C10 - Sunday, November 21, 1982 - North Shore News

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mailbag after a few... :
weeks neglect. Ive

more mail-on Portugal
and it may take 20
columns to cover the
material sent to me by
thoughtful readers. I’m

sure that, although
Portugal is a_ fine
country, enough is

enough so give me time
to edit it down to a
manageable size.

Dear Barbara:
someone «has
husband what “I've been
telling him for years! Coffee
is damaging to his. health,
- That piece you wrote about

Finally

_ jet-lag-got -him-thinking ~~

with a little help from a
friend — me!

I pointed out to him that
he always felt better on night
flights because we don't
drink coffee in the evening
(keeps us awake nights). If
. he takes a morning flight, it's
coffee after. coffee,
especially if he has business
meetings at the other end.
He refuses liquor because he
dislikes the image of martini

lunches.
We both love the-stuff but
_I found out years ago that
coffee did undesirable-things
to my system, making me
nervous, . anxious and
. cranky. Sanka. -tastes. Jike
hell so I save up my ‘coffee
ration for spécial occasions
such as weekend brunch.

You should have warned
people about European
coffee too. Some don't:
realizé the strength of ‘that
stuff until their. eyeballs: ‘fall
out.

‘Answer: A couple. of
other things I should have
mentioned about coffee: I've
no proof of this but I'll swear
by my own experience that
the effects.are cumulative.

In other - words, the
occasional cup of coffee will
do you no harm BUT many
cups, every day for many
days builds up in your system

and can cause’ severe
reactions. As a former
caffein addict, I finally

ended at the doctor's office
complaining of “nerves”. ’ I
was shaking like a_ leaf,
complaining of anxiety,
couldn't sleep and felt like
I'd climbed the monkey tree.
My astute doctor assured
me that I wasn’t losing
mind and prescribed total
abstinence from that lovely
black stuff. Subject cured.
Perhaps the worst “cure”
for that “morning after the
night before problem is

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coffee. Aren't you already
_ Shaking like a leaf? Doesn't

your, stomach. already .feel

like a burned-out inner tube?

Aren't you already
anxious enough about what
you said to your bosses’
wife? Skip the coffee and
have a glass of milk.

Jet lag and flight anxiety
have a lot in common with a
-hangover. You: feel just as
lousy and you paid for the
pleasure.

A: word, too, about
European coffee
preparation. Some people,
particularly in Northern
Europe, prefer - infused

- coffee — that’s the perc-or-.

boil niethod where the stuff
getsa chance to stew..It may
not «taste as: strong as
espresso coffee but there’s
more caffein leached out of
the grounds. Espresso is
made by . passing steam
through the ground coffee
for a few seconds and the
Italians swear. that-although

= heavily

the flavor is richer, the
caffein level is. lower. It
makes sense to me.

British: coffee. tastes to me
like it ought to be used'to tan
hides, cafe au lait (mixed
half and half with hot milk)
tastes like boiled rubber
boots and you can sprinkle
those packages of. instant
coffee around your
rosebushes to keep the dogs

fF. away.

Espresso coffee must be
sugared even if
you've been used to black
coffee all your life. In one
tiny cup, the average Italian
will dissolve two heaping
teaspoons of sugar. It’s
delicious! But it makes your
teeth fall out while your
seams split.

Dear Barbara: Last winter

di T réad your column about ~

comfort on long flights and
especially liked the idea of

Most visitors to. Prince
Edward Island head north
from Charlottetown toward
the lovely beaches of Prince
Edward Island National
Park, golf courses and. other
attractions -but just across
the harbour from
Charlottetown is a different
attractrion. that merits. at-
least. half a day. —

For Amherst
Historic Park is-a short 24
km (14 mile) drive from

downtown Charlottetown |
_but the park, at Rocky. Point: ~
facing. Charlottetown. across ©

the harbour, ‘may also” be
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times a day in summer.

To reach the park, follow

the Trans-Canada Highway...

(Highway 1) to Cornwall and. .

then Highway 19 to the Park. _

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During the flgiht I enjoyed

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