Dragaera

Food & wine

Michael Barr barr at barrs.org
Thu Jan 9 06:06:51 PST 2003


On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Jot Powers wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 05:31:06PM -0500, Mark A Mandel wrote:
> > I think someone of Hungarian background on the lois-bujold list said she
> > recognized it. Shall I inquire?
> 
> AFAIK [1], when reading some Googled usenet search after the publication
> of _Issola_ someone said something to the affect of:
> 
> "Oh, klava is just camp coffee", implying it is something that is
> reasonably well known by some people. [2]
> 

Could it have been "Camp coffee""?  There is a brand of coffee syrup
called Camp.  During the hottest days of the summer, a tablespoon of the
syrup in a tall glass of milk over ice cubes makes a wonderfully
refreshing drink.  I suppose you could put it into hot milk instead.