FWIW, the way to make apple pie without canning stuff is to buy apples (generally green ones, since you're going to add sugar), core and slice them into thinnish slices (with or without peeling them, usually people do) and then put the spices and the apple bits together in a bowl and mix until they turn sludgy, and then put the whole thing in the pie crust.
I usually do mine with a bit of sugar, some cinnamon, and maybe some nutmeg if I'm feeling adventurous. Oh, and sometimes a bit of lemon juice to keep the apples from turning funny colors while I'm puttering around.
I find that an easy way to explain to people how things taste like colors is with candy -- Skittles are the most blatant example. It's not quite the same as it is for spices, because they're more subtle, but I think it gets the idea across.
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I usually do mine with a bit of sugar, some cinnamon, and maybe some nutmeg if I'm feeling adventurous. Oh, and sometimes a bit of lemon juice to keep the apples from turning funny colors while I'm puttering around.
I find that an easy way to explain to people how things taste like colors is with candy -- Skittles are the most blatant example. It's not quite the same as it is for spices, because they're more subtle, but I think it gets the idea across.