tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679631342517586283.post9112801916621191247..comments2023-10-29T09:22:45.796-04:00Comments on Thora Florence: To Eat, or Not To EatThorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04564924243186464304noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679631342517586283.post-69823784256012629342008-06-27T07:39:00.000-04:002008-06-27T07:39:00.000-04:00I'm with you, Aleatha. I never liked the smell of ...I'm with you, Aleatha. I never liked the smell of coffee, even when I was addicted to it. (Thirty-five cups a day is an addiction!) I finally got over the addiction, but still ate coffee flavored ice cream until I joined the Mormon Church. I had already quit smoking, drinking alcohol, and coffee, but giving up Baskin-Robbins Jamoca Almond Fudge ice cream was nearly a deal-breaker for me. I'll eat food prepared with alcohol, as long as the alcohol is in minute quantities (vanilla ice cream) or mostly cooked off in preparation, but I try to avoid things that TASTE like coffee or alcohol, as it feels to me like cheating. But chaque un a son gout!Don Fallickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15144404063030016064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679631342517586283.post-61706528433209345032008-06-14T16:05:00.000-04:002008-06-14T16:05:00.000-04:00I once brought up the question of coffee ice cream...I once brought up the question of coffee ice cream to my co-workers at the New Era. Their response: "Just don't eat it during Conference."<BR/><BR/>Here at Lac du Bois, a lot of alcohol goes into the food. Last night we had coq au vin and it was delicious. During training, when we were with all the camps, they'd announce any dishes made with alcohol ("This was made with alcohol, there is a non-alcoholic version in the kitchen for those who want it"). They did this for the benefit of the Al Waha counselors, many of whom are Muslim. I cheerfully partook of the alcohol-free fare. But now that I'm just with the French, I don't feel that I can justify making the kitchen cook a separate, alcohol-free dish just for me. Besides, they're serving this to little kids. They can feed ME whatever they want but there are laws about how much booze you can give to kids that aren't yours. So I figure I'm pretty okay. Besides, my faith causes everyone enough inconvenience. (I used to beg the kitchen for hot chocolate powder so I'd have something hot to drink in the mornings instead of coffee or tea. This was a huge pain in the butt for them. Now I bring my own chocolate powder from Utah, and write my name all over it, but other counselors still think it's municipal and drink it all. And then I snap at them because I have nothing to drink. And then everybody's mad.)<BR/><BR/>I don't like the smell of coffee, but once I had a really, really, really good <I>Napoleon</I> that was very heavy on the coffee flavor and I loved it. My grandmother eyed me askance. Then again, this is the same grandmother who is convinced that black pudding is against the Word of Wisdom and that Mitt Romney's defeat means there's going to be a second Holocaust, against Mormons. I've come to enjoy ticking this grandmother off.RoseEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04661691621310590334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679631342517586283.post-17672489288436803502008-06-11T23:51:00.000-04:002008-06-11T23:51:00.000-04:00You've already summed up my opinion pretty well - ...You've already summed up my opinion pretty well - I eat alcohol and coffee, but do not drink either. Our reason for this you referenced, came from an apocryphal story about Pres. McKay eating rum cake and saying that the Word of Wisdom was a prescription against drinking alcohol, not eating. Matt says it is referenced in his recent biography, which we, alas, cannot find (naturally). <BR/><BR/>That said, I don't eat it if I can taste the alcohol (in addition to the flavor). So I usually avoid liqueur filled chocolates, uncooked brandied cherries, alcohol soaked cakes, etc. Coffee, as you say, is more complicated. I like it in chocolates and ice cream. Sacrilicious. <BR/><BR/>Another quick comment - imitation vanilla does contain alcohol, as your mother mentioned. It is imitation because it's <I>wood</I> soaked in alcohol instead of a vanilla bean soaked in alcohol.Frau Magisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07919596861599804716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679631342517586283.post-68456391809063475562008-06-11T16:53:00.000-04:002008-06-11T16:53:00.000-04:00You took the words right out of my mouth! I've be...You took the words right out of my mouth! I've been wondering this exact same thing lately. Except about alcohol, not coffee. I don't like the smell of coffee at all. Ick. But, the topic of coffee has come up several times while I've talked about cooking with alcohol.