Cider

[gailsomers]

Does cider exist in Italy? I have searched high and low for it but with no sucess. Also on the trail of Bulghar wheat; found some today in Citiper, but unfortunately mixed with mushrooms. No ideal for cracked wheat salad.

[Markcarter]

I am sure I have seen bulghar wheat in Conad, but I think I see a lot of things and when I go back I can never find them The one thing I can never find is cider, maybe it is on the same shelve as the parsnips. I usually pick some up as I pass though France or Germany.

[gailsomers]

Thanks for that, I will have a look in Conad. Cider is so useful and I have a great reciepe for apples cooked in it.

[Relaxed]

I can't say I have ever looked for cider, but a surprising place to get "non-Italian" foodstuffs is Lidl - being of German ancestry they tend to have a more European view of their customers' requirements.
Do not believe Mark - parsnips are entirely unavailable in Italy!!! (No great loss in my opinion)

[Sano]

Have you tried the Co-ops? They seem to stock a lot of German products (at least the one in Rome does).

[tuscanhills]

I fail to believe that the Italians are not aware of a drink that's made from fruit & contains alcohol................from what I've found, they're been there, made it & drunk it with most beverages(!)

[tuscanhills]

Well, good ole Goole provided a few indications of the regions for cider:

• Aosta
• A general comment that a Yorkshire based cider firm has adopted the Northern Italian practises of cider making
• Trentino-Alto Adige
  
• I won't bore you with the DataMonitor report in Cider sales & consumption in Italy 2005 ;)

...so it looks like you'll have to buy a press & get scrumping!

[Karen]

Hi
the only cider we have found was in Carrefour - they had a dry or a sweet french cider. Haven't seen it in Lidl yet. However, there is a town near us (Cavour) which has a big "Apple Festival" once a year. Last year they reintroduced italian cider. Heres the site:
http://www.slowfoodtorino.com/con_pi...olo_05_10a.htm
Karen

[Markcarter]

Originally Posted by Relaxed

I can't say I have ever looked for cider, but a surprising place to get "non-Italian" foodstuffs is Lidl - being of German ancestry they tend to have a more European view of their customers' requirements.
Do not believe Mark - parsnips are entirely unavailable in Italy!!! (No great loss in my opinion)

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.

[greatscott]

I found a place that has directions for making your own cider. Perhaps this may be an interesting thing to do if you have a lot of apple trees and want to do something with the large quanities of apples. :)

http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf482287.tip.html