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iggy
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response 25 of 229:
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Dec 17 13:45 UTC 1995 |
well, i got a teapot and teaball, and even dug out a fancy teacup!
i'd been making a lot of tea of late.
a friend told me to try boiling a mixture of half milk and half water,
then steeping the tea in that. i was skeptical, but it is actually
pretty good!
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chelsea
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response 26 of 229:
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Dec 17 14:10 UTC 1995 |
I've wish I liked tea. The tradition is so elegant.
But I can't seem to aquire a taste for it.
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chelsea
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response 27 of 229:
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Dec 17 14:11 UTC 1995 |
s/acquire/aquire
Think I'll get some cooffee going.
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arabella
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response 28 of 229:
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Aug 3 19:00 UTC 1996 |
"I like coffee,
I like tea,
I like the Java Jive,
and it likes me."
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iggy
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response 29 of 229:
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Sep 28 13:53 UTC 1996 |
in about 3 weeks, marcvh and i are going to victoria, B.C.
word has it that it is the most british of all canada.
so, i'm going to drag marc off to a tea whn we are there.
i've heard that the empress hotel is wonderful, except the
more i found out about it, themore inclined i am
to take tea elsewhere.
it is 20 bucks a person, AND you have to dress up for it.
but you do get tea, crumpets, jam, strawberries, cream, teacakes, sandwiches.
we'll probably go to the james bay tearoom. i dont think you have
to be formal there.
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chelsea
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response 30 of 229:
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Sep 28 14:53 UTC 1996 |
I suspect you'll love Victoria, Christine. John and I were there
not too long ago and enjoyed it a whole lot. Leave at least one
night free to wander down along the water's edge where there
are street artists galore.
Too, as of last weekend the currency exchange rate was 34%.
So the price of that High Tea isn't all that bad.
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md
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response 31 of 229:
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Sep 29 15:34 UTC 1996 |
We enjoyed afternoon teas at a hotel in Mayfair when we were last
in London. Can't get much more authentic than that, you'd think,
and yet the tea itself seemed a minor part of the affair. I was
and remain cheerfully ignorant of that particular Britishism.
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iggy
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response 32 of 229:
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Oct 23 12:50 UTC 1996 |
ok, i did it.
i thought it would be straightforward tea, but it wasnt quite..
marc and i had a seat next to the window, and could see the horse drawn
carriages going up and down the street. nice view. when the tea came, it was on
a tray with all sorts of food on it. sandwiches <egg salad, tuna> a lemon tart,
2 spherical baked dough balls. <i assumed these were scones>, jam, a bowl of
whipped cream <!> a bowl of something else, i think the waitress said it was
trifle.. it seemed to be a fruit pudding mixed with cake and covered in whipped
cream. plus a teapot covered in a cozy, and cream and sugar for the tea.
at the time, the place was fairly empty so i couldnt take my
]cues from other people.
i had no idea if i were to eat the trifle with a spoon
or smear it on the scones. and the bowl of whipped cream was
a puzzle to me. <blush>
i ended up putting jam on the scones and a little blip of whipped cream.
that seemed odd, the whipped cream.
i alternated putting a bit of trifle on the scones, and eating it
with a spoon.
could any knowledgable person offer ant hints on this matter?
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e4808mc
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response 33 of 229:
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Oct 24 03:19 UTC 1996 |
Oh,my, am I envious or WHAT!!
You had a wonderful High Tea. The 'whipped cream' was probably Devonshire
cream, a slightly thickend, or 'clotted' cream.
Trifle is a sweet that is layers of cake, fruit, custard, and whipped cream.
Sometimes it also has sherry in it. It is usually eaten by itself.
The scones were meant to carry the butter, the jam, and the Devonshire cream.
High Tea is often like a light supper, hence the sandwiches. I've had mixed
grill (grilled tomato, sausage, & other things) sometimes instead of
sandwiches.
Then you had lemon tarts, which possibly were small pastries filled with lemon
curd, which is also sometimes offered as a spread, like jam.
It sounds like a *very* lovely tea, my dear.
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iggy
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response 34 of 229:
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Oct 24 12:46 UTC 1996 |
thanks for the information on the tea!
and yes, it was very nice. i used it as a light late lunch.
i had heard the term clotted cream before.. but the reason i called
it whipped cream was that it had the appearance of coming out of a can.
but.. it did seem a bit heavier than the stuff we buy here in the grocery
stores.
i asked my brother about it, and he thought that the clotted cream
was supposed to go in the tea. i didnt think so, as there was already
cream on the table for it.
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e4808mc
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response 35 of 229:
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Oct 24 17:28 UTC 1996 |
Clotted cream is a spread for breads, not an addition to the liquid.
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headdoc
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response 36 of 229:
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Nov 10 08:22 UTC 1996 |
In the South of England, we loved Scones, clotted cream and strawberry jam
with tea. Devonshire especially features clotted cream. You can buy it here
at Merchant of Vino in the exact jars they sell it in over there. It doesn't
have a strong taste but a delicious consistency, and I am sure, tons of
calories from fat. But once in a while, you have to party. I could never
understand how the English have high tea like that, then drink pints of beer
(do you believ the size of those pints?) and then go home to have dinner.
