Subj : Re: Coffee To : Ruth Haffly From : Dave Drum Date : Mon Jun 17 2024 06:12:00 -=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=- DD> It is an acquired taste. I started out drinking it w/cream & sugar as DD> my father did. Then I noticed that my hero (grandfather) took his DD> "mud" straight up. So, I switched and never looked back. RH> I never tried to develop a taste once I knew I didn't like it, even RH> with milk and sugar. I sneaked up on it. With the C&S it was more to a kids taste. Like soda or Kool-ade which I was more used to. Then I dropped the sugar and the milk/cream muted the bitterness of the coffee. Finally I just went to straight up black coffee. I also drink my tea (and iced tea) straight up. My grandmother used to serve tooth-achingly sweet iced tea - which I abhorred. I do, sometimes, in the cold months add a little honey to my cuppa. Never sugar. DD> My house mate is going to give up on the instant coffee so I'm giving DD> him my Hamilton Beach pod/loos coffe single cup brewer. RH> Good to see that his tastes are improving. The times my mom was in RH> summer school (working on her Master's degree) my dad drank instant RH> coffee. I think it was easier than perking up just one cup. DD> I leaned a trick about instant coffee. If you make your cup of coffee DD> as normal - then put it in the microwave for a minute. It does DD> something to the flavour that makes it almost taste like brewed DD> coffee. RH> This was in the pre microwave days, had to heat the water on the stove. Also pre-single serve coffee maker days. A Keurig would have made things nice for your Pop. 8<----- SLICE ----->8 DD> My go-to watch/clock guy fell off his twig several years ago. But DD> there is a local (and thriving) clock company with a repair department DD> that I am told does good work. I'm all digital these days having given DD> my last (heirloom) clock to my brother and sister-in-law. A pixture of DD> one just like it is here https://tinyurl.com/OLD-CLOX RH> We use a local guy who's 3rd generation clock/watch repair man. I RH> inherited another clock that was my grandparents, plus we have a RH> couckoo clock we bought in Germany that have all visited him at one RH> time or another. We've got 2 other chiming clocks, plus a few digital RH> ones; we like the sound of a chiming clock in the house. Anyway, this RH> guy told us how to prepare a grandfather clock for transporting; my RH> sister and brother ignored Steve when he passed on the information and RH> now the grandfather clock that was my great grand, grand and parent's RH> clock doesn't work. She doesn't have the $$$ to fix it either so it's RH> just taking up room in her house, sad. People like that who think they know more than the guy who wrote the book, get little sympathy from me. It's on their shoulders. DD> You'll probably have to find a workaround for the hooch in this DD> recipe but it sure looks dandy. DD> Title: Coffee Bean Brownies DD> Categories: Snacks, Cookies, Chocolate, Booze, Dairy DD> Yield: 12 Servings DD> 1/2 c Butter DD> 2 tb Cocoa DD> 1/4 c Milk DD> 1/2 c Butter DD> 1/2 c Shortening DD> 1/2 c Strong brewed coffee DD> 1/2 c Kahlua, Tia Maria, or any DD> - coffee liqueur DD> 2 c Flour DD> 2 c Granulated sugar DD> 1/4 c Cocoa DD> 1/2 c Buttermilk DD> 2 lg Eggs DD> 1 ts Baking soda DD> 1 ts Vanilla DD> 3 1/2 c Powdered sugar DD> 1 ts Vanilla DD> Chocolate covered espresso DD> - beans; opt RH> I'll just stick with all chocolate (or chocolate/mint) brownies. To RH> make them mint, use peppermint extract instead of vanilla or, as soon RH> as they come out of the oven, top with York peppermint patties, smooth RH> into an icing to cover as they soften. OK. If you ever decide you'd like to do the recipe - for a special day or occasion - you can substitute McCormicks Coffee Extract for the booze. This is my usual brownie recipe. Sometimes I'll add pecan halves on the top of the batter after it's in the pan. MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: Easy Fudge Brownies Categories: Cookies, Chocolate, Desserts, Snacks Yield: 24 Servings 1 1/4 c A-P unbleached flour 1/4 ts Baking soda 1 1/2 c Sugar 1/3 c Butter 1/4 c Buttermilk 1/4 c Dutch process cocoa powder 2 lg Eggs; beaten 2 ts Vanilla Set oven @ 350oF/175oC; coat a 9" X 13" baking pan with nonstick spray. Whisk flour and baking soda in a bowl. Heat sugar, butter and buttermilk, stirring constantly in a saucepan over med heat until mixture comes to a boil. Remove from heat. Add cocoa. Stir until smooth. Cool 10 min. Add eggs, one at a time, to sugar mixture; stirring well after each addition. Add vanilla. Stir in flour mixture. Pour batter into pan. Bake until done, 18 - 20 min. Cool in pan on wire rack. Oh my, oh my, these are really good!! Recipe by: Quick & Healthy, Spring 1996 Entered and tested for you by Reggie Dwork From: http://www.recipesource.com Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen MMMMM .... America did not invent human rights, Human Rights invented America. --- MultiMail/Win v0.52 * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105) .