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.
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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.
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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
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