> > I do admit to finding Dr. Nakamats unendingly amusing,
> > where Mr. Woodsum was not particularly.
> I'm not sure I've ever been introduced to either, come to think.

I met Mr. Woodsum at an event where I played, I
believe, K.614, which is why I put this post in
this place (it was going to be 616 or 617).

> > > People recognize my name once they've seen it, but not before.  
> > That may be preferable - actually making your
> > reputation instead of having it made for you.
> That depends on the reputation.

There's no such thing as bad publicity, the saying
goes. Well, there might be, but it is much rarer
than it ought to be.

> > Fair enough, though I don't share your antipathy
> > for adulterated coffee - I grew up with coffee milk,
> > a sweetened mix of the two, the coffee component
> > usually being Eight O'Clock.
> That does sound like kid food.  I drank coffee with "stuff" when I was
> young, but the older I got the worse the mix tasted.

Did you have some trauma attached to weak coffee
in your childhood? I actually tasted a zucchini
when I ws a kid.

> > I've actually never had a cold brew anything
> > that I know of. What's it like, and does it
> > have more caffeine or less?
> No clue on the caffeine, but it's a lot smoother than their regular coffee. 
> I've bought cold brew packets for use at home even - throw the filger baggie
> into a pitcher of cold water and leave in fridge overnight.  I'm not sure
> what the process is for using r

Hum.

> > > ...while it would still pour instead of coming out in chunks? 
> > It poured, with glumphs, and it smelled.
> It was old enough to vocally protest its treatment? Ick.

Aural, better than oral.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.00

      Title: Chocolate Amaretto Cheesecake
 Categories: Cyberealm, Cheesecake, just say no, fixable
      Yield: 12 servings

      6    Chocolate wafers, crushed
  1 1/2 c  Light cream cheese
      1 c  Sugar
      1 c  Low fat cottage cheese
      2 tb Chocolate morsels
    1/4 c  + 2 T unsweetened cocoa
    1/4 c  Flour
    1/4 c  Amaretto
      1 ts Vanilla
    1/4 ts Salt
      1    Egg
           Chocolate curls

  Sprinkle chocolate wafers in bottom of a 7 inch springform pan.
  In a food processor put cream cheese and the next seven ingredients.
  Process until smooth. Add the egg and process just until well blended.
  Fold in chocolate morsels. Slowly pour mixture over the crumbs in the
  pan. Bake at 300F for 65-75 min. or until cheesecake is set. Let cool
  in pan on wire rack. Cover and chill at least 8 hours. Remove sides
  of springform pan and transfer to a serving plate and garnish with
  chocolate curls.

  Source: Brigitte Sealing, Cyberealm BBS Watertown NY
  Typed for you by: Brigitte Sealing, Cyberealm BBS Watertown NY
  315-786-1120

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