Charles Gifford wrote:
> You must not get out much. the spice mix is easily available in the U.K. In
> the U.S. cider is the same as in the U.K. There is cider and hard cider. You
> are either very sheltered or an idiot.

Well thanks, mate.... I'm neither.

I grew up in Somerset where cider - what YOU call HARD cider - is made. Same
place where Cheddar cheese originated, but I guess you didn't know that.
What you eat in the USA bears no relation to what has ever been made there.

10% of Americans have passports, so I am told. Considering I have travelled
in most of Europe, India and South East Asia, plus a lot of the US states,
so how much have you got out lately....?

I do know the difference. And it is not available here. Tell me where,
exactly, and I might listen.

Sorry to come across as bolshy, but if you want to have a poke at me, I'm
allowed to have a poke back.