On Sat 26 Mar 2005 11:49:46p, jmcquown wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> 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 remember that flick! Creepy!

> 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

For several years after moving to AZ I was stopping at a local coffeehouse
each morning for an iced latté, that is, until I realized I was dropping
over $20 a week on coffee! Now I brew double-strength French roast coffee
a couple of times a week and keep it in the fridge. I mix a really large
travel mug of coffee with fat-free half and half over ice. I'm just as
happy with it.

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Wayne Boatwright
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