Coffee: in Romania, this is how we made coffee when away from kitchens.
--Get a metal tripod ring (circle at the top + three legs about six inches tall), a large (2 inch diameter) ball of cotton soaked in alcohool. --Light the cotton and center beneath the metal ring. --Put the pan of water on the circle thingie above -- the burning cotton is underneath. By the time the cotton has finished burning, you have boiled your water and made your coffee.
We make turkish coffee: mix t 2 coffee (ground to a flour-like fineness) and 2 t sugar and 1 c water. Boil. Let settle. Drink.
I'm sure it will work in a hurricane. Seems easier than charcoal to me.
Joanna
snit snat wrote:
> At 03:09 PM 10/3/2004, joanna bujes wrote:
>
>> Is "limpdick" another way of saying Florida? Just curious --- I'm
>> sure its definition must have been obvious in the beginning, but now
>> I'm the clueless one.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Joanna
>
>
> Yepper. You do a lot of looking a hurricane forecast maps and you
> can't miss it. :) Although, my buddy Joe (budge) noted not too long
> ago that, while this editorial page cartoon had it standing at
> attention, it remained a balless wonder!
> www.rakfoundry.com/Ivan.html
>
> Colorado state predicts three more hurricanes will form, with only a
> comparatively small chance that they'll make landfall.
>
> No one, however, has removed their shutters/plywood.
>
> People have asked what it was like. I put up my Horriblecane Diaries,
> which weren't really intended to be such. I was just a wee bit anxious
> and, fortunately, had an outlet at another list where there are other
> FL residents.
> www.rakfoundry.com/Horibblecane_Diaries.html
>
> Also, some humor:
>
>
> WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT HURRICANES IN FLORIDA IN 2004
>
>
> 1. You can never have too much duct tape.
>
> 2. You can flick the switch endlessly but, without electricity, the
> lights don't work.
>
> 3. It actually gets --or at least feels--hotter and stuffier at 2 a.m.
> than it is at 2 p.m.
>
> 4. 5 teenagers in the house rates a 2 on the Safir-Simpson scale but
> doesn't qualify for FEMA relief.
>
> 5. He who has the biggest generator has the most new friends.
>
> 6. You can make coffee with a Smokey Joe, just make sure you don't try
> it with a plastic handled percolator designed for an electric stove.
>
> 7. You will go through a lot of charcoal.
>
> 8. Making a charcoal pyramid at 6 a.m. to make coffee really sucks.
>
> 9. The "battery operated" part on the packaging of a radio or book
> reading light is often just for show.
>
> 10. 1.5 volt batteries come in C _and_ D sizes.
>
> 11. Batteries in your car flashlight will rust. Hell, the batteries
> stored in the hurricane survival kit from last year will rust. It's
> $)@&*%^( Florida, you idiot!
>
> 12. Women can survive without doing their hair and men can live
> without the television on Sunday. You just wish they weren't around you.
>
> 13. A convenience store will either have ice OR beer, never both.
>
> 14. There are a lot of trees around here.
>
> 15. It's great to live in a housing development where the power grid
> is underground -- except when there's flooding.
>
> 16. After three days of canned food you'll feel like a canned ham.
> After five days, you will sprout a purty label that says Vlasic.
>
> 17. Anxiety does not burn off the calories contained in a 1 lb bag of
> M&Ms you've all nervously crammed in your faces as you watch Guv Jeb
> and wonder if _he_ would read _My Pet Goat_ for seven minutes.
>
> 18. Aluminim siding reminds everyone of the old homestead up north,
> sure, but it does nothing to protect your house and it makes excellent
> torpedos when the wind gusts.
>
> 19. Crickets can increase their volume to overcome the sound of 14
> generators.
>
> 20. People will get into a line that has formed without having any
> idea what the line is for.
>
> 21. Almost any vehicle will float. You can't steer the beeyotch, but
> it floats real good.
>
> 22. Hurricanes do keep the mailman from his appointed rounds.
>
> 23. Nothing stops telemarketers.
>
> 24. The worst Chinese place in town--the one that uses frozen peas and
> carrots in General Tso's--will deliver.
>
> 25. Twenty-seven of your neighbors are fed from a different
> transformer and they will be quick to point that out!
>
> 26. It is perfectly normal to have fantasies about Weather Channel
> Meteorologists.
>
> 27. If I had a store that sold only ice, chain saws, gas, beer, and
> generators *sigh* I'd be rich.
>
> 28. The price of a bag of ice doubles after a hurricane.
>
> 29. Progress Energy Math:
>
> 30 days in a month
> - 6 days without power
> _____________________
>
> 30% higher electric bill
>
>
> 30. Drywall is a compound word, take away the "dry" part and it's
> worthless.
>
>
>
>
> "one of the lessons of 1964 that conservatives learned was
> that it was more important for voters to feel like they were
> informed than to actually be informed. conservatives now have
> several places where they can learn this lesson several times
> a year."
>
> -- ac, the Politics list
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