Dee Randall wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> . ..
>> 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
>>
> BJ's has them $1 (maybe $1.50???) off until April 9 with their coupon
> which you can pick up at the door.
> Dee

What the heck is BJ's (aside from the obvious, dear Sheldon!)?

Jill