Cold and Damp

It's cold damp and raining. I have a thousand things to do. My Spondylitis is kicking up big time and if I take enough drugs to kill the pain I'll be useless all day. Next best solution, booze. Or not. I still can't believe John is dead. Wow. Makes you really stop and think about what's important and what's not. You spend all your life working and looking forward to retirement and then you never get there and somebody else gets your money. Pooh!!

To fight off the cold and damp..... Recipes to make you happy!

Coffees to warm the cockles of your heart.... and other things. These are all for a single serving.

Cafe Foster

2 tablespoons of dark rum
1 tablespoon of creme de banana
Hot coffee
Whipped cream for garnish....the real stuff.

Pour the rum and the creme de banana in a thick coffee mug. pour in the hot coffee and top with real whipped cream. Mmmmm.

Cafe Mocha (No Booze)

1/2 cup hot coffee
1/2 cup hot chocolate
Whipped cream for garnish
Ground cinnamon

I make a cup of coffee and add 2 heaping teaspoons of hot chocolate. Top with a generous squirt of real whipped cream and dust with cinnamon. Delicious.

Cafe Dramatique

1 tablespoon Bailey's Irish Cream
1 tablespoon white creme de cacao
1 tablespoon Amaretto
Hot coffee
Cinnamon stick for garnish

Pour the liqueurs into a LARGE coffee mug. Add the coffee and cinnamon stick. If you are planning on having more than a couple of these, you might want to remain seated. They can sneak up on you.

Cafe a la Crazy Lady (No Booze)

1 tablespoon of 18% table cream (or more)
1 tablespoon of chocolate syrup
1 tablespoon syrup from a bottle of marachino cherries
4 or 5 cherries cut in half
Hot coffee
A few small marshmallows
Ground cinnamon for garnish

Put the cream ,chocolate and cherry syrup in a coffee mug along with the cherry halves.Pour in the hot coffee. Top with the marshmallows and a sprinkle of cinnamon. Don't forget a spoon for the cherries.

I leave you with a quote from Thomas Carlyle. It seems appropriate:

"Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand."