RECOGIENDO LA MANZANA: HARVESTING THE APPLE

• In this Picture the people take the apples that are in the trees, and they put them in a basket. In our region we make cider with the apples. There are different types of cider. Sweet cider doesn’t have alcohol, so it is good for children.

• Now we are going to tell you how we make cider in Asturias: First, there are different types of apples. Depending on the apple, you get a different type of cider. The apples are pressed with a special machine. The juice of the apples comes out, and it is collected in a container. After that, the juice ferments in huge wooden barrels.

• Look carefully at the picture, people’s dresses are old, now we don’t use this type of dress. Now look at the landscape, it has hills and green meadows. Nowadays the landscape is a little bit different because there are more buildings in the cities. But there are still some villages with apple trees and small country houses.