-- Scott Schultz <scott at cjhunter.com> wrote: > > On a semi-related note, I was curious about the relationship of eggshells to > coffee so I did a search and the very first item on the results was this: > > http://homepage.interaccess.com/~june4/eggcoffee.html - June Meyer's > Authentic Hungarian > Egg Coffee > > The idea of mixing eggs in your coffee is, I suppose, not qualitatively > different than mixing sawdust with it. *heh* I'm not sure if the egg changes > the coffee in some way or if the eggshell is really the magic ingredient but > I might try it for kicks one of these days. I have heard that when you make coffee by boiling the water with the grounds in it and you don't have the filter, adding eggshell makes the grounds settle, which presumably makes it easier to pour the coffee "off the top" while leaving the grounds on the bottom. I've never tried it. -- Mark A. Mandel http://cracksandshards.com a Steven Brust Dragaera fan website [This text prepared with Dragon NaturallySpeaking.] __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com