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A to Z Monday
the ingestable edition

Brought to you by the letter i

instant coffee....the latest company to enter the market is Starbucks...Grandma J tried it, because someone bought her some. 

instant coffee isn't for everybody, but Grandma J didn't want to get involved with too much talk about ice cream.  Because....ice cream is really her favorite i food, and her biggest temptation. 

Now,  let's take a walk down my grandmother's memory lane.  Here is a plethora of some vintage instant coffee ads...just for you.

Remember, just click on the ads to enlarge for easy reading.

Who does this?   Anyone hand  feed that special someone in your life their morning Borden's coffee?

George Washington instant coffee was a trailblazer in the instant coffee business....however, it never made it across the Delaware.

But, George Washington was no fool, nor was he a wimp.  Men everywhere were learning how to boil water.  What an epiphany!

Hot or cold, instant coffee was becoming a big hit in the 40's.

Looks like instant Chase & Sanborn finally made it down the Pike in the 50's!

But alas, in the 60's it was Nescafe who introduced the New Jet Process that explodes pure coffee.

Grandma J can tell you, instant coffee had nothing on plain old instant milk......

Betty Crocker introduced her brand in the 40's boasting the fact that it didn't spoil or curdle.  

 Grandma J can't help but wonder how it shrunk that woman on the right to make her short enough to play a child in that ad.   An added bonus is the recipe for swedish meatballs.

Of course  MIL-KO instant milk was compared to water, and  cheaper too, but with only half the calories of whole milk.  All Grandma J can say is no kidding.   Grandma J remembers her mother trying on numerous occasions, to jump on the instant milk bandwagon in the 50's with Carnation instant milk.  She should have stuck with it for baking and cooking only.....it never went over in a big way with her family for drinking or cereal.   It tasted awful and it looked like dirty yellowy water.

Did you grow up with instant milk?   Do you drink instant coffee? 

Now, mosey on over to A to Z Mondays, hosted by Jen at Unglazed, and check out some fascinating i foods.   It's never too late to join in!