European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday january 18, 1986 the Stap and stripes Page 17 spirit of Normandy the Apple s finest hour by Gerald eskena2i new York times Fon More than 400 years in of Only three provinces in France where wine is nol produced the normans hav Omade their own beloved Brandy from Ripples Calvados. Lei the bordelaise sniff the liquid grape and marry while wine Wilh White meal and red with red. In nor Mandy there is a Diller enl tradition the from nor mano1. Or Normal Hole. This comes at a distinct pan of the meal when there is a break in the eating action and diners Lake a snort of Calvados to reawaken the senses. The Hole is the one that the Brandy metaphorically bores in the Slomach creating room of the next course. Calvados is the ubiquitous spirit of the Region. It is used with Many dishes and As part of almost every meal. But it is relatively unknown in the United states in Par because few Boll Les have been available Tor Export. Now however Normandy is enjoying an increased Apple output thanks to the development of a faster maturing Apple tree and the introduction of intensive Orchards in which 400-600 selected Apple Trees an acre instead of the usual 100 grow to maturity in four years instead of 12. As a result Calvados will tie produced in greater quantities. And thai May mean the discovery of an american Calvados is named for the Calvados department in the Central part of Normandy where it has achieved its greatest Fame. It is a Type of Brandy in thai it goes through the same distillation and aging processes. Calvados is 40 proof and it takes about 15 pounds of apples to produce one Billle the drink is created in wide ranging styles and the older smoother versions Bear no resemblance to the younger More fiery drink. All Calvados begins tile As fermented cider which is placed in Lanks for six weeks. Than ii is aged in Oak barrels or a i least two years and As Long As six years older softer batches May lome times be added to create the desired Lasle. By Law a Calvados must be Given the age of the youngest mix or Cuvele. Thus a 2-year-old Calvados May contain 10-year-old Brandy. Some Calvados car Ries the terminology associated with Cognac very Superior old Pale for six year Olds. . For four three stars for two years. Mott americans think of Calvados the drink. Not the Region As something that when used at All. Is squirted Over Apple tans or added to a recipe Lor Chicken or tripe. Indeed the disinterest is such that More Calvados is shipped to Africa than to America thai distresses Michel Touchard the technical director Bombeck a son who spoke Only tour words a year Tome once dated a girl who was a 9-cents-for-the-Lirst-minute phone Call away. In on month he ran up a $33 phone Bill compared to today s kids who dial pay Phons services a sounded like Calvin cooled a. A father in Pennsylvania discovered a phone Oil for $40 run up by his a year old son. Another Olheis phone Bill was 11 pages Long with Calls totalling $56.50 by her teen Ager. Who Are these kids calling and Why when Tia father of the 5-year-old called he number that occurred 62 limes on his Bill he got a hoho to this is Santa Clang. Today i m in then went on to describe the Holiday customs and told him Tomor Row he would a in Poland. With the Mother of the teen Ager Iho Calls i were made to teen gab lines plus a couple of new Jersey of Pere maj Joire. Iho largest producer of Calvados among the Odra in companies in France Hal distil i lie drink. Tow company soils More than 1 i million bottles n year of those Only 10,000 Are currently shipped 10 Iho United Stales. That Iran Lales into a Nerp one out of every 10,000 bottles of nil Brandy sold in the unmet Stales. The president of our company ii is to would have been overwhelmed i we and tried to got into the Amer ican Market said Touchard Rel eng to the Days be fore intensive Orchards were developed. He explained thai there would not have been enough Calvados o Send to the United states if to drink had become popular Ihen. But with the Advent of Quick growing apply Trees according to scientists he Quality of the apples has nol changed Calvados producers Are starting to attack the american Market. In 1963," Touchard said we sold boo cases 1o the United slates. We Hope to sell 1,000 cases by 1986. We via intensify our efforts in the Roseau rank Industry and Market now Lorms of packaging such As gilts to invite Oul id a curiosity has played a significant role in popularizing Calvados. With its Headquarters in Pont i Eveque. 110 Miles Northwest of Paris. Pete Maglore or example Sells More Boll Les to visiting tourists than it does in Allol Normandy simply because so Many Farmers in the Region produce their own Calvados Small stills abound creating the Brandy from mixtures of the 50 different Apple varieties thai grow in thi1 i Ion. Tho of the Calvados name hmm two. Is Sli icily controlled much As Thi Narnos of the boiler wines in France arc protected by Iho familiar appellation con one cannot Lor example produce a saw King wira and Call in Champagne anyplace in France except in a specified area of Champagne. To earn the name Calvados a Brandy Musl be made Only irom apples grown in the heart of the Calvados country an area known As the pays Dauge. Apply Brandy made in nearby Bill any Lor instance is called eau do vie Bre none me censer of activity in the pays Dauge is Pont i eve quo Home not Only of the Pere Magloire company bul also a Calvados museum with a restored farm House and machinery. The ancient City was burned out during ,1 id War ii but was rebuilt to become the focus of Apple Brandy for Bolh residents and the 42.000 or so visitors each year. Al the museum the a Lollor learns that Calvados the Region was named nol after some distinguished family in the history of France but after a Spanish Galleon. In 15b8, the ship Al Salvador foundered off Iho French coast i1s graveyard gave Hal Region of France the name Calvados so much of life in the area revolves around the All purpose apply hat 11 prompted one Farmer to Sug Gest we in Normandy have nothing to do because the grass grows by sell and the Apple grows by t of i and new Vork numbers where a female whispered Sug Geslie sexual promises into his ear. If his fingers had done any More walking through the fellow pages he would t have been Able to hold a Pencil. There s a whole line of packaged goodies for Chil Dren just a toll charge away. They can dial recorded jokes sports information horror stories and for $1.85 your child can listen to a fairy Story Bui the most popular Are the gab lines where two 10 eight children Hook up to a conference Call where they Aro urged not to give their real names or personal information about themselves. They just sit around and listen to Small talk or hear music someone plays so who is the villain in this electronic Nightmare is it the phone company late lends install credit to a generation of unemployed kids Lor a product which they say fills a need7 is is the working parents who have spawned a generation of Latchkey kids who Are Lold la be self reliant and make decisions. But Only if it does t Cost anything is it the kids themselves who Are taking advantage of a situation and defying Adulis much h
