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Profile: Calvados, a (potent) Norman tradition
; ...Things Considered 10-18-2005 Profile: Calvados, a (potent) Norman tradition Host: MELISSA...France is famous for seafood, cheese and Calvados. It's an apple brandy. Although it's well-known in France, Calvados makers want to increase exports, and...
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Calvados has special appeal
; ...from Normandy in that beautiful brandy called Calvados. Wine expert Alexis Lichine says Calvados is the finest apple brandy in the world. I've never heard anyone dispute that opinion. Calvados is a cider distillate with an 80 to 86 proof...
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The gale that drained Normandy dry The hurricane that ended the 20th century in France devastated the glory of Normandy - a million cider and calvados apple trees
; Calvados faces a colourless spring. And a shadeless summer. The...camembert on the hoof, seeking shade beneath cider and calvados still on the branch. Such lovely scenes will be sadly...million trees officially licensed to produce cider and calvados, the great Norman digestif, preferred by many French ...
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Searching for a true Calvados
; ...Cognac's onetime country cousin. But what of Calvados, the famous apple brandy from Normandy...efforts of some producers to transform Calvados into an elegant sophisticate, the best...are distilled, and cider, from which Calvados is distilled.And of course, Calvados...
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Travel: Calvados
; ...the bloke in Oddbins. I was buying some Calvados as a treat for my husband, when we fell...from the makers in their village. This Calvados run sounded like a bargain that I couldn...way from one producer to another in the Calvados appellation controlee region of Auge...
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Drink: Norman conquest What better fate could befall an apple than to end up as a fine, 15- year-old calvados, says Richard Johnson
; ...have cider. Or else they turn it into calvados. I discovered why that really isn't a...holiday in Normandy. My first taste of calvados was in a tiny 17th-century distillery...it - "the angel's share". It was the calvados reclaimed by God. I took my share home...
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APPLES TO CIDER TO CALVADOS
; ...to growing apples than grapes. The apple brandy made there, Calvados, starts off as juice that is fermented into slightly alcoholic...flavor mellows and its hue darkens to amber. Generally, younger Calvados retains more apple flavor, while longer aging mellows the brandy...
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APPLE AND CALVADOS CREPES.(Life)
; ...peeled, cored and sliced 1/3 cup sugar Pinch of sea salt 1/3 cup Calvados Juice of half a lemon 4 sweet crepes Make a cinnamon Chantilly...about 10 minutes. Taking the pan off the flame, pour in the Calvados, and then return it to the heat; if it doesn't ignite in the...
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CCLF.(country report: france: ones to watch)(market share of Cidreries du Calvados La Fermiere)(Brief article)
; Formed as a small family company in 1919, Cidreries du Calvados La Fermiere is now a part of Agrial, the largest agricultural cooperative in north-west France. Its popular drier brand Ecusson...
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Chicken with Calvados is tasty Norman conquest
; ...are cooked, the recipe includes butter, Calvados (the sharp apple brandy of the region...typical dish of the region: chicken with Calvados. It uses the requisite butter and cream...such restraint with apples, or with the Calvados. CHICKEN WITH CALVADOS 2 tablespoons...
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