It is the 22nd Day of NAPOWRIMO. For Fireblossom’s last prompt at Real Toads. she is asking us to pick a pic and write about it. The pics are based upon her posts throughout the years. The title of the prompt is Beware of Poor Substitutions! Shay, thanks for being a friend and a poetic mentor.
Ersatz
“I know it’s not butter.” Anthony Bourdain
instant coffee – Postum no less.
Ersatz powdered crèamer.
Powdered artificial sweetener.
No wonder I can’t get going in the morning.
Or rather,
the false dawn in which my digital alarm goes off.
tokens in the fare slot on the bus,
a Danish with artificial jam.
Damn.
No wonder I crash and burn before 9:00 a.m.
my plane crashes on the runway –
I don’t stand a chance.
The Notes: Postum is a powdered roasted-grain beverage popular as a coffee substitute. The caffeine-free beverage was created by Post Cereal Company founder C. W. Post in 1895 and marketed as a healthful alternative to coffee.
Apr 22, 2019 @ 13:27:15
I think you are right…it is no wonder!!
Apr 22, 2019 @ 14:18:32
The Anthony Bourdain quote took me back to my childhood and an advertisement in which people had to taste the difference between margarine and butter – it made me smile. Accept no substitutes!
Apr 22, 2019 @ 14:36:20
This breaks my heart. Coffee is definitely my get-up-and-go drug of choice.
Apr 22, 2019 @ 14:53:13
I agree.. no wonder we crash and drag through the day
Apr 22, 2019 @ 15:51:50
Without coffee planes would go down, companies would fall short and nothing would work… those ersatz stuff are to be seen as malicious poison to topple nations and create wars.
Apr 22, 2019 @ 16:17:35
Yes they are! Pressed coffee, light cream…That is what I drink.
Apr 22, 2019 @ 15:59:10
I have to tell you, I laughed out loud when i got to Postum. It’s in the hall of shame along with Sanka. Wow. I cannot imagine YOU downing all this crap. Not my chef friend!
Apr 22, 2019 @ 16:16:31
LOL. I lied. But I had a roomie at one point who drank the awful stuff and used the powdered creamer. I would shiver every time I saw her drink it.
Apr 22, 2019 @ 16:17:25
Ack! All those powders. A poor substitute indeed. This made me smile – and shudder, lol.
Apr 22, 2019 @ 16:18:22
Yeppers!
Apr 22, 2019 @ 17:27:24
The substitutions come with a price…We never seem to learn what their teaching.
Apr 22, 2019 @ 17:36:10
No we do not. that’s why I press my coffee with light cream. No powders for me!
Apr 22, 2019 @ 19:00:01
There is NO substitute for coffee! (Nor for Shay.) I have my coffee plunged, which I think may be what you mean by pressed … and I like it black.
Apr 22, 2019 @ 21:17:06
I load the coffee pot before bedding. First one up pushes the ON button unless it is too early. Then I make a Kuerig decaf and wait. Toni, you get more coffee flavor without addng sugar. Eating a chocolate biscuit along with adds coffee flavor. For me, at least.
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Apr 22, 2019 @ 22:03:30
I use a french press to make my coffee. Thank you so much for your personal comments on my poem
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Apr 23, 2019 @ 02:32:27
My grandmother drank postum. She lived to be 98.
Apr 28, 2019 @ 11:36:32
Sorry, I missed this one, Toni. I love the play on substitute and ersatz
Apr 28, 2019 @ 11:39:13
Thank you Kerry! It is fine. I know how easy it is to miss these things.
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