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    A genuine mistake in the kitchen at work... and now I bring you ...

    Cous Cous in a coffee maker! © Zak33 2012.

    no kidding... truely

    Big coffee machine, on every single morning... drive to work.. dream of coffee.... walk into kitchen.... in a funk........ filter paper in the top, fill with ground coffee from the red bag of Lavatza in the fridge door..... fill water tank of coffee machine with tap water from coffee jug... slide coffee jug in under the dripper.... hit the power button

    Every day... weeks... months......years even

    Someone put a bag of cous cous in the door of the fridge, and it was in a red and silver foil type bag!

    Clearly I spotted the colour wasn't dark heavenly brown....... so I dumped it and made coffe...

    but all day.... ALL day.. I wondered... ......

    and you are wondering now too....

    would the slow steamy drip drip

    drip...

    drip....

    make cous cous?

    Answer..... BLOODY RIGHT it does.. AND it's perfect....

    AND.....

    AND

    it comes out in a paper cone of filter paper to take to eat at your desk!

    I don't imagine I'm the first.... but it's possible!!!

    /applause pls
    Last edited by g8ina; 17-12-2012 at 11:35 PM.

    Quote Originally Posted by Advice Trinity by Knoxville
    "The second you aren't paying attention to the tool you're using, it will take your fingers from you. It does not know sympathy." |
    "If you don't gaffer it, it will gaffer you" | "Belt and braces"

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    Re: A genuine mistake in the kitchen at work... and now I bring you ...

    Lol!!

    Edit!!

    Patent it,quick!!

    You know you want to!!

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    Re: A genuine mistake in the kitchen at work... and now I bring you ...

    Somehow I cant see Starbucks or Costa having this on their menu.... but if they do make sure you have the idea patented!
    We're only here for the Banter - The Luvvies - Chewin' The Fat

    Violence and Lubrication is the solution to fixing everything, if it still doesn't work, you need more lubrication.

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    How do you change the height of them?

    I've just had a quick fiddle with the knob at the front :\

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    Re: A genuine mistake in the kitchen at work... and now I bring you ...

    FFS Moose, when you post at the same time as me, have the decency not to have the same idea!
    We're only here for the Banter - The Luvvies - Chewin' The Fat

    Violence and Lubrication is the solution to fixing everything, if it still doesn't work, you need more lubrication.

    Quote Originally Posted by this_is_gav View Post
    How do you change the height of them?

    I've just had a quick fiddle with the knob at the front :\

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    Re: A genuine mistake in the kitchen at work... and now I bring you ...

    Quote Originally Posted by Dareos View Post
    FFS Moose, when you post at the same time as me, have the decency not to have the same idea!
    I posted 1 minute before you!! You infringed on my copyrighted idea of telling Zak to copyright his idea!!

    Right,you owe me 1 billion Lira for stealing my idea of copyrighting an idea!!

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    /\ pay the man
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    Quote Originally Posted by Advice Trinity by Knoxville
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    Re: A genuine mistake in the kitchen at work... and now I bring you ...

    LOL

    I just embarrassed myself in the lounge/pool room/computer room offshore by bursting out laughing.

    Zak you are a genius!

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    /\ more over... you must try it...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zak33 View Post
    /\ more over... you must try it...
    Does the cous-cous have a slight coffee taste??

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    Re: A genuine mistake in the kitchen at work... and now I bring you ...

    Quote Originally Posted by CAT-THE-FIFTH View Post
    Does the cous-cous have a slight coffee taste??
    Caffeinated cous-cous, for professionals with their hectic modern lifestyles. In an easy-to-use cone.

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    Re: A genuine mistake in the kitchen at work... and now I bring you ...

    @ CAT

    no.... you clearly don't understand how a coffee machine works .... which is my fault for not explaining it right.

    its' fresh hot water dripping into filter paper with coffee in it... or cous cous.

    fresh filter paper every time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zak33 View Post
    @ CAT

    no.... you clearly don't understand how a coffee machine works .... which is my fault for not explaining it right.

    its' fresh hot water dripping into filter paper with coffee in it... or cous cous.

    fresh filter paper every time.
    Have you tried combining the two two,ie,cous-cous and coffee??

    Quote Originally Posted by directhex View Post
    Caffeinated cous-cous, for professionals with their hectic modern lifestyles. In an easy-to-use cone.

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    Super Noodles next, surely.

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    Re: A genuine mistake in the kitchen at work... and now I bring you ...

    Zak.....I have to admire you....most people would be cursing and getting annoyed about growing old and doing stupid things, but you turn it into a triumph. Glass half full boy!

    Not sure I can claim the same when my daughter found a dirty pan in the fridge and a bag of carrots in the dishwasher....I wish you had been there to spin it into something positive.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Clingy View Post
    Not sure I can claim the same when my daughter found a dirty pan in the fridge and a bag of carrots in the dishwasher....I wish you had been there to spin it into something positive.
    I understand it's possible to steam fish in a dishwasher as soon as it goes into DRY mode... but blummin hell.. imagine the smell!!!

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    Zak You are Legend! I want to buy a coffee machine to try it!


    Isn't salad what food eats??

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