Cider (or lack thereof) rant
Default wrote on 24 Sep 2009 21:14:18 GMT:
>> graham wrote:
>>
> >> Can't find the OP but what is the difference between "real
> >> sweet apple cider" (fresh-pressed or otherwise) and
> >> "Simply Apple" apple juice? Graham (to whom cider means an
> >> alcoholic drink)
>>
>> cider = fresh pressed apple juice, no preservatives; it
>> spoils or ferments rather quickly, often cloudy
>>
>> apple juice = juice that has been filtered, pasteurized or
>> has preservatives added; some are even diluted with water
> The new Simply Apple product (from Coca-Cola) is unfiltered
> juice, not from concentrate. It is pasteurtized.
I am reminded of the story of the grape juice that was popular in
Probihition times. It was sold labelled "Take care, may ferment at room
temperature".
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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland
Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
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