Don, I still think the best coffee in the entire planet came from my Grandmother's sterling silver electric percolator. The aroma enticed me into becoming a coffee drinker even though I was a junior in high school before she'd let me have a cup. This was a "special occasion" percolator, saved for Sundays and holidays and family gatherings. The rest of the time she made coffee on the stove top with one of those double- boiler type coffee pots. I still use my Grandmother's cure-all for a nagging cough. Used it when my daughter was growing up, too. Hot Tang with a touch of lemon juice. It also soothes a scratchy or sore throat. My Grandmother never bought cough drops but packed some lemon drops around instead. I don't think my daughter knew what a cough drop was but had used many a lemon drop. When my daughter was about 6 years old she realized that lemon drops were candy - not coming from the medicine aisle. She questioned me and my reply was "It works, doesn't it?" She nodded "yes." Then after trying out a box of cough drops, she thought the lemon drops were much more palatable. Sharon R. Becker Ringgold County IAGenWeb Coordinator srbecker@iowatelecom.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "donkelly" <ocollaugh@comcast.net> To: "juanita" <juanita2@cox.net> Cc: <Iowa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 11:59 AM Subject: Re: [IOWA] Ironing and the mangle > My aunt had a mangle. Only one I ever saw. > > Once in awhile during the summer I would live two weeks with my > grandmother. > > She had a clunky iron that she heated on top of a wood burning stove. > > I also remember she had a coffee percolator. Coffee came out full of > grounds. > > I like my Mr. Coffee much better, and am thankful for modern conveniences. > > But I also hand it to my ancestors for surviving in times when everything > every day was a fire drill.....a struggle to survive. > > donkelly