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RECIPE CORNER with your FRUGAL FRIENDS / Girl: A doctor - writing to Sweden's 1744 Frugality Commission - suggested replacing coffee beans with roasted acorns / Girl: Impoverished 19th century Nebraskans made coffee from roasted okra seeds / Girl: Blockaded Louisianans during the US Civil War stretched their coffee supply by diluting it with chicory / Girl: Confederate soldiers made a coffee out of roasted sweet potatoes and rye / Girl: In Victorian England - a cheap cup of coffee could be had by pouring hot water over burnt toast / Girl: During World War 2 the US government asked Americans to extend their coffee supply by re-using the grounds multiple times / Girl: US troops in the Pacific would approximate coffee by steeping burnt rice in water / Girl: Coffee is anything we call coffee Cat: My survivalist group chat says you can make coffee out of burnt acorns / Cat: What are YOU drinking? Girl: Big hot cup of semiotics / Girl: That - at least / Girl: is getting cheaper.

Postum-Modernism
April 9, 2025
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