Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Sat 26 Mar 2005 11:33:09p, jmcquown wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>> On Sat 26 Mar 2005 10:40:19p, jmcquown wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>>
>>>> Ruddell wrote:
>>>>> In .com> Sheldon
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Carol In WI wrote:
>>>>>>> I've come across recipes to make your own cappacino's, etc, but
>>>>>>> they taste cheap, I'd like to be able to come closer to the
>>>>>>> stuff you buy in the
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> stores. Any suggestions? Thanks, Carol In WI
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.manhattanspecial.com/movie.html
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Well I'll be darned. Amazing...is it good or just cool?
>>>>
>>>> I don't think they knew what "cool" was 100 years ago. Except
>>>> maybe for a chilled coffee drink
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>
>>> Chilled coffee drinks probably were too common then, either.
>>
>> True. Ice had to be hauled up the river packed in sawdust. Room
>> temp, more like.
>>
>> Jill
>
> I know my grandmother in MS had an ice box before 1910, but I doubt
> they chipped away at the block of ice for beverages. It was much
> important to keep the cream and milk cool.

True, Wayne. Every time I think about someone chopping at a block of ice
with an ice pick I think of an early Nichole Kidman film - Dead Calm. Chip
at the ice to make lemonade and add something to knock out the madman -
Billy Zane. Eeek!

I don't frequent those coffee house places but that Starbuck's bottled
Frappuchino is pretty good for a quick cold on-the-run coffee thing.

Jill