Subj : Cramping
To   : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Sat Jun 08 2024 13:28:39

Hi Dave,


 RH> Never been to either place, people traps run by a mouse.

 DD> I've never been to either. The California version had too many rules
 DD> and dress codes for me to be comfortable. I could care less about the
 DD> rides (except the Monorail - which would have been neat) and "skill"
 DD> games. Even when I was a child during the last century the only ride
 DD> I cared to squander my lawn-mowing and paper route money on was the
 DD> Dodge-ems (Bumper Cars) or watching the motorcyclists riding the "Wall
 DD> of Death". But tht was before I learned about centrifugal force and
 DD> then understood the "gimmick" that let it works as an exhibit.

My favorite was the ferris wheel. Steve went to the Florida park the
year after it opened; the girls both went to the California one on
school trips when we were in AZ.

 DD>      8<----- Coffee Break ----->8

 DD> My parents had a Mary Dunbar percolator (but a gas stove). And my
 DD> grands had an old style drip coffee maker - pour the boiling water in
 DD> the top, it flows over the grounds and drips into the serving pot.

 RH> Steve has a French press as one of his coffee makers; the coffee
 RH> grounds are loose in the water until pushed down. He also has a pour
 RH> over ( ground coffee in a filter, water poured over that and into a
 RH> mug), a moka pot, a cold brew set up and an espresso machine. Me, just
 RH> hot water and a tea bag, thank you. (G)

 DD> Never tackled a French press. I've a Hamilton-Beach single cup coffee
 DD> aker which uses either loose coffe or pods. And my 12 cup (5 of my big
 DD> cups/mugs) Sears & Roebuck automatic drip unit. It's a Cuisinart under
 DD> the Serious & Getback branding. It has an internal water filter, uses
 DD> the conical coffee filters and I can set it to the start brewing on
 DD> the built in timer. So at 04:00 the Yehudi wakes up and makes my
 DD> coffee.

I've kidded Steve about being a coffee snob but he's not really. No
gourmet beans, ground just before use but he does grind his own.


 DD> Two was of making tea. Single cups - like you, I use a tea bag and hot
 DD> (boiling or nearly so) water. For multiple cups - or for Iced Tea I
 DD> use the Mary Dunbar/Jewel Tea tea pot that my grandmother had and an
 DD> aluminum tea ball/infuser to hold loose tea leaves. A pixture of one
 DD> very like it (except in stainless steel) is at
 DD> https://tinyurl.com/TEA-BAWL

We've got one of those ball infusers; it was one part of a number of
things I got from my grandmother's estate 50 years ago.

 DD> My usual non-morning tea is Brown & Bigelow's "Constant Comment". Up
 DD> until (and including) lunchtime my go-to is Twining's Breakfast Tea or
 DD> Lipton if the market was out of Twinings.

I go for Tetley British Blend most mornings, treat myself on Sunday
mornings to Good Earth's Original Sweet and Spicy.


 DD> All straight up - like my coffee. No milk, no sugar, no sweetners.

One packet of stevia for me, unless we're hitting the road. Then the tea
is brewed just a bit longer, goes into a travel mug that keeps it warm
about 8 hours. It gets 2 packets of stevia then.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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