[Sca-cooks]Mock Apple Pie?

[Christine Seelye-King]

Apples, if you can go by the art and literature, seem to be pretty
ubiquitous in medieval Europe. As 'Lainie stated, there wouldn't be
much reason for non-local trade, and then there's the fact that an
ocean voyage is notorious for screwing up unstable, fermented
beverages. Not all wines are up to it, and special beers and ales had
to be developed (things like Brunswick mum in the seventeenth
century, and India Pale Ale and Russian Imperial Stout in the
eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, respectively) for shipping, so I
wouldn't be at all surprised if a lot of cider went bad under
ship-board conditions, unless it was distilled or something.

Adamantius


Interesting to note that most all of Johnny Appleseed's orchards were apples
from cider mills, producing apple orchards that weren't fit to produce
anything but cider.  A fact that did not escape the abolitionists, who
crusaded against him.
Christianna