Sep 27 2007
Cidermaking and haircuts
Jen cut my hair yesterday. She’s pleased to cut hair, I’m pleased to get it cut, and we’re both pleased to eat dinner. So there.
I also tried the little bit of trial cider I was making, as it stopped frothing/fermenting. It wasn’t bad, and I seem to be feeling ok today still, so I would tentatively call that a success. I’ve read up a bit on how cider presses work, and I may juryrig one using a vise and other basic bits. I doubt I’ll find proper wood though, as that’s scarce enough here already, so the perforated/dripping bits will likely be some metal/pots or something. We’ll see. And I better hurry before apples disappear from the market.
Also I read somewhere that 1 bushel of apples makes about 3 gallons of cider. A bushel is vague and specific to types of food(???) but can vary from 14 to 27 kg. There’s no way I’m buying a bushel of apples here. 1/3 bushel is still minimum about 4 kg….perhaps I will get that many *if* I can mash em effectively plus find a gallon glass jug somewhere.
In the process of searching for information and presses, I also came across the following site: UK Cider. There are *festivals* around cider. And a pub guide!! I’ve never thought much about going to the UK except for historical interest, but having the option to *drink* my way across the UK? In ciders?? It may now be inevitable…and a ipod-flavored pub guide that you can put into your Notes folder. Craziness.
