blake murphy wrote:
>
> On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:24:46 -0600, Arri London wrote:
>
> > Gloria P wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> 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
> >>
> >> hard cider = alcoholic cider, sales are controlled as other alcoholic
> >> products
> >>
> >> The flavor of cider is usually better if it contains a variety of apples
> >> and it is sweeter if pressed after a frost or a series of cold nights.
> >>
> >> gloria p
> >
> > And then there is 'scrumpy', which is homemade (alcoholic) cider.
> > Powerful, often opaque and doesn't taste of apples at all LOL. And then
> > there is the fictional 'scumble', which is even more powerful and made
> > of apples. Mostly apples ;P
>
> i don't think i'd heard the term 'scrumpy' before. charming word.
> 'scumble' i'd only heard as an artists' word.
>
> your pal,
> blake

Scrumpy is a dialect word from the West Country in the UK; Somerset
(which is cider country), Avon etc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrumpy
sums it up reasonably well.

Many farm households have cider presses in the front garden. All along
the roads there are working and abandoned apple orchards, the apples
just for cider making. Used to get on my bike on Sundays with a plastic
bag to pick up the windfall apples. They are quite sour but cook up
nicely.

A temporary landlord of mine (in Somerset) offered scrumpy with a meal.
He said 'you won't find anything like this in London'. No indeed...local
health and safety laws would forbid it LOL.

Scumble is from Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld' series. High power drink
that 'should never touch metal'.