"James Silverton" > wrote in message
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> notbob wrote on Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:59:07 GMT:
>
>>> Eggplant caviar is an old, old recipe. The name was meant to
>>> imply something you spread on toast or crackers. There never
>>> was a suggestion that it would taste like fish roe. -aem
>
>> Sez you. Every tried "mock apple pie" made with vanilla wafer
>> or ritz crackers or whatever the heck it is. What's next?
>> Burnt bread crumbs as coffee?
>
> My grandfather tried coffee made from roast acorns during WW II. Most of
> the family pronounced it a failure.
>
>
During the US Civil War coffee was made from the roasted seeds of the
Kentucky coffeetree. It's a very interesting tree, I planted one in my
yard.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_coffeetree