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IrishAyes

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8. Good advice about small town living.

Sat Mar 1, 2014, 08:50 PM

Mar 2014

I grew up as an Army brat, married a career military man, and lived in places like NYC and Los Angeles in addition to more remote areas. I knew coming in that this place would be a tough nut to crack, but if my expectations had been at all realistic, I'd have found a way not to do it. Now I'm pretty much stuck here, although that in itself can have a good side because I know I'll never move and they'll never change; the only option left is to try to kill 'em with love since the law won't let me use faster methods.

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(X-Post) What to do with coffee beans when you don't have a grinder? [View all] IrishAyes Mar 2014 OP

But a grinder? They are cheap and you could probably get one for less than cbayer Mar 2014 #1

Yes, thank you from the bottom of my caffein-addicted heart. But somebody in town would have to IrishAyes Mar 2014 #4

What no starbucks, lol!!! cbayer Mar 2014 #6

Good advice about small town living. IrishAyes Mar 2014 #8

I know the feeling. cbayer Mar 2014 #11

It may seem odd, but I have reason to wonder if some at least have developed a degree of admiration IrishAyes Mar 2014 #13

First, do you own a mortar and pestle? Fortinbras Armstrong Mar 2014 #26

Unfortunately, no... I don't have a mortar and pestle. Never saw one in this area's minimal IrishAyes Mar 2014 #27

It won't hurt the beans - but it may the blender. raven mad Mar 2014 #2

Thanks - excellent idea except I don't have a mortar and pestle either. IrishAyes Mar 2014 #3

Got a hammer? TygrBright Mar 2014 #5

Yes, you are helpful. IrishAyes Mar 2014 #7

This is a community. TygrBright Mar 2014 #9

Um. I'm interior Alaska in a cabin. raven mad Mar 2014 #12

You must really be tough to use a cap and the palm of your hand to crush coffee beans! IrishAyes Mar 2014 #14

I'm probably as old (or older). No, a lifetime of making do! raven mad Mar 2014 #16

Well, I admire the pioneer spirit it must take to live as you do. I've lived off grid, but never IrishAyes Mar 2014 #20

I have running water. raven mad Mar 2014 #22

I once had running water at a Maine cabin, too. IrishAyes Mar 2014 #23

How about chocolate covered coffee beans? cbayer Mar 2014 #10

You beat me to it! Lucinda Mar 2014 #25

beat them with your cast iron skillet grasswire Mar 2014 #15

There is nothing in this world a good cast iron skillet can't cure. raven mad Mar 2014 #17

Must agree. I love 'em, and nobody challenges me with one in my hand. IrishAyes Mar 2014 #19

Gosh, you have what amounts to an iron club in your, and people take it seriously. Fortinbras Armstrong Mar 2014 #28

It makes most people laugh. For some reason. They know my gallows humor, and I know theirs. IrishAyes Mar 2014 #29

Well, my kitchen table spends winter hosting my outdoor potted plants - BUT I do have several iron IrishAyes Mar 2014 #18

I have seen chefs do this with peppercorns. grasswire Mar 2014 #21

It won't hurt your blender Major Nikon Mar 2014 #24

I agree spinbaby Mar 2014 #30

The blender will work just fine, as will a food processor... TreasonousBastard Mar 2014 #31

I agree with Major Nikon's advice completely. If you look at a grinder, they've MADem Mar 2014 #33

Blade grinders are not really grinders at all Major Nikon Mar 2014 #34

I'm guessing that getting the beans "smooshed" sufficiently to make a cuppa is MADem Mar 2014 #35

Actually some of the old hand grinders are quite nice Major Nikon Mar 2014 #36

That Kyocera thing looks nice!!!! MADem Mar 2014 #37

I love mine Major Nikon Mar 2014 #38

I have been using a cone filter for close to forty years now. MADem Mar 2014 #39

I have a few various types of cone filter holders Major Nikon Mar 2014 #40

So do I--I have one I bought in Japan back in the early eighties. MADem Mar 2014 #41

During the US Civil War, soldiers would smash the beans with their rifle butts Retrograde Mar 2014 #32