"Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
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> On 5/25/2014 5:28 PM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 2014-05-25 6:05 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>>>> On 5/25/2014 4:29 PM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>>>>> "James Silverton" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>> On 5/25/2014 5:00 PM, pure kona wrote:
>>>>>>> On Sun, 25 May 2014 11:03:29 -0500, barbie gee >
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sat, 24 May 2014, Mark Thorson wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> They're Mormons, so no coffee gadgets.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Mormons don't drink coffee?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What about tea? There's lots of tea gadgets.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have a couple of coffee customers in Utah. I always wonder but
>>>>>>> would never dare ask.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> aloha,
>>>>>>> Cea
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Not all the inhabitants of Utah are Mormons and not all Mormons live
>>>>>> in
>>>>>> Utah. My grandmother was a Mormon and her biggest problem was during
>>>>>> WWII
>>>>>> in Britain when she could not buy a horrible concoction called
>>>>>> Postum. She
>>>>>> used to drink cocoa and worried about that being allowed. I was too
>>>>>> young
>>>>>> to tell her that cocoa contains stimulants and that's perhaps as
>>>>>> well.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh my but I remember Postum. It was a syrup you mixed with hot
>>>>> water. We
>>>>> were served it mixed with milk. It was pretty nasty. Tasted like
>>>>> burned
>>>>> wheat bread.
>>>>
>>>> Not wher I grew up. It was granules and it came in a jar. You mixed
>>>> it
>>>> with warm water or warm milk.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I remember it as a powder too.
>>>
>>
>> Some people poured it over pancakes in place of maple syrup. It was
>> pretty
>> sweet.
>>
>>
> I think you may be confusing Postum with something else, perhaps sorghum?
>
> http://postum.com/
>
No it was Postum. I even remember the label. Doing a Google search I see
it is only available in powder form now. Wouldn't buy it in either form -
blech!
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