Suppose you want a mushy apple!
Things Required:
2 apples
Water
Parer (optional)
Knife
Pot with cover
1/4 cup of water
1 teaspoonful of lemon juice or dash of cinnamon and nutmeg
Directions:
Wash both apples, peel them and cut them in four sections. Cut away the core and slice each quarter into cubes. Cook the pieces in a small amount of water in a covered pot until they are tender. Add the cinnamon and nutmeg or the lemon juice and cook a few minutes longer.
This Is What Happens:
You have apple sauce.
Science Behind It:
With the peel removed, the pectin-the cementing material between cells that stiffens the fruit-dissolves. The water inside the cells of the apple swells, bursts the cell walls, and the flesh of the fruit softens. An apple turns into apple sauce.
