OT: Whiskey, Etc.

[Canadian Army]

Coffee can be made from substitutes such as chickory, burnt grain, or roasted acorns and even dandelion roots dried and roasted.

I had a roommate who drank chickory for awhile, she was trying kick her coffee addiction; the chickory stank up our kitchen really bad when it was brewed.

[Caradhras]

Lots of substitutes and home-brews would grow no doubt. Dandelion coffee is really good imo too.

I love Jester's idea of trade routes with clippers/sailing ships giving a potential campaign for a T2K group as either pirates or traders.

[Legbreaker]

Originally Posted by Caradhras

Lots of substitutes and home-brews would grow no doubt. Dandelion coffee is really good imo too.

Dandelion beer is apparently pretty good too I hear.

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by Canadian Army

I had a roommate who drank chickory for awhile, she was trying kick her coffee addiction; the chickory stank up our kitchen really bad when it was brewed.

Confederate troops during the Civil War often drank chickory; they felt that it was awful, but better than nothing.

[Mohoender]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

Confederate troops during the Civil War often drank chickory; they felt that it was awful, but better than nothing.

During WW2, people in Europe did that too and felt the same. Strangely they kept drinking chickory after the war was over.

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by Mohoender

During WW2, people in Europe did that too and felt the same. Strangely they kept drinking chickory after the war was over.

I am right now watching a show about the history of coffee on the History Channel. It seems that a rare, but really nifty item amongst Union troops was a rifle or carbine with a coffee mill built into the buttstock. Now that's the mark of an addiction!

[Mohoender]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

I am right now watching a show about the history of coffee on the History Channel. It seems that a rare, but really nifty item amongst Union troops was a rifle or carbine with a coffee mill built into the buttstock. Now that's the mark of an addiction!

Or an early use of an enhancement drug.

[Cdnwolf]

Nestle still makes coffee with chicory..

http://www.nestle.ca/en/products/bra....htm?subGroup=

[jester]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

I am right now watching a show about the history of coffee on the History Channel. It seems that a rare, but really nifty item amongst Union troops was a rifle or carbine with a coffee mill built into the buttstock. Now that's the mark of an addiction!

Paul how dare you! Being a former member of the not so light infantry you should know the joy of having tools that do double duty in order to save weight and bulk.

And per the majority of the reinactors and historians that I know, ALL rifle butts were coffee grinders. It involved taking the metal buttplate and commming down hard on the bag of coffee and then several up and down chops with the buttplate and then grinding it so one crushed the beans where they were then tossed into the coffee pot or tin cup.

I have seen it done and i have even tasted the coffee. And trust me boys, it does not taste like regular coffee even the stuff you grind yourself.

[pmulcahy11b]

I wouldn't know, Jester -- I hate coffee. Nonetheless, I took a can with me to the field; I could get a lot in trade for a little coffee!

[Cdnwolf]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

I wouldn't know, Jester -- I hate coffee. Nonetheless, I took a can with me to the field; I could get a lot in trade for a little coffee!

HEATHEN!!! In Canada coffee is king. You can spit without hitting a Tim Hortons coffee franchise!! Ahhh heavenly nectar of the gods!!

[jester]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

I wouldn't know, Jester -- I hate coffee. Nonetheless, I took a can with me to the field; I could get a lot in trade for a little coffee!

I never drank coffee until after I got out and went to college in the Pacific Northwest. Although durring the Desert I did chew the instant coffee packs then again the foil on a filling may have done just as much to keep me awake than the coffee.

And as a fellow not so light infantry type shame on you for humping something you didn't use! Shame shame shame!

However, you do get "Peter-san" points for being an entrapanuer and scrounger. Oh the dilema! Should you be priased or chastized? I will sleep on it

[TiggerCCW UK]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

I wouldn't know, Jester -- I hate coffee. Nonetheless, I took a can with me to the field; I could get a lot in trade for a little coffee!

Wash your mouth out for saying such a thing