just one of them foreign things us immigrants have to get used to. Canadians and their cute little ways.

He did mention that he was going to make a batch of cider. I wonder how it turned out?

One of my grandfathers used to press and make his own "hard cider." As a child, I recall an occasion where he put a large pork bone in the mix, weeks later it was gone. To this day I do not know if he was messing around or if the bone really did dissolve.

I was only ever allowed a small sip, but do enjoy the odd real scrumpy on occasion.

The town my folks live in still has "Ye Olde Cider Bar"....one of the last remaining in the UK (apparently)....

People who call cider, 'cyder' are wrong.

All you need to know about Cider home brew:

http://www.cider.org.uk/

"Small-scale Cider Making!

This portal takes you to a whole load of information about small-scale cider making. Here you can learn how to grow cider apples, how to process them into cider juice, how to ferment it into hard cider, and how to bottle and store the cider.

Later, you can learn how to tweak the process to make it just what you want - dry or sweet, fizzy or flat. There's sections on unfermented apple juice and on cider vinegar too. There's even a bit of history - these fellows are from the17th century!"

A little google goes a long way.....