[Sca-cooks] Historical Apples - substitutions for
Johnna Holloway
johnnae at mac.com
Wed Oct 29 07:37:36 PDT 2008
Part of the problem with doing a tasting party at Pennsic is
that in late July the number of varieties that might be offered
would probably be severely limited. A November or December
event might be better.
Johnnae
Mark S. Harris wrote:
> <<< Better yet might be to order a sampler pack of period apples and
> modern varieties from one of the growers like Treemendus and have an
> apple tasting party. (with cheese, and water crackers, etc. >>>
> Thank you for the reminder. That was mentioned last year, and I've
> thought of doing this, but as you mention, the season for various
> varieties isn't that long and I started looking too late in the season
> last year.
> <<< I've done it once with hard cider, as well - but that makes it
> awfully hard to remember what apples you did like). >>>
> Maybe someone could do this at Pennsic? One of the last times I was at
> Pennsic, maybe it was after Jadwiga's mustard class, I remember being
> part of an impromptu Sekanjabin tasting at a nearby camp. It was
> amazing the variation you could get from one recipe depending upon the
> varieties of vinegar and sugar and mint used.
> snipped
>
> Thanks,
> Stefan
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