out a determination in her that wouldn’t quit.  Oma wasn’t satisfied until I finished everything on my plate and then, two more, extra forkfuls were produced out of thin air.  Even though getting me to eat seemed to be her mission in life, it usually wasn’t much of a problem because she always made me everything that I loved.  Results were guaranteed in this way and it was a win-win for both of us!  

Most adoring grandma’s love to serve their grandchildren their favorite foods—to describe Oma in that way would wildly understate her obsession and downright vigilance in feeding her children and grandchildren and great-granchildren.  If feeding gave her joy, then the converse was even more true—when you didn’t eat what she served you, a serious inquisition ensued, followed by a relentless, nagging technique so persuasive that it was just easier to give in and eat. 

Virtually everything Oma cooked was prepared in the same way that she had done so in pre-WWII Austria—fresh or unprocessed, from scratch, without shortcuts or artificial anything. Time had stood still in Oma’s kitchen! One of my favorite things that she always served with every meal was her applesauce.  This applesauce was nothing like the jarred stuff at the supermarket....

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