[Sca-cooks] Stefan finally succeeds in making cider

[Stefan li Rous]

Da replied (I think) to me with:
>  Is there not a barter trade network developed in the SCA?
>   " I * wish* I could get raw apple juice"
There is. But in this case I think it suffers from the same problems 
that commerce did in medieval times.
I live quite a ways from the major apple growing regions in the United 
States. These seem to be up in the north.  The shipping on this cider 
as individual containers would be fairly expensive and subject to 
breakage along the way. Also, this wouldn't make sense except for doing 
with fresh cider. And in that case, there is a very good chance it 
would start fermenting on the way and there isn't a good quarantee on 
what you would get. It might be a good cider or it might be a good 
apple cider vinegar or it might not.

However, as I think about it, using a pasteurized, non-preservative 
bottle or frozen might be the way to go. Or since the Central Market 
store, which you've heard me and Gunthar talk about, sells fresh 
squeezed apple cider, and I think without preservatives and maybe 
without pasteurization (I seem to remember the plastic jugs having 
warning labels on them) that might be the way to go. And sometimes they 
have apple juice/cider from specific apple types rather than the 
generic juice. Probably modern hybrids like Granny Smith, and certainly 
not from cider apples, but it would be a start.

Stefan
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