[Magdalen] coffee

[Jay Weigel]

I do have a small (very!) jar of instant coffee in the freezer. It is used
in one recipe I have that actually calls for instant coffee. Otherwise, no.
If I am out of coffee, I drink tea.

I learned many years ago that a bit of coffee gives an incredible richness
to gravies, especially beef gravy, and a coffee pot roast is a wondrous
thing. When making pot roast, I usually add a half cup or more of coffee to
the braising liquid. You can't taste the coffee flavor later. Sometimes a
half cup of coffee and a half cup or so of red wine, just to vary things.

On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 3:15 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> My mother-in-law, Helen, loved her Earl Grey, long before it was coming out
> of the Food Processor ("Computer! Tea! Earl Grey! Hot!")
>
> OMG I feel comfy just thinking of that rich voice.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeaehxEdpgo
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
> for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
> on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente
>
> On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 3:00 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > Hot tea drinkers are relatively exotic in the Upper Midwest.  My
> ex-mother
> > in
> > law was one of them, and made it her campaign to attempt to get
> > restaurants
> > to make a decent cup of tea - essentially the dry tea bags and boiling
> hot
> > water for her to pour over.  She succeeded in making a "scene" each  time
> > this scenario played out, but I'm afraid the restaurants up there are
> > still
> > making bad tea.
> >
> > My mother and Aunt Helen just couldn't comprehend that some people
> > actually drink tea in place of coffee.  I'll never forget their blank
> > expression
> > when a cup of tea was requested on one of my mother in law's visits.
> >
> > "Tea?  Uhh, uhh, TEA!  They ransacked their kitchen shelves, and  came
> > up with some Lipton tea bags that were probably as old as the hills,  and
> > God knows how the tea tasted.  She might well have asked for Marian
> > nectar.
> >
> > OTOH, various iced teas are a summer favorite in the Upper Midwest.
> >
> >
> >
> > David Strang.
> >
>