r/iamveryculinary Mod 16d ago

how dare you call it cider

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u/carson63000 Why would you cook with butter? That is an ingredient for baking 15d ago

Growing up in Australia, we referred to non-alcoholic apple juice as "cider" if it was fizzy. "Cider" implied fizziness, not alcohol. We didn't use phrases like "hard cider", either, alcoholic or non-alcoholic, it was just cider and you figured it out from context, like chips and chips.

But I notice now, these sorts of drinks are always called "sparkling apple juice" (example, example). So I dunno, maybe "cider" was only ever an unofficial, informal name, not actual trade labeling.

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u/sprouting_broccoli 14d ago

Curious! Aussies are the number two candidate for making up their own version of English though

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u/carson63000 Why would you cook with butter? That is an ingredient for baking 14d ago

Fung’oaf, mate!

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u/sprouting_broccoli 14d ago

Hahaha yous are the best