The Basics Series - Homemade Applesauce Applesauce is one of the first things I remember helping with when I was a kid. Both my Mom and and grandmother made it, sometimes together, and it was often the kids' job to squish the apples through the old fashioned chinois/food press with the wooden pestle. I don't know what has become of the chinois, but I still have Grandma's pestle - handy for all sorts of percussive tasks in the kitchen, though because of that, I admit it is a bit the worse for ... Read More about Homemade Applesauce