[Magdalen] coffee

[Lynn Ronkainen]

I have used de-caf 'instant' to 'brown' gravies that were too pale for years 
Jay!

Lynn

Before I was a coffee drinker, my ex was a Taster's Choice *connoisseur* 
(still is, AFAIK)
(Taster's Choice was 'the original' freeze dried instant... debuted in 1972)

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From: "Jay Weigel" <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2015 2:25 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] coffee

> 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.
>> >
>>