# Pork Chops and Apple Sauce **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 25, 2010, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-chops-and-apple-sauce/530351 "2010-02-25T02:35:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-chops-and-apple-sauce/530351/21 "2010-02-25T15:31:19Z")
Sometimes I make a sauce for pork by mixing applesauce, molasses and ginger with a little salt and pepper and heating the mixture in a saucepan. This is a variation of a recipe that appeared, amazingly enough, on the back of a jar of Mott’s applesauce. Works on pork chops and roasts pretty well. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-chops-and-apple-sauce/530351/22 "2010-02-25T15:33:03Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > Y’all are crazy, stupid, or both. Pork chops go with sauerkraut. Now let that be the end of this nonsense. Yes, they do. But I always get the biggest smiles in my house by cooking pork chops or a loin with red cabbage and apples. ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-chops-and-apple-sauce/530351/23 "2010-02-25T15:33:26Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > Y’all are crazy, stupid, or both. Pork chops go with sauerkraut. Now let that be the end of this nonsense. I’m just stupid. Also, fried apples go with pork chops. What’s the matter with you people? ---
**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-chops-and-apple-sauce/530351/24 "2010-02-25T15:41:21Z")
> [@Perciful](#): > > “Pork chops and Applesauce” came from an old ‘Brady Bunch’ episode. As kids we used to immitate Alice when we had it for dinner. Thanks for posting this. I’ve been fighting the urge since this thread started in fear of having to answer a “What’s the Brady Bunch?” question. - It was Peter Brady who said it. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-chops-and-apple-sauce/530351/25 "2010-02-25T15:43:02Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Goodness, I can imagine it took 16 posts to mention TBB. > Actually, IIRC it was the middle son (momentary brainfart) doing his Jimmy Cagney imitation, saying _“Pork Chops and apple sauce.”_ So you can’t just say it, you have to say it imitating the Brady kid imitating Jimmy Cagney. _Peter_ was convinced his personality was boring so he wanted to change it. While watching an old Humphrey Bogart movie (_not_ Cagney!) he decided that his new personality would entail talking like Bogie. He subsequently asked Alice what was for dinner, and when she replied “Pork chops and applesauce,” he repeated back in his Bogie-voice: “Pork chopsh… and appleshaush… That’s shwell.” Sheesh, get it right, people! ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-chops-and-apple-sauce/530351/26 "2010-02-25T15:53:24Z")
Bone-in, Chicken fried, with taters or rice and gravy, or with beans & cornbread. No fruits or vegetables come in contact with the pork chops. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-chops-and-apple-sauce/530351/27 "2010-02-25T16:06:26Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > Y’all are crazy, stupid, or both. Pork chops go with sauerkraut. Now let that be the end of this nonsense. I’m going to blow your mind - it is not only possible but tasty to put APPLES into the SAUERKRAUT. ---
**Author:** ![Xgemina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/b5e925/32.png) [@Xgemina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xgemina)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-chops-and-apple-sauce/530351/28 "2010-02-25T16:08:28Z")
> [@An\_Arky](#): > > Bone-in, Chicken fried, with taters or rice and gravy, or with beans & cornbread. No fruits or vegetables come in contact with the pork chops. This was how it was at my house growing up. Usually mashed taters and gravy. Would never think of putting apple sauce on the pork chops. Now, pork roast (usally slow cooked in a crockpot), on the other hand, that came with carrots, taters AND apple sauce on the side. ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-chops-and-apple-sauce/530351/29 "2010-02-25T16:08:37Z")
It goes with gravy. I don’t get what’s with all the fruit/meat combinations. Other than ham/pineapple its all weird. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-chops-and-apple-sauce/530351/30 "2010-02-25T16:13:03Z")
It’s nothing more complicated than pork and apple compliment each other - it’s probably because pork has a slight fatty taste, and the acidity of apple balances it out. ---
**Author:** ![Perciful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Perciful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perciful)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-chops-and-apple-sauce/530351/31 "2010-02-25T16:40:53Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Goodness, I can imagine it took 16 posts to mention TBB. > Actually, IIRC it was the middle son (momentary brainfart) doing his Jimmy Cagney imitation, saying _“Pork Chops and apple sauce.”_ So you can’t just say it, you have to say it imitating the Brady kid imitating Jimmy Cagney. I forgot it was a Jimmy Cagney imitation. “Pawk Chaps n Apple sass”!:o ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-chops-and-apple-sauce/530351/32 "2010-02-25T17:31:35Z")
> [@UncleFred](#): > > Second, was there ever, or is there now, any justification for this? > > I’ve always assumed it had to do with a fear of trichinosis, but that’s just a guess. Second part first - no, of course not. There is nothing magically anti-helminthic about apples. > [@](#): > > First, is this a widespread belief? I don’t know about widespread, but it isn’t unique to you. I know a woman in her late 40’s who was told by her mother that you had to eat applesauce with your pork or “you’d get worms.” She held onto that notion well into adulthood. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-chops-and-apple-sauce/530351/33 "2010-02-25T18:38:09Z")
> [@UncleFred](#): > > I’ve always assumed it had to do with a fear of trichinosis, but that’s just a guess. > [@LSLGuy](#): > > The whole applesauce thing dates from when our parents & before used to cook pork to utter over-well-doneness. You needed something with a lot of wetness to make the resulting leather edible. So this pretty much answers the question: The pork was horribly overcooked due to trichinosis fears, and the applesauce was moist enough to make the result edible. Add a little confusion into the mix and you get the nonsensical idea that applesauce is required to safely eat pork chops. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-chops-and-apple-sauce/530351/34 "2010-02-25T18:53:50Z")
> [@UncleFred](#): > > I Often if you ask why they’ll reply that either “you’ll get sick if you skip the apple sauce” If this is true, then it’s a slow sickness over like 80 years or something. In my mid 40’s, and have eaten pork chops all my life without applesauce. I must just now be in the middle beginnings of the pork chop ex applesauce sickness. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-chops-and-apple-sauce/530351/35 "2010-02-25T19:03:21Z")
> [@UncleFred](#): > > … pork chops with apple sauce. … Don’t forget to say this in a Humphrey Bogart voice. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-chops-and-apple-sauce/530351/36 "2010-02-25T19:28:28Z")
Just to throw this into what now appears to be a “cooking pork” thread, apricot preserves mixed with horseradish makes for a damned tasty pork loin glaze. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-chops-and-apple-sauce/530351/37 "2010-02-26T00:52:15Z")
Smeghead: Yum! This thread inspired me to make pork chops and apple sauce. The pork was seasoned lightly with a little Lawry’s seasoned salt and baked, and the apple sauce was Musselman’s chunky. Add some mashed potato and it was good. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-chops-and-apple-sauce/530351/38 "2010-02-26T03:36:59Z")
Moving fro GQ to Cafe Society. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-chops-and-apple-sauce/530351/39 "2010-02-26T03:55:46Z")
Ya know what I miss that would sometimes be served as an edible garnish with porkchops in a Restaurant or diner setting? Those bright red, pickled, [spiced apple rings](http://www.google.com/search?q=spiced+apple+rings&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a). Haven’t eaten one in about 15 years or longer, I remember one place even had them on their salad bar, they go surprisingly well with a leafy green salad for some strange reason. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-chops-and-apple-sauce/530351/40 "2010-02-26T03:56:21Z")
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