My Grandad saucered his coffee, which in itself wasn't a big deal in those days, but this subject got me to thinking... what ever happened to saucers? Growing p, we always, always served coffee with a cup and saucer... I couldn;t tell you the last time I used a saucer. lol :-)* On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 9:25 PM, helenware <helenware@comcast.net> wrote: > Guess I was real lucky to have had all my grandparents until I was married > and had all my children. I also had all four great-grandfather's and they > would pour the hot tea or coffee into the deep saucer their cup fit in-a > sip > the cooled liquid---the most interesting was my g.grandfather Peter, he was > red headed and Irish-he had a huge handlebar moustache-he always had a > napkin to dry the moustache after he drank-it was waxed and stiff as can > be! > I remember the cups as off white and quite large with a good size handle > and > deep saucer. > Another of my great-grandfathers never ate a big meal at night-he always > had > "milk toast" toast mashed up with warm butter milk poured over it-he ate a > big breakfast and the noon meal was called dinner and was his main meal of > the day. > I love hearing all of peoples memories-such wonderful things to remember > and > talk about! > Helen > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

But the saucers used in my husband's family were not matching cups and saucers, they were fancy cut glass saucers set aside specifically for coffee. What did others use? I grew up with cups and saucers and not mugs but we also served tea and not just coffee. I think mugs came into being as more and more people went to work in offices,. Elaine Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right. --Henry Ford (1863-1947) Hello Doug On Monday, February 28, 2011, you wrote > My Grandad saucered his coffee, which in itself > wasn't a big deal in those > days, but this subject got me to thinking... > what ever happened to saucers? > Growing p, we always, always served coffee > with a cup and saucer... I > couldn;t tell you the last time I used a saucer. lol > :-)* > On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 9:25 PM, helenware > <helenware@comcast.net> wrote: >> Guess I was real lucky to have had all my grandparents until I was married >> and had all my children. I also had all four great-grandfather's and they >> would pour the hot tea or coffee into the deep saucer their cup fit in-a >> sip >> the cooled liquid---the most interesting was my g.grandfather Peter, he was >> red headed and Irish-he had a huge handlebar moustache-he always had a >> napkin to dry the moustache after he drank-it was waxed and stiff as can >> be! >> I remember the cups as off white and quite large with a good size handle >> and >> deep saucer. >> Another of my great-grandfathers never ate a big meal at night-he always >> had >> "milk toast" toast mashed up with warm butter milk poured over it-he ate a >> big breakfast and the noon meal was called dinner and was his main meal of >> the day. >> I love hearing all of peoples memories-such wonderful things to remember >> and >> talk about! >> Helen >> >> >> >> >> >> >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an > email to MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with > the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message