Christmas recipe serves: 8
calories per serving: 685
preparation time: 30 minutes + chilling
cooking time: 50 minutes
Suitable for freezing
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What Should One Drink?
Facing The Question of Drinking
Maybe we should begin with the home. Probably the first time drinking, referring to something with alcohol content, was mentioned was at home.
If your parents imbibed then you were already familiar with some of the effects of alcohol. Also some of the pros and cons about consumption were bound to have been raised.
Is Calvados Your Favorite Brandy?
Calvados
Apple orchards and brewers were mentioned by Charlemagne back in the 8th century. However the first known distillation was in 1554 and the guild for cider distillation was created some fifty year later in 1606.
The area called Calvados was created after the French Revolution. It is in the north of France.