Cider

[Sano]

Originally Posted by Markcarter

Oh my God!! how can you say that parsnips are no great loss? It is funny, of all the foods I thought I would miss, I would never have included parsnips. But now it is the first thing I want whenever I go back, along with sausages and brown sauce.

Parsnips were also hard to get where I grew up - apparently they were unprofitable to grow as the germination rate was low and erratic. We used to see them only occasionally in the winter months and my mother would buy whatever she could lay her hands on and turn it into soup. Years later after moving to the UK I discovered roast parsnips - pure heaven!

If unavailable commercially in Italy why not try to grow them?

[madcapdoug]

Try "The Red Lion" in Viareggio. If you google it you will get a great video.

[madcapdoug]

Originally Posted by Sano

Parsnips were also hard to get where I grew up - apparently they were unprofitable to grow as the germination rate was low and erratic. We used to see them only occasionally in the winter months and my mother would buy whatever she could lay her hands on and turn it into soup. Years later after moving to the UK I discovered roast parsnips - pure heaven!

If unavailable commercially in Italy why not try to grow them?

I have tried to grow them in Massa but as they need a frost I think one needs to live further up the mountain. I see no reason why they shouldn't grow around the snowline.
Doug.

[Heiko]

Made some 20 litres of cider last year with the same equipment they use around here for grapes, a crusher and one of those basket presses. It turned out delicious albeit rather potent at about 11.5%!

[alan h]

Originally Posted by madcapdoug

.........as they need a frost ............Doug.

Are you sure?

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[DavidUno]

I tried to juice some apples a couple of years ago. I broke my baby wine press and then my car jack trying to crush the chopped apples. Tough wotsits! Maybe I'll retry with older manky apples this year. There is a lovely relatively cheap apple juice from the north, available in Iper at Civitanova and somebody on this forum makes cider in Abruzzo. If you sell it, can you please PM me with a price? A trip south could be on the cards!

[F Bower]

they don't need frost but are much better if they have experienced it - a piece of wisdom from my mum long deceased

[alan h]

Originally Posted by F Bower

they don't need frost but are much better if they have experienced it .........

Ah - like Brussel Sprouts.

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[Auds]

Hi Gailsomers,

We can get Magners cider in an Irish bar here at Lake Garda, €4.50 for a small bottle but worth every cent. If you are lucky to have an Irish bar near you , why not ask there in there.
Cheers

Auds