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Default Cider (or lack thereof) rant


Sqwertz wrote:
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> "Pete C." > wrote:
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> > Very strange. Here in TX, which is not as far as I know a big apple
> > producer, I see apple cider available in most every grocery store, in
> > prominence around fall and even in limited supply outside of fall. I saw
> > it at Central Market a day or two ago, and I'm sure I'll find it when I
> > hit the local Albertson's in an hour or two.

>
> The stuff I see at the HEB's, most are pasteurized - at least last
> year they were. Central Market has good juices. I really like
> their apple, ginger, lemon stuff. All their juice are
> unpasteurized.
>
> -sw


I think the pasteurized is the norm these days, with all the
contamination scares and liability issues. If I recall, back when I was
in CT it became illegal to sell unpasteurized cider shortly after a
contamination problem that sickened quite a few folks.