And most of them are so thin. Good genes, I guess.
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scott
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response 37 of 229:
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Nov 10 14:12 UTC 1996 |
No, most of the dinner food is so incredibly bland that they just sit down
and talk, then go to bed. ;)
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void
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response 38 of 229:
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Nov 19 06:28 UTC 1996 |
a british pint is twenty ounces.
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denise
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response 39 of 229:
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Dec 23 16:38 UTC 1996 |
Early last week, I was in Ashevill, NC with a friend-where we did the
Christmas candlelight tour of the Biltmore Esate [the largest
private 'home' in the country; built over 100 years ago by George
Vanderbilt. The house is really decked out for the holidays--and
the 'grounds' are absoloutely wonderfu, too [over 80,000+ acres!].
On Tuesday afternoon, before heading back to 'reality' [home], we
had a lovely "English" Tea at a place called [none other than]
Chelsea's Tea House! This place was incredible... as was the tea selection
AND the plate of foods that came with it--including several kinds of 'finger'
sandwiches, scones with cream and jam, quiche, a bowl of cake/fruit&cream,
and all sorts of delicious desserts. I do plan on going back again
sometimesoon! [Its only a 4 hour drive away! :-) ]
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abchan
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response 40 of 229:
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Dec 23 16:44 UTC 1996 |
Finally, another person who doesn't think a 4 hour drive is that long! :) :)
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popcorn
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response 41 of 229:
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Dec 24 23:10 UTC 1996 |
(I drove 10 hours yesterday)
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abchan
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response 42 of 229:
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Dec 25 18:30 UTC 1996 |
Whereto? (I'm assuming from A^2)
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popcorn
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response 43 of 229:
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Dec 25 19:27 UTC 1996 |
Nope, it was from mom's place in NYC *to* Ann Arbor.
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denise
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response 44 of 229:
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Dec 28 23:29 UTC 1996 |
Abchan, for something fun. special, and/or exciting, a 4 hour trip is nothing!
It went by fast, especially in comparison to the drives I make to AA [which
is usually a bit over 12 hours each way!]
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arabella
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response 45 of 229:
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Jan 25 09:01 UTC 1997 |
Valerie, you drive from New york City to Ann Arbor in only
10 hours? Geez, what's your average speed. I assume it's
about 650 miles.
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valerie
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response 46 of 229:
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Jan 26 18:58 UTC 1997 |
It's 630 miles. When I do it in 9-10 hours I drive continuously with only
two brief stops along the way. It's more fun to make a massive detour to
Ithaca, though, and visit the gorges and the little handcraft shops there and
have a meal at the Moosewood. Especially if the weather is nice enough to
really enjoy the gorges.
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abchan
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response 47 of 229:
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Jan 28 00:30 UTC 1997 |
<I never thought I'd say this, but I miss Ithaca, snow and all>
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denise
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response 48 of 229:
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Jan 30 15:53 UTC 1997 |
Back to the tea discussion... I've heard several people [in the usenet's tea
newsgroup] say how wonderful the "Mrs. Tea" tea-maker/brewer is. Since I love
tea hot or cold but haven't had much lately, Iwent out and brought one of
these tea makers for myself. I had mixed feelings about it; after all, what's
so hard about brewing a cup of tea?? But then, though it isn't HARD to do,
its something that I just hadn't gotten around to doing much of [even though
if it wre already MADE, I'd drinkn lots of it. So... What this Mrs Tea tea
maker is all about--its very similar to the Mr Coffee coffee brewers [made,
after all, by the same company]. You have your part on top where you put in
a coffee filter [er, tea filter] and add either loose tea or tea bags. Then
ya pour in the water into the resevoir [sp?] and place the tea pot [that comes
with it] underneath, on the hot plate part. Then ya turn it on and let it go.
Whhile the tea is brewing, the hot plate warms up the tea pot ahead of time
as well as keeps the brewed tea hot for you while you're working on the
current cup of te you're drinking.
How do I like it?? I think its great! I've had more tea in the past 4 days
then I had in the previous several months! For example, in the morning, I
set it up to brew while I'm in the shower... After I get out of the shower,
its ready to go. In the evenings after work, I can have another nice cup of
tea to help unwinde after a stressful day at work. As for iced tea--the best
iced tea I've had comes from brewed tea, not that instant powdered stuff. So
I'm sure I'll be doing a lot more of the iced tea stuff with this, too.
Has anyone else tried this thing yet?
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void
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response 49 of 229:
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Jan 31 23:19 UTC 1997 |
call me a snob, but tea made with water that hasn't been boiled just
doesn't taste right to me. then again, i picked up my tea-drinking habits in
england at an early age. ;) to answer the question, i haven't tried a mrs.
tea yet.
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