The Spin Off Of The Everyday Joe's Blog

Friends when I left you in December I hinted at a sequel. That has not happened. (yet)

But have you ever heard of the television show After M*A*S*H? No? How about The Jeffersons? Or maybe Mork & Mindy*? Guessing those might ring a bell. They are what we call "spin-offs."

And in a small way that is what Appendix E-J is to this blog. Chris, the assistant to the Executive Director has taken over the role of the Everyday Joe's blogger. He is doing a bang-up job, you should read it. In fact you should subscribe to it.

*bet you didn't know Mork & Mindy was a spin off from the show Happy Days did you?

Cider Season

Apple cider is back on the menu for the next couple of weeks. And as always the question comes up, what is the difference between apple cider and apple juice? Well here in the United States if you want to get legal about it, there is no difference, none, nadda. As far as the FDA is concerned apple juice and apple cider are the same thing.

That leaves it up to companies who offer the juice from apples to decide what they want to call it. It is a known practice for a company to change the apple juice label to apple cider in the fall because they know that cider sells more in the autumn, the only change is the label.

But there are some common beliefs as to the difference. Cider is considered to be less refined and not as filtered as juice. Cider is most often cloudy and juice clear. That is about it. Like so many things in our culture it comes down to marketing and appearance.

Here at Joe's we use 100% apple cider, not a sauce or concentrate which has become common place at coffee shops these days.

Find a coupon for Joe's apple cider here.

Iced Cappuccino

The Iced Cappuccino is a drink rich in history. No one is exactly sure when the formal meetings began but once a year, every year, there is a very important meeting in Atlantis. The guest list includes but is not limited to Big Foot, Santa Clause, The Tooth Fairy, The Easter Bunny, and honest politicians, just to name a few. They all gather and discuss the next years activities and the pros and cons of being fictional characters. The official drink of this important meeting is the Iced Cappuccino.

For you see there is no such drink as an Iced Cappuccino. Though there are many ideas and thoughts on what a true cappuccino is most agree it involves hot, foamed milk. When someone orders an iced cappuccino what they are really ordering is an iced latte.