The Internet is full of amazing facts about everything., so today let’s have a look at the ones related to apple cider.
1. On November 18th, 1307 The legendary William Tell shot an apple from his son’s head. November 18th is now National Apple Cider Day in the UK.
2. In the 19th Century cider was advertised as a cure for the gout and other illnesses.
3. Some companies use the term cider to refer to apple juice with no preservatives, and apple juice to juice that has been pasteurized.
4. When the Romans stormed through England in 55 BCE, they found Celts sipping a brew made from crab apples. The troops were quick to pick up the habit and take it back to Rome.
5. It takes about 36 pieces of fruit to make one gallon of the apple cider.
6. In the 14th Century children were baptised in cider, it was cleaner than the water.
7. In England, between the 13th and the 19th centuries, farm workers’ wages included four pints of cider a day.
8. Apples are to cider as grapes are to wine. So in the USA cider is categorize as “wine”.
9. There are more than 7,500 different varieties of apples in the world, so if you had the recommended “apple a day”, it would take 20 years to try them all.
10. The popularity of cider in America fell in the early 1900’s due to the arrival of many Europeans who brought beer over.
11. The pilgrims who arrived to America drank cider because it was safer than drinking water.
12. President John Adams, who comes in third for “longest lived U.S. president” enjoyed a tankard of hard cider every morning with breakfast.
So what are you waiting for to enjoy it?
Internet está lleno de datos sobre todo tipo de cosas, así que hoy vamos a echar un vistazo a los relacionados con la sidra de manzana.
1. El 18 de noviembre de 1307 el legendario Guillermo Tell disparó a una manzana sobre la cabeza de su hijo. Hoy en día, el 18 de noviembre es el Día Nacional de la Sidra de Manzana en Reino Unido.
2. En el siglo XIX la sidra se anunciaba como cura para la gota y otras enfermedades.
3. Algunas compañías utilizan el término sidra para referirse al zumo de manzana sin conservantes; y zumo de manzana para aquel que ha sido pasteurizado.
4. Cuando los romanos asolaron Inglaterra en el año 55 a.C. se encontraron a los celtas saboreando una bebida hecha de manzanas silvestres. Las tropas adoptaron rápidamente ese hábito y lo trasladaron a Roma.
5. Se utilizan 36 piezas de fruta para hacer un galón (3,78 litros) de sidra de manzana.
6. En el siglo XIV los niños se bautizaban en sidra, era más limpia que el agua.
7. Entre los siglos XIII y XIX,el salario de los granjeros en Inglaterra incluía cuatro pintas (algo más de dos litros) de sidra al día.
8. Las manzanas son a la sidra lo que las uvas al vino. Así que, en los Estados Unidos, la sidra se cataloga como “vino”.
9. Hay más de 7.500 variedades de manzanas en el mundo, así que si te han recomendado “una manzana al día”, te llevará 20 años probarlas todas.
10. La popularidad de la sidra en América decreció a principios del 1900 debido a la llegada de muchos europeos que introdujeron la cerveza.
11. Los peregrinos llegados a América bebían sidra, porque era más seguro que beber agua.
12. El presidente John Adams, el tercero en la lista de los “presidentes más longevos de Estados Unidos”, disfrutaba de una jarra de sidra cada mañana con el desayuno.
Así que, ¿a qué estás esperando para disfrutarla?
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Hello, I am quite intrigued by no. 4. Is that really true?
The Romans were for a long time acquainted with the continental Gauls and other Celtic tribes. Didn’t they know about the cider? Was it a Briton discovery? 🙂
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That’s a pretty good question! As I didn’t live at that time, I cannot prove it true… 😉
Obviously, it wasn’t a Briton discovery, as the use of apples goes back to prehistoric times and some Latin authors claim that cider was already well-known by the Hebrews, Egyptians and the Greeks (again something that can’t be proven documentarily…)
According to the Roman writers Plinio and Estrabon, Asturian people (north of Spain) started drinking natural cider in year 60 b.C., as they didn’t have wine nor beer due to the scarcity of grapes and barley in the area. So Romans could have easily adopted their beverage…
Who knows?
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I wonder where is the original written evidence to support the ”British” theory. I didn’t find anything in Caesar’s «De Bello Gallico», as far as I remember.
The archaeologists will find the truth. They have recreated an ancient Egyptian beer, so…
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Wow, that would be great!! 😊
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Here is a map showing nowadays distribution map of Malus sylvestris, our wild friend 🙂
http://www.euforgen.org/species/malus-sylvestris/
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Amazing info… Thanks so much!! 😀
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