sf wrote:

>On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 17:54:31 +1100, Old Mother Ashby wrote:
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>> Goomba38 wrote:
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>> > wff_ng_7 wrote:
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>> >> Bewitched Kitchen and Stove:
>> >> http://www.1164.com/set/tv/kitchen/index.html
>> >> Tappan Stove Ad: http://www.plan59.com/decor/decor056.htm
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>> > I love seeing the older appliances and gadgets!! One shot showed the
>> > glass pyrex coffee pot my mother used for ages. She routinely broke
>> > one piece or another and was always having to buy replacement parts,
>> > but they were common place then. I recall she had to use a wire heat
>> > diffuser thingie between the burner and the glass pot. Did anyone else
>> > use those coffee pots?
>> > Goomba
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>> Horrible bloody things, though we thought they were terrific at the
>> time. They stewed the coffee, but. The plunger pot was a godsend - we've
>> still got one of those.
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>It has a plunger? You're talking about a "french press'? They make
>decent coffee if you use the correct method. You pour boiling water
>over the grounds, let them steep for a while and then "plunge" to stop
>the brewing when the coffee is as rich as you wish.
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That's it. One of these days I'm going to come across something that
Americans don't have a different name for! :-)

Christine