Ok you have a pie-making hubby, mimitabby.

My dearie..is really into making his own applesauce. After calculating how much it costs to feed his sugarless applesauce fix from store, he started to make the stuff every wk. for himself.

It's good, creative stuff....he buys a whole bag of apples at discount, chops it all up..and tosses in whatever his heart desires: fresh ginger root, cinnamon, crushed aniseed (it's a lovely addition), cardamon, nutmeg and sometimes fresh mint. It's a huge soup stockpot bubbling away..

EAts it all up every week with his daily yogurt. He gets real sensitive when I help myself to huge gobs of it.

For his birthday next month, I've bought one of his gifts....a real apple-peeling machine.