Adam@Home by Rob Harrell for November 14, 2014

I wanna party with Adam’s coffee group. Got any gluten-free treats?

Cookies? Wasn’t there any coffee cake?

Growing up, there was no “five second rule” in our household. My parents’ rule was: “If any food hits the floor, it hits the trash!” That rule still lives with me today.

When I was growing up, in my neighbors house with a family of 14 and the food dollar had to stretch a little more, they used the 10 second rule.

What? I thought it was the “five hour rule”…

And here I thought it was “do you trust the cleanness of this floor” rule…

depends what was dropped….splat !means garbage but I wouldn’t throw away a 2lb lobster!!!

Saw a TV science show about this. If it’s a dry-ish food, like a cookie, few bacteria will adhere to the food. But if it’s wet-ish, like a pice of cut fruit, the little buggers will go nuts. Goes back to the , “How clean is the floor?” question.

In my house, if it hits the floor, it hits the dog’s digestive tract.

If the cookie hits the floor and doesn’t break apart………………it’s the 5 second rule. :))

Everybody knows that the french press method is passe’ for coffee extremists. There is a new system called the “dragon”. Much too fussy for me though, it comes equipped with its own scale and measuring devices foe the exact amounts it demand s to make the supposed ideal coffee. As for me, the drip pot method is good enough.

5 seconds? Bahhh! That is what my immune system is for.