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" Don't pour the boiling water straight onto my coffee " My friend requested " It will burn the coffee " He explained ! " Always add the milk first " He went on !
Now I have never heard so much rubbish in all my life and it doesn't end there does it ! So come on lets have your ridiculous "Old wives tales"
If you dont post any, I will come round to your house and put a pair of new shoes on your kitchen table ! WOOOOH Just the thought of that should have some of you reaching for the Valium !
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I reply out of fear, I was reaching for the garlic!
Aunty Alice wouldn't have hawthorn blossom in the house.
Jean Harrison argued that babies were found under cabbage plants.
Dad said there were fairies at the bottom of the garden and if we said there weren't, a fairy would die.
Spider's webs were good for wounds (since proven to have some truth in it)
Mouldy bread for the same (penicillin??).
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About the coffee.. the French say it shouldn't boil.
Cafe bouilli, cafe foutou!
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Actually, Phil, boiling water is too hot for brewing coffee. Water should be around 180F - any hotter causes the coffee to generate acid, destroying the flavor. This is why the temperature controlled drip coffee makers are so popular. I've used one ever since they first came on the market. My current one brews into an insulated carafe, so the pot isn't on a heated plate. It stays at drinking temp for a couple of hours.
Espresso makers use superheated water under pressure, but it is forced through the grounds very quickly and the acid doesn't have time to form.
Not an "Old Wive's Tale" but a response to your opener.
Frank
Frank Damp (wife Eileen, nee Nixon)
Leyland resident 1941-1965, emigrated to the US in 1968,
retired to Anacortes, Washington State, USA in 1999.
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Not allowed to put an umberella up in the house, bad luck. Or have red and white flowers ( sign of an impending death) ( which I would have thought could also fall in the bad luck category, maybe a category 10 bad luck)
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This was instant coffee Frank not your hoity toity stuff ! I did ask for similar "Tales" and not a pedantic analysis of what was meant to be the opening gambit to some much needed light hearted chat on here !
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It's up to people to post what they want Phil, not for you to decide what they should post.
Here's another, shingles, my mother always reckoned if they went right round you, you'd die. There is actually a lot of truth in that if you think about it.
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"A big black moth in the house means a deceased one is just visiting reincarnated through that moth". Now if thats the case our kitchen is like the night of the living dead every night ! They could all be from my family. The MOTH family ( If you have a lisp that is ! )
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Yes you will end up with bits floating around hence me saying to my friend "Utter Rubbish" I am the one who adds milk later !
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