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Subject: Cider Digest #143 Thu Aug 6 11:00:07 EDT 1992 
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 92 11:00:09 EDT 
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Cider Digest #143          Thu Aug 6 11:00:07 EDT 1992 
Forum for Discussion of Cider Issues 
Jay Hersh, Digest Coordinator 

Contents: 
  re scrumpy (Chip Hitchcock) 
  Re: Cider Nutrition (Chip Hitchcock) 

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Date: Wed, 5 Aug 92 10:25:51 EDT 
From: cjh@diaspar.hq.ileaf.com (Chip Hitchcock) 
Subject: re scrumpy 

   I wouldn't automatically junk a feature of a recipe that somebody says 
has worked for them. 
   I would also note that when I was in England scrumpy had a rather rough 
reputation, although it wasn't clear why...maybe the meat gives it an 
acquired taste. 

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Date: Wed, 5 Aug 92 11:34:16 EDT 
From: cjh@diaspar.hq.ileaf.com (Chip Hitchcock) 
Subject: Re: Cider Nutrition 

   The old saying about apples/doctors refers primarily to the fact that 
whole apples are believed to reduce constipation; fermented cider, in which 
the pommace drops out if it isn't filtered out, is unlikely to be much 
help here. 
   The vitamins in yeast \might/ be some help---IFF the yeast is drunk 
(most of it stays on the bottom of the bottle). The amount of protein you 
get from yeast is insignificant next to the RDA. I hadn't thought there was 
any significant citric acid in apples (there's a reason it's called "citric" 
acid); anyway, vitamin C is ascorbic ("anti-scurvy") acid, which isn't 
the same thing (I don't know how different they are chemically). Vitamin C 
is also very fragile---I was told to use it in biochemical experiments as 
an anti-oxidant, since it would react with oxygen before anything else 
could. Aerating cider to get a vigorous fermentation would lower the C 
level (don't ask me how much), as might any handling of the cider (note 
how fresh-pressed cider is \brown/, like a cut-open apple exposed to air). 

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