caretaker

Came from England to the colonies in the 18th century according to Wiki. You got potatoes for your chips from the Americas, and tobacco. There's been a bit of back and forth.

Gozit

Now I'm hungry for crisps and eggnog

Jingsamichty

And a box of Maltesers?

caretaker

Sympathetic pregnancy, probably a result of the touching babies thread.

Gozit

Mm that would be lovely right now

bats

My mum used to drink advocate, isn't that eggnog with booze in it?

Gozit

Proper eggnog has rum in it

Mary louise

You mean Advocaat - came ready mixed with brandy - my mum always had it topped up with lemonade - That and the Babycham always came out at Christmas

tweed_wearer

Mary, that's called a snowball

Vulcanoid

A year or so back I was on vacation in Vancouver, went into a pretty nice bar in Gastown, Strongbow was at the top of their fancily designed list of 'English speciality cider'. I cried.

Mary louise

[QUOTE=tweed_wearer;11392822]Mary, that's called a snowball[/QUOTE

That was it ! My first sneaky tipple as a kiddie

dbd33

I live with a cider drinker and so I know Strongbow and Magners are everywhere, as Bud Lite and Coors Lite are everywhere. However, as with beer, there are no end of other choices. In Vancouver, Sea Cider was highly thought of.

caretaker

I used to buy Growers Cider in summer but it gave me a headache so I stopped. I have the occasional Big Rock cider and don't mind it.

JamesM

They serve Strongbow in my local pub which only has 7 things on tap.

I never really got cider until 3 months ago. It kind of makes sense in the summer because you can load it with ice so you are a little more hydrated and it lasts longer if it is a long day of drinking also reducing your bill. Unlike beer the ice doesn't detach the flavour to much and reduces the sweetness which is a good thing.

Also cider obviously has no gluten so a bit of a fad drink now too.

bats

Oh I typed advocaat but auto correct lawyered it up.