Posted on 05/03/2025 4:56:24 AM PDT by dennisw
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Not me. I buy no food from china
“Unfortunately, that’s a local niche product.”
Martinelli’s is sold nationwide.
Not in Wisconsin.
But we don’t get your fine cheese, so we are even!
Never shop at those places.
Well, if you want Martinelli’s, you now know where to go.
Shaoxing wine? Whatever will we do?
I’ve been buying from other sources anyway. I kicked the China habit long ago. I really want to see their economy crater.
Check out this man’s apple cider press at 2:23 minutes in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74OCcKg26EQ&t=2214s
More than 90% of our apple juice comes from China. It is concentrated and shipped here. It isn’t just apple juice you have to watch out for. Apple juice is used to many jams, jellies, smoothies and juices (!) as a sweetener.
A few years ago I was able to find some apple juice from Canada but I don’t remember what the brand was.
“Re: 136 - maybe if they harvest them before they drop. Drops are not used for juice.”
In colonial days onwards all apples were used. B grade apples such as drops and windblown (off trees) apples were preferred for making cider, that would slowly ferment into an alcoholic apple cider. Being that many drops were bruised and already fermenting in place.
It been recalled so not going there
“Shaoxing wine? Whatever will we do?”
FWIW that is a well known cooking wine, used in Chinese dishes. About $7-10 a gallon in Chinese supermarkets.
I believe some states put the kibosh on using drops.
A farmer I know uses drops that are collected and pushed into a pile for a TMR for his cows. Yummy!
I live in Mississippi. Our shrimp comes from the Gulf of America, we eat home grown catfisf and crawfish. I don’t really drink apple juice and I doubt garlic will break my budget.
Theoretically, yes—the USA has the agricultural capacity and infrastructure to become self-sufficient in apple juice production. The country is one of the world’s largest apple producers, with robust orchards in states like Washington, New York, Michigan, and California. This rich production base gives the U.S. a strong starting point for meeting its own apple juice demand.
Get some of your farmers drops and with a proper press you can make a prime apple cider. That will ferment to 4-5-6% alcohol with no sugar added. They love this stuff in England.
You can even slow ferment them in your basement in one gallon plastic milk jugs. Tighten cap then back it off a bit so that fermentation gasses can escape.
Before the glutted USDA/FDA took over the inspections of seafood at origin, the military inspected the seafood destined for US dining halls and the requirements for procurement were strict and the USAF and Army inspectors mostly made the contractors stick to the requirements. In 75' the Army inspectors were caught by USAF inspectors taking bribes and passing substandard subsistance...like that laced with formaldehyde, ammonia or chlorine. The result was that the powerful dissolved the USAF veterinary service and gave inspections to the USDA/FDA...It takes three veterinarians from the Army to do the jobs that were once accomplished by one USAF veterinarian. It takes three Army MOS techs to do the jobs of one USAF 908. I inspected shrimp destined for dining halls from Gulf Cities Fisheries in Pascagoula and Bayou La Batre, Alabama.
Thanks for the info!
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