In case anyone out there is running short of applesauce, that oh-so-popular Pennsylvania Dutch dinnertime favorite, Kauffman’s has oodles of seconds of popular sauce apples – Golden Delicious, Crispin, Granny Smith, Stayman, and more.
What are “seconds” of apples? Apples of 2nd-rate quality. There are 3 classes of apples, regardless of variety:
- Tree-run, which describes apples straight from the orchard that have not yet been sorted and graded by size or quality or color;
- Grade A, which are apples ready for fresh market sale. They are premium in quality, are washed, and are usually sorted further by size;
- Seconds, which are apples that have insect bites, bruises, odd shape, off color, holes poked by stems of other apples, etc. Any blemish on a “seconds” apple can easily be cut out; seconds are washed and are fine for eating and especially suited well for processing (like for applesauce).
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