Seawater Coffee

[Fizzwizz]

This is a quick tribute to the wonderful cup of coffee made by Roger, who used the seawater tap by mistake. I can still taste the two mouthfuls I successfully managed to swallow before my brain realised!

Thanks Roger

 

[pagoda]

This is a quick tribute to the wonderful cup of coffee made by Roger, who used the seawater tap by mistake. I can still taste the two mouthfuls I successfully managed to swallow before my brain realised!

Thanks Roger

I've had a similar mistake - years ago I added some milk to the tea in a china mug.
It turned out to be flat CocaCola... NOT tea

Euuchhhh!!

Not a good combination..

Graeme

 

[[70521]]

How about Instant Potato powder into tea?

 

[LittleShip]

Athletes foot cream instead of toothpaste

Tom

 

[WestWittering]

Nail varnish remover pad instead of waterproof mascara remover..... My tears disolved the remnants...

Di

 

[prv]

Athletes foot cream instead of toothpaste

Ow, that's not good. Athlete's foot takes some killing, so the potions against it are pretty toxic. While I was at school we were told of someone at Wellington who put athlete's foot powder in someone else's drink as a practical joke, and put him in hospital for a week.

I guess you must have spat it out before consuming too much.

Pete

 

[rob2]

But would seawater make good porrage?

Rob.

 

[Roberto]

This is a quick tribute to the wonderful cup of coffee made by Roger, who used the seawater tap by mistake. I can still taste the two mouthfuls I successfully managed to swallow before my brain realised!

Thanks Roger

inadvertently swapping salt and sugar containers, same effect

 

[sailorboy1944]

Sea water recipies

Whilst doing round GB none stop race a few years ago, we ran out of gas half way round. Someone came up with the idea of soaking pasta in seawater for 24hrs, yes it tasted exactly like that.

 

[Seajet]

One of my standard snacks under way is a couple of buttered cream crackers, with a 'cheese slice' inbetween.

I didn't realise I had to tell my chum Gordon to remove the plastic film first...

 

[affinite]

I think this thread has legs

Aerosol leather waterproofer instead of hairspray (Sorry Dad)

 

[AntarcticPilot]

But would seawater make good porrage?

Rob.

I just re-read the Kon-Tiki Expedition. Heyerdahl states that porridge oats take away the taste of salt-water; they found this out when a wave splashed into their breakfast! I'm sure I've read this elsewhere as well; Bill Howells comes to mind (I recall he was very keen on minimizing the amount of fresh-water carried, and one of his books has a long section on water-saving dodges!)

Of course, salt makes porridge taste sweeter; I have no idea why, but I can vouch for it being the case.

 

[Zephuros]

Can be fatal

I'm reminded of a small boy in SE Asia that thought Alka Seltzer was food.

 

[prv]

Aerosol leather waterproofer instead of hairspray (Sorry Dad)

Same thing instead of deodorant (and it was my dad that did it).

My style seems to be more keeping the rubbish in one hand while I throw what I wanted into the bin.

Pete

 

[wotayottie]

This is a quick tribute to the wonderful cup of coffee made by Roger, who used the seawater tap by mistake. I can still taste the two mouthfuls I successfully managed to swallow before my brain realised!

Thanks Roger

Skippered a boat with 5 drunkards on board, on their way back from their attempt to earn a gin pennant ( 9 pints without throwing up). They wanted coffee so I made some using the granules in the jar in the cupboard by the cooker. Maybe its a reflection on my upbringing but I had never heard of nor seen gravy granules before so I just ladled the brown chrystals into the mugs. They had milky gravy with sugar in it. Only one of them noticed.

They got their gin pennant and they gave me a gravy pennant

 

[prv]

Maybe its a reflection on my upbringing but I had never heard or seen gravy granules before

I guess nowadays the same reflection would be someone who'd never seen instant coffee

Pete

 

[wotayottie]

Not much of a coffee drinker and then never instant so I would not really know.

Odd though how things go. I drink a lot of tea and its all tea bags. In my youth it was all loose tea leaves, but thats very much a speciality nowadays.

And I suppose it wouldnt be gravy granules now but jus granules. Much more upmarket, and up price.

 

[rob2]

I reckon gravy granules would make better tasting coffee than the muck that comes out of vending machines!

Rob.

 

[GrahamM376]

Boatyard, winter, 100 metres each way to heads. Plastic container used at night but, I also had an identical one containing thinners. You guessed it, bl**dy painful

 

[Bav34]

Shaving foam instead of deodorant