[Sca-cooks] period apple commerce

[Laura C. Minnick]

At 08:03 PM 1/31/2004, you wrote:
>'Lainie replied to me with:
>> > And on a more medieval note, were apples not exported from the apple
>> > growing areas in Europe to other parts during the Middle Ages? Or even
>> > cider? Wine did get exported from France to England, was English cider
>> > not shipped the other direction?
>>
>>There was plenty of cider in Normandy and Anjou. Why import it?
>Perhaps for the same reasons the English imported French wine even though 
>they grew grapes and made wine in England?

Because English wines were known for being *really bad*. IIRC it was Peter 
of Blois who remarked on the terrible wine. Can't cite it though- guess 
where the books are? :-/

>So, was English (or French) cider exported out of the area it was made in, 
>in the Middle Ages?

I'm pretty sure that French wines were imported fairly early. How far, I 
don't know.

Dang. Now I'll be up all night, mentally going through the bookshelf in 
Sutherlin. I know I've got the English wines comment, but where?...

'Lainie
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