Dear Canada: A step back in time

INGREDIENTS:

• 9 medium-sized sour apples
• 16 ounces of sliced sweet apples (like Gala, Golden Delicious, or Rome apples)
• Sugar equal to half the weight of the apples
• Apple cider or water
• Spices to taste (cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves)

DIRECTIONS:

* Make sure to get a grown-up's permission to use the stove!

Pare, core and slice the sour apples; then add both the sour and sweet apples to a pot.

Add cider (or water) until it comes nearly to the top of the apples and let cook, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon.

When the apples are soft and well broken up, add the sugar and spice to taste and stir constantly until of the consistency of marmalade.

Cool the mixture and then treat yourself and a friend to an old-fashioned breakfast!