On Mar 7, 2:07*pm, "James Silverton" >
wrote:
> *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.

They're lucky they didn't get sick from it! Acorns are so high in
tannins! He shoulda tried chickory root.
On second thought, he probably did.

maxine in ri