For Really Tasty Coffee...

[Patty]

Originally posted by Phoebe
I add about one teaspoon of chocolate or caramel. Another thing you can do is add a packet of hot chocolate mix to your coffee. (don't forget the marshmallow cream!)

Thanks, Phoebe!!

 

[kersejohn]

Being Scottish, guess what goes in the bedtime coffee in these parts.

 

[Sharky]

sounds good. Maybe that will change my dislike for coffee .

 

[Auntie]

Originally posted by Wolseley
Actually, you can't try it, any more----the Government stopped making C-rations. The guys nowadays get those nasty MRE's. I've had a few of those, too, and they're wretched.

Wols, did you ever try the freeze-dried fruit cocktail in an MRE? It is SO gooood! Just open and eat, as is. Taste like fruit candy. They may not make it anymore, it was back in the early '90's when I had some.

 

[Patty]

Originally posted by kersejohn
Being Scottish, guess what goes in the bedtime coffee in these parts.

I dinno, eh.

Mebbie a samplin' o' vainilla bean?
Er, 'ow 'bouts a smatterin' o' black strap, eh?

Surely it 'tisn't whiskey??

Patty

 

[Wolseley]

Wols, did you ever try the freeze-dried fruit cocktail in an MRE? It is SO gooood! Just open and eat, as is. Taste like fruit candy. They may not make it anymore, it was back in the early '90's when I had some.

No, but I did have quite a collection of the freeze-dried strawberries they used to put in them (I left the service in the mid-80's, myself.....) Those tasted pretty good on cereal, once they re-hydrated with milk.

But MRE's were just never as good as the old C-rats. I remember a supervisor of mine when I was overseas----used to steal stuff from the Army and swap it for cases of C-rats. (But you didn't hear that from me.)

 

[Patty]

Hey Wolseley,

Got a recipe for you!
Why for you?
When you hear how I describe how to make it, it might make you reminisce even more about your Air Force days.

But, this is really tasty:

Rustle up a box of corn starch. Put 1/4 cup of it in a large measuring cup.
Stir into it a little "COLD" milk. Stir it realllll good, til all of the cornstarch is dissolved. Fill the cup up to the 2 cup mark with more milk.

Add some sugar and vanilla extract to your taste. (Now or later when everything's done)

Toss the milk mix in a saucepan.

Boil some rice ( water only - skip the butter or oil when you make it)
Grab a handful (just a handful) of the cooked rice and toss it into the milk and cornstarch in the saucepan.

Stir it real good. Keep stirring as you heat it over medium heat until it begins to bubble.

Let it cool.

Then, enjoy!!

I just made this up today. It's tasty!


Patty

 

[AngelAmidala]

Oooooooooooooooo I love adding hot chocolate to my coffee!!

Mmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Auntie]

Hey Patty, great recipes! I've never heard of making rice pudding that way, but I'm gonna give it a try! Sounds goood.

 

[Auntie]

Originally posted by Wolseley

No, but I did have quite a collection of the freeze-dried strawberries they used to put in them (I left the service in the mid-80's, myself.....) Those tasted pretty good on cereal, once they re-hydrated with milk.

Freeze-dried strawberries---YUM! My son was in the Marines in the early '90's, we always had plenty of MRE's.

I remember a supervisor of mine when I was overseas----used to steal stuff from the Army and swap it for cases of C-rats. (But you didn't hear that from me.)

Hey, your story is safe with me, and the 4,063 members of this board---we won't tell a soul!

 

[Patty]

Originally posted by Auntie_Belle_Um
Hey Patty, great recipes! I've never heard of making rice pudding that way, but I'm gonna give it a try! Sounds goood.

 

Hey Auntie,

It is good.  Just plain ole cornstarch pudding with cooked rice.  You can add almost anything to it.

I just had to dress up the directions Air Force style for Wolseley.

Just don't try making it in a used fruit cocktail can, like Wolseley makes his coffee.  If you do, I can't guarantee the results.

 

Patty

 

[Auntie]

Originally posted by Patty


 

Hey Auntie,

Just don't try making it in a used fruit cocktail can, like Wolseley makes his coffee.  If you do, I can't guarantee the results.

 

Patty

A used fruit cocktail can might work, if you were out in the woods camping and cooking over an open fire! It would need to be a large can tho!

 

[Patty]

Hey folks,

I just got a great recipe from my daughter today!

She prepared some tuna fish by putting the usual stuff in it, mayo, etc.
But, she also did something new that made it taste fabulous!!
She put a little dill pickle juice in it.
What a difference!!

Patty

 

[Martin]

Not wishing to advertise or anything..... but I came across a great Christian site, based in the USA, that sells coffee.

It's called Holy Grind, and I'm glad to have been their first international customer...... I like their "Holy" and "Grace" beans.

There's nothing so great as getting up, grinding a few beans and settling down with the Lord and a cup of coffee for half an hour or so.....try it sometime!

 

[Blackwing]

Hey i heard that coffee place also.

They have it here in the Philippines i think.

I am still looking for that perfect chocolate syrup for my coffee

 

[Stormy]

Patty: If I were to go back to coffee your suggestions sound yummy.

But my hubby makes such dreadful coffee that I do not think anything would help it. It is sooo strong and bitter!

I switched to cappuccino!

I love the french vanilla flavor!

 

[Sharky]

Hey you know those weird coffee machines? I was just finding it funny how people use them, take like 5 minutes to make coffee while someone else just gets coffee, shoves it in a cup and pours hot water in all in under 20 seconds .

 

[Wolseley]

Hey, your story is safe with me, and the 4,063 members of this board---we won't tell a soul!

LOL!!!

Just don't try making it in a used fruit cocktail can, like Wolseley makes his coffee. If you do, I can't guarantee the results.

I have to admit, I haven't made coffee like that for many, many moons.

I could probably reproduce the conditions, but since I don't have to anymore, I'll stick to Mr. Coffee and Maxwell House.

 

[Patty]

Hey Blackwing,

Try Nestles. Heck of a lot better taste than Hersheys
(My own opinion)

Patty

 

[mld3three]

Originally posted by Wolseley
Actually, you can't try it, any more----the Government stopped making C-rations. The guys nowadays get those nasty MRE's. I've had a few of those, too, and they're wretched.

I do believe I am one of the few that actually like MRE's. Although my sister begs me for mine.