Title: A Taste Of Cider
Author: Shirley Harrison
Year: 1982
Format: Hardback
Page Count: 95
Price used: £0.01 (Amazon)*
*accurate at the time of posting
Description: (TLDR)
Recipes mixed with information on cider history
On the back of the book it says:
"The taste of cider is a liquid evocation of the English countryside of hedgerow walks, pub benches in the sun and the smell of stubble on an autumn day. The story of cider has been woven into the life and folklore of rural England for at least a thousand years: for centuries farmers have made it, housewives have cooked with it and doctors extolled its medical magic.
Yet it is really only since the last war that cider has become a high flyer in the kitchen. Today, cider is poured into the best British scones, Christmas puddings and eel pie, and may be found among the cooking wines on the shelves of our more exclusive restaurants and hotels.
In this blend of anecdote and recipe, Shirley Harrison combines old and new idea for cooking with cider with fascinating and often curious facts about this most traditional of English Drinks. Over 100 recipes from such diverse sources as the Benedictine monks of Worth Abbey and the Queens cousin, Lady Elizabeth Anson, reflect the rich history of the drink which now ranks with Devonshire cream and Northumberland kippers as a culinary treat.
The Author Shirley Harrison is a freelance writer and journalist who lives in Sussex within a stones throw of the local cider producers. In helping them to set up an exhibition devoted to all aspects of the drink, she became aware of the tremendous versatility of cider, especially in the kitchen. As a mother of four Shirley finds that for family meals as well as on special occasions cider is nearly (nearly ???. tb) always a good as wine and certainly cheaper and believes that a recipe book should be seen as an entertaining invitation to explore new culinary possibilities.
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