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To: thecodont

Two things I would love to get from Normandy. 1. Norman butter, and 2. Calvados (Noman apple brandy).

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18 posted on 03/12/2017 1:20:34 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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To: Celtic Conservative

You have excellent taste....and add from the south the superb Armagnac!


34 posted on 03/12/2017 1:31:01 PM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: Celtic Conservative
Two things I would love to get from Normandy. 1. Norman butter, and 2. Calvados (Noman apple brandy).

Most good liquor stores do stock imported French Calvados. It's always been a bit sharp-tasting to me, but mixed with a bit of sweetener, water and apple cider, it makes fantastic sorbet in those small "slush mug" type ice cream makers. Normandy also has that third product, pommeau. It's sort of a fortified wine beverage made from cider and calvados, IIRC.

Norman (and Breton) butter - the stuff with large sea salt crystals in it - is indeed a luxury. I had a local grocery that stocked it all the time, then it became a seasonal product, then it vanished completely. I'm lucky to have a real cheese shop not far away and can get it there, but it arrives in small batches and sells out fast.

133 posted on 03/19/2017 8:49:10 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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