<BR/><BR/>I'm as confused as you are. Sorry I can't be helpful here. :)Tiannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11151287199600379568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679631342517586283.post-49440315531174127162008-06-11T00:01:00.000-04:002008-06-11T00:01:00.000-04:00I'm like you Thora, I LOVE the smell of coffee, an...I'm like you Thora, I LOVE the smell of coffee, and have never drunk it (intentionally). If I did I'd be the "dessert coffee" drinker too. When I was (much) younger I got one of those 7-Eleven iced mocha drinks, cause I thought it was just flavoured, and it was Gooo-Oood! When I learned that it was actually coffee I was crushed. And I never got one again. <BR/><BR/>I have cooked with wine before, in fact that yummy 3-mushroom stuffing I brought to Thanksgiving several years ago had about 1/2 a bottle of white, which I sent my then drinking friend to the liquor store for. :) <BR/><BR/>I guess I'm a little liberal on the alcohol/coffee in things area. I don't have a problem with things cooked with coffee or alcohol, but won't drink them. I don't think I'm going to get addicted to stuffing or ice cream. <BR/><BR/>Barbara is right, Vanilla extract is made by soaking vanilla beans in bourbon. So you cook with alcohol practically every time you bake, unless you use that wretched imitation vanilla flavor, in which case, you'd be better of not baking at all.Ameliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05975156589409543136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679631342517586283.post-31475493080574310592008-06-10T09:48:00.000-04:002008-06-10T09:48:00.000-04:00My dad drank coffee. Each morning of my growing u...My dad drank coffee. Each morning of my growing up years would begin with the smell of Folger's coffee brewing in the kitchen. That odor has warm, fuzzy feelings for me but I also have never drank coffee. Seems I have tasted it and didn't like the flavor and I have no intention of trying to develop a like for it. I have been known to refuse pastries which have alcohol in them but I have also eaten baked goods with alcohol in them. In fact, artificial vanilla has alcohol in it. I do use red wine vinegar. I guess the Word of Wisdom thing comes down to being honest with ourselves and honest with the Lord. You answer for yourself when you go for your temple recommend interview and if you feel comfortable before the Lord with the choices you have made, it is really not anyone else's place to judge you. On the other hand, another man's sins will never save you. We can justify to ourselves doing what is wrong so in our honesty, how honest are we with ourselves? I know I wouldn't offer you alcohol or coffee flavored chocolates.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03152419247914244251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679631342517586283.post-46060854559211449532008-06-09T17:02:00.000-04:002008-06-09T17:02:00.000-04:00i LOVE the smell of coffee. Mmmmmmmmmm. I love t...i LOVE the smell of coffee. Mmmmmmmmmm. I love to walk by the starbucks at the hospital on my way to my NST and just smell the coffee goodness. that said I hate the flavor. i remember when i used to work at golden swirl and we had a cappiccino and mint cappiccino flavored frozen yogurt. They were just flavored so not real coffee in them.. but i thought they were so nasty! i do remember that amy liked them though! So I do avoid coffee flavored things but only because i think its gross tasting, not out of priciple. I also have spit out many a jelly belly becuase it was coffee flavored. The flavor does nothing for me... but the smell is divine! Kind of like dishwasher detergent. I love to smell it and take nice deep breaths, it just smells so delishious to me! ( its the anemia i am told) but I dont think i would ever even try tasting it as i am pretty sure it would just taste like soap.<BR/><BR/> About the dishes made with alcohol i eat them.. I love one of the olive garden dishes that is made with a wine for the sauce. I dont think i would ever make them at home for the same reasons as you.. but i have no problem eating them elsewhere.<BR/><BR/>Oh and i would worry more about dad judging you than mom.. i bought him some fancy chocolates for christmas and he said he couldnt eat them because they had brandy flavored ones etc... i was under the impression that this was not really alcohol and just a flavoring?? but whatever!Camillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16222505107451912209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4679631342517586283.post-65125803258834664622008-06-09T16:36:00.000-04:002008-06-09T16:36:00.000-04:00I hate the smell of coffee. I think it smells lik...I hate the smell of coffee. I think it smells like roasted puke. I used to go to a cafe in Manhattan often, and after being in there a while I would get used to the smell. But when I left the place I could smell my clothes and my hair, and it stank of coffee, I thought. I might have just been paranoid. It's strange that I don't like the smell, though, because I absolutely love most roasted smells.<BR/><BR/>Once I ate coffee-flavored ice cream cake at a party with a friend's family. I was about 14 and was really confused about what to do, and I was very shy back then. I ended up eating it because it wasn't actually drinking a cup of coffee, and I just didn't want to make a big deal out of it. I figured there wasn't enough coffee in it to "count". Today, I probably would have done the same thing. However, I thought it tasted nasty, so maybe I wouldn't.Aleatha Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00392415295910123120noreply@blogger.com