SC - Finally going to cook something period!!!

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Martinelli's, the same people who put out that nice carbonated, non-alcoholic
apple juice which we use for special occasions that call for 'bubbly' but
someone cannot or should not have alcohol.

Christine A Seelye-King wrote:

> There is a brand of apple juice that is sold in clear glass jugs that are
> shaped like an apple.  The name of the brand escapes me just now, and it
> is not the most inexpensive of apple juice products, but it would make a
> lovely visual effect.
> Christianna
>
> On Sat, 26 Aug 2000 00:35:22 -0400 Tara Sersen <tsersen at nni.com> writes:
> > Greetings.
> >
> > I need some OOP but food-related advice.
> >
> > My fiance and I are kicking around ideas for unique wedding favors.
> > Our
> > wedding will be in October, in the Adirondacks.  It will be outside,
> > and
> > will be autumnal in theme.  We'll be decorating with pumpkins and
> > apples
> > and serving cider and beer.  Instead of a wedding cake, we're having
> > a
> > stack of wedding cupcakes decorated with mellocreme pumpkins and
> > candy
> > corn.
> >
> > One idea that I had was a "warm up kit" - a bottle of cider and some
> > mulling spices to take home and warm up, to beat the October chill.
> > I'm
> > picturing a 12 or 16 ounce bottle of cider with a tea-bag of spices
> > tied
> > to the neck or handle.  But, we need to find the 12 or 16 ounce
> > bottles
> > of cider.  My experience has been that the cider sold in glass
> > bottles
> > is the carbonated-apple-juice variety, not the good, thick rich
> > stuff
> > that is heavenly when warmed up.  I've never seen the good stuff in
> > glass bottles.  I don't think a plastic pint-sized milk jug would
> > work,
> > because we need it to keep without refrigeration - most of our
> > guests
> > are staying in a hotel.
> >
> > So, my question is, do any of you know of a brand of *good* cider of
> > the
> > variety I described that comes in small glass bottles?  I'd
> > especially
> > be excited if it's an organic brand, but I'm not going to get too
> > picky.
> >
> > Alternatively, never having brewed, I don't know how difficult it
> > would
> > be to bottle my own.  I guess in theory it's just like canning,
> > which
> > I've done before.  But, I don't know how to secure lids on bottles,
> > and
> > is there any difference in sterilizing them since they're not as
> > easy to
> > immerse as a wide-mouthed jar?  Can anybody advise me on whether
> > this
> > would be a useful way to spend my time?
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> > -Magdalena vander Brugghe
> >
> > ps. just in case yer interested, http://users.nni.com/tara-n-craig
> > is
> > our wedding page
> >
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