Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Ed P Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: Ban coffee? Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 21:06:16 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2025 03:06:17 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="7efd0f0dcf101c114c1f821841df88bc"; logging-data="1799256"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18WFoA4MB2n5AvWrDCD/I9jDaGfVBDwo+Q=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:lC3msz7cLMZKIAvbtwdvzWd5/eM= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2382 On 3/31/2025 4:57 PM, Dave Smith wrote: > On 2025-03-31 3:19 p.m., Ed P wrote: >> On 3/31/2025 11:27 AM, flood of sins wrote: >>> On 2025-03-30, Bruce wrote: >>> >>>> That shows, once again, that religion holds people back. It has a >>>> retarding effect. >>> >>> with the thread about a container of gelato having a stubborn >>> top fresh in mind; >>> >>> a few years back we (my wife and i) hosted an early spring >>> family picnic. for dessert we brought out cake and ice cream. had >>> a relative ask if we had any gelato because she stopped eating >>> ice cream for lent. i loled. she got offended. retarding effect >>> indeed. >>> >> >> Her intentions were good and I'm doing similar.  For Lent I gave up >> bourbon aged more than 15 years, > > > Does that apply to 12 year old Bourbon that has been sitting in you > liquor cabinet for four years? > I'm honestly not sure. As a precaution though, I make sure nothing sits in the liquor cabinet for four years. The Publix liquor store me has a bottle of Whistle Pig bourbon 21 year for a good price compared to other places. $700. Because it is Lent, I passed.