3256 Cider

I am sure I have seen bulghar wheat in Conad, but I think I see a lot of things and when I go back I can never find them:confused: The one thing I can never find is cider, maybe it is on the same shelve as the parsnips. I usually pick some up as I pass though France or Germany.

Thanks for that, I will have a look in Conad. Cider is so useful and I have a great reciepe for apples cooked in it.

I can't say I have ever looked for cider, but a surprising place to get "non-Italian" foodstuffs is Lidl - being of German ancestry they tend to have a more European view of their customers' requirements.
Do not believe Mark - parsnips are entirely unavailable in Italy!!! (No great loss in my opinion)

Have you tried the Co-ops? They seem to stock a lot of German products (at least the one in Rome does).

I fail to believe that the Italians are not aware of a drink that's made from fruit & contains alcohol................from what I've found, they're been there, made it & drunk it with most beverages(!)

Well, good ole Goole provided a few indications of the regions for cider:
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[*][url=http://www.initaly.com/regions/valdsta/calendar.htm]Aosta[/url]
[*][url=http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/bob.wallis/ciderperrylist.html]A general comment that a Yorkshire based cider firm has adopted the Northern Italian practises of cider making[/url]
[*][url=http://www.initaly.com/regions/xmas/market1.htm]Trentino-Alto Adige
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[*]I won't bore you with the DataMonitor report in Cider sales & consumption in Italy 2005 ;)
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...so it looks like you'll have to buy a press & get [i]scrumping[/i]!

Hi
the only cider we have found was in Carrefour - they had a dry or a sweet french cider. Haven't seen it in Lidl yet. However, there is a town near us (Cavour) which has a big "Apple Festival" once a year. Last year they reintroduced italian cider. Heres the site:
[url]http://www.slowfoodtorino.com/con_pinerolo/programmi/pinerolo_05_10a.htm[/url]
Karen

[QUOTE=Relaxed]I can't say I have ever looked for cider, but a surprising place to get "non-Italian" foodstuffs is Lidl - being of German ancestry they tend to have a more European view of their customers' requirements.
Do not believe Mark - parsnips are entirely unavailable in Italy!!! (No great loss in my opinion)[/QUOTE]

Oh my God!! how can you say that parsnips are no great loss? It is funny, of all the foods I thought I would miss, I would never have included parsnips. But now it is the first thing I want whenever I go back, along with sausages and brown sauce.

I found a place that has directions for making your own cider. Perhaps this may be an interesting thing to do if you have a lot of apple trees and want to do something with the large quanities of apples. :)

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[QUOTE=Markcarter]Oh my God!! how can you say that parsnips are no great loss? It is funny, of all the foods I thought I would miss, I would never have included parsnips. But now it is the first thing I want whenever I go back, along with sausages and brown sauce.[/QUOTE]

Parsnips were also hard to get where I grew up - apparently they were unprofitable to grow as the germination rate was low and erratic. We used to see them only occasionally in the winter months and my mother would buy whatever she could lay her hands on and turn it into soup. Years later after moving to the UK I discovered roast parsnips - pure heaven!

If unavailable commercially in Italy why not try to grow them?

Try "The Red Lion" in Viareggio. If you google it you will get a great video.

[quote=Sano;28259]Parsnips were also hard to get where I grew up - apparently they were unprofitable to grow as the germination rate was low and erratic. We used to see them only occasionally in the winter months and my mother would buy whatever she could lay her hands on and turn it into soup. Years later after moving to the UK I discovered roast parsnips - pure heaven!

If unavailable commercially in Italy why not try to grow them?[/quote]

I have tried to grow them in Massa but as they need a frost I think one needs to live further up the mountain. I see no reason why they shouldn't grow around the snowline.
Doug.

Made some 20 litres of cider last year with the same equipment they use around here for grapes, a crusher and one of those basket presses. It turned out delicious albeit rather potent at about 11.5%!

[quote=madcapdoug;114437].........as they need a frost ............Doug.[/quote]

Are you sure?

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I tried to juice some apples a couple of years ago. I broke my baby wine press and then my car jack trying to crush the chopped apples. Tough wotsits! Maybe I'll retry with older manky apples this year. There is a lovely relatively cheap apple juice from the north, available in Iper at Civitanova and somebody on this forum makes cider in Abruzzo. If you sell it, can you please PM me with a price? A trip south could be on the cards!

they don't need frost but are much better if they have experienced it - a piece of wisdom from my mum long deceased

[quote=F Bower;114492]they don't need frost but are much better if they have experienced it .........[/quote]

Ah - like Brussel Sprouts.

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Hi Gailsomers,

We can get Magners cider in an Irish bar here at Lake Garda, €4.50 for a small bottle but worth every cent. If you are lucky to have an Irish bar near you , why not ask there in there.
Cheers

Auds:laughs: