How you like them apples?
I sure do like apples and I don't mean Isabelle's cheeks! I mean...wait, what do I mean by that? Let's not explore.
Apples make pie (good), sauce (gooder), and cider (goodest!). The cider I'm talking about isn't the Woodchuck or Strongbow in a six pack. I mean the frenchy (what else) kind made in Normandy where the apples are fermented until they alcholise. They add nothing at all to the juice (JUICE!) and then I buy it in the package store and drink whole bottles of it until I fall over.
It's not an easy product to find because we 'mericans have our own ideas of what hard cider is, don't we, Vermont? I've only found two labels so far in Atlanta and one is clearly better than the other. It's Etienne Dupont and I have my eyes set on the giant 1500ml bottle for this weekend. That's two wine bottles in one. My liver is frightened.
I'll have my chance to try many more later this year when we follow the appley path of the Normandy Cider Route. Sixteen different farms = Yen passed out for 3 days, waking up, asking "Where the hell am I? France? Woohoo, let's go get some cider!" And repeat.
Cylinda can't wait.
http://www.calvados-tourisme.com/loisirs/route/route5_gb.asp
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