[SEL] Happy Birthday Patrick - Cider mill

[Arnie Fero]

Hi Dave,

You should elaborate on the joys of English cider; especially that
wonderful stuff that gets referred to as Scrumpy or "rat tail" cider.
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http://www.oldengine.org/members/arnie/yank2001/1/phil.jpg
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~gunning/scrumpy.html

Over here most folks think of apple juice when they hear the word cider.

See ya,  Arnie

Arnie Fero
Pittsburgh, PA
fero_ah at city-net.com

On Mon, 13 Feb 2006, Dave Croft wrote:

> Hi gang, Cider making is one of my favourite pursuits! For 30 years we spent one
> week a year in England's biggest cider county, Hereford.
> Close to my wife's families farm was a chap who every year made a large amount of cider
> from the smaller orchards that were no longer big enough for large cider factories.
> He scratted & pressed the crop brought to him & the orchard owner got half the cider.
> Jeff kept the rest as payment.
> Every year when I arrived I used to check & lubricate the machinery & get the Lister 3 HP running
> well in time for the Autumn pressing season.
> My payment was a weeks free cider drinking.
> See  http://community.webshots.com/album/74826143klZVOa/2