Weak Sauce
I like applesauce, especially fine textured applesauce. While at Trader Joe’s the other day, I was sorely tempted by two varieties of fruit sauce I had not tasted before. I impulsively snapped up a jar of pearsauce and a jar of spiced chunky applesauce. This was a mistake, and now I know that I do not like chunky applesauce or pearsauce.
The texture of the pearsauce was horrible. Pears have that sorta hard grainy texture near the core and this does not mix well with the somewhat gooey nature of the outer parts of the pear. I think the texture was the main thing that drove me away, although I didn’t like the overly sweet taste either. The chunky applesauce was not quite as bad, but I realized I don’t like having big chunks of apple in my applesauce. The chunks are typically not as sweet as the rest of the applesauce which is a bit off-putting. Bunky suggested that the applesauce would have been better with a meal. I think she could be right, but I still didn’t like the chunky applesauce.
By teahouseblossom, 3/27/2008 @ 9:35 pm
Hmm..I’m surprised that the pear sauce was no good. Had I seen it at Trader Joe’s, I undoubtedly would have picked up a jar of it as well!