applesauce
noun
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English offers a smorgasbord of words for nonsense, some of which are better known as words for food. We have baloney, spinach, rhubarb, and toffee, not to mention full of beans. And if none of those offerings are to your taste, you can say that's pure banana oil! Seemingly innocuous applesauce was first introduced to this menu back in the early 20th century. Back then, there may have been some bias against the real stuff. Poet Wallace Stevens’s turn-of-the-century description of a meal consisting of "some unnameable smathering of greasy fritters . . . and of course the inevictable applesauce" shows a lack of respect that must have been shared by others.
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Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
One item that the commissary list does not include is applesauce, which his lawyer and one witness testified Combs loves and would put on his cheeseburgers.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
Choose from traditional Thanksgiving entrees such as roast turkey ($29) with giblet dressing, broiled ham steak ($29) with pineapple ring, half Muscovy duckling ($31) with applesauce, or broasted chicken ($29) with cranberry sauce.
—Elaine Rewolinski, jsonline.com, 3 Nov. 2025
The fancy name of this 1991 casserole led us to take a closer look at its special ingredients—coconut and applesauce.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2025
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“Applesauce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/applesauce. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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