jmcquown wrote:
> On 5/15/2014 8:29 PM, Steve Freides wrote:
>> wrote:
>>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/laura-...b_5274763.html
>>>
>>> Lenona.
>>
>> This isn't a new thing. And not withstanding the butter and/or
>> coconut oil in coffee, some people (including Alton Brown) put salt
>> in their coffee.
>>
>> -S-
>>
>>
> Screw Alton Brown. Adding salt to coffee is nothing new. It was
> particularly added to bitter, cheap coffee grounds during and after
> the American Civil War. Also during the depression in the 1930's. The
> same sort of thing was done with adding (or outright
> substituting) ground chickory when coffee was scarce.

I didn't say it was new, I said just the opposite. I just mentioned
that one well-known cooking expert considers it a good idea, even with
good coffee. That makes it at least worthy of consideration in my book,
even if not actually going so far as to try it.

> Doesn't make it taste any better.

A matter of opinion with which some people disagree.

> Butter in coffee? No thanks.

Hey, I don't do it, either, but I don't think it tastes terrible and I
think a lot of people would like it if they tried it.

-S-