[SCA-cooks] Apple cider

[Christina Nevin]

Yes, it is medieval. The Normans in particular gave a boost to the apple industry in England in the twelfth century, and introduced firstly the importation and then the manufacture of cider in huge amounts. The history of cider in England - which even included a rebellion in 1524! - is a fascinating study of itself. 
 
The first record of a specific apple variety in England occurs in 1204, when 200 Pearmain apples [later Old English Pearmain] and 4 hogsheads of Pearmain cider constituted part of a tax from the manor of Runham in the county of Norfolk. 
 
Sorry, but I'm uncertain about mulled cider.
 
ciao
Lucrezia
 
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Baronessa Lucrezia-Isabella di Freccia
Thamesreach Shire, Drachenwald
aka Tina Nevin, London, UK
"A noble Spaniard, remember, ought never to know how to read."  
- d'Artagnan, The Man in the Iron Mask
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