Some advice still holds true today.
Other tips we hope you'll at least find amusing. Baked sweet apples are a very pleasing addition to a saucer of oatmeal pudding, and when served with sweet cream they are very appetizing. Thousands of bushels of sour apples are used for pies and puddings in hundreds of families, where well-baked apples would prove more nourishing food and much more economical. They are good food for old people, and are usually greatly relished by them. Dry them slowly in the oven, put in a large jar, and in winter throw a handful on the fire of an evening.