I really prefer a good strong English Breakfast tea… and PG Tips, while not fancy, is great tasting.
Last time I checked it was still the most popular brand in the UK…. the everyday tea of England, .
My English friends introduced it to me years ago, and nothing else seems to fill the spot.
You can get it at Cost Plus/World Market if you think your wife would like to try it… or stick a little box in her Christmas stocking.
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Prince of Wales tea is OK, but rather light, and also has a sweet touch of currant juice in it… the story is that Edward the 8th, before he abdicated and became the Duke of Windsor, gave permission to Twinings to sell his blend.
There are other companies that sell tea with the same name but they’re not the late Duke’s special blend.
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The bergamot extract in Earl Grey is too perfume-y for me, and it makes me kind of queasy.
I like bergamot as a scent, but not in my mouth, though some love it in tea and also candy, like Turkish delight.
Side effects? Is she allergic to citrus? Earl Grey is flavored with bergamot, a citrus fruit. There is such a thing as “lower bergamot” Earl Grey, though likely only available as loose tea.
To me it’s like a little child seeing what floats.
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Love the California Sun mashup.
It’s like “My Sweet Lord” is the only song George ever wrote. You can’t listen to the Beatles channel or the 70s channel for long without hearing it. Given that the song is so repetitive, it does not fare well with repeated play.
Dennis, thank you for your reply, it was appreciated.
Stuffing recipe day three.
Some of the “things” turned out to have finicky bits associated (things don’t always have finicky bits, but there’s never less than two), and some of them had niggly bits associated with them as well (again, not always, but never less than two) and because of the finicky bits and niggly bits not every “thing” got done Saturday so this is probably it for today.
The end is in sight though.
03:46 hrs. E.S.T..
I make a traditional bread stuffing, with the addition of prosciutto and chopped dried figs. A trick I learned from Cook’s Illustrated is to get some turkey wings, browned and pricked, to lay on top of the stuffing while it roasts. Makes it closer to in-the-bird stuffing.
I still stuff inside the bird, the rare times I make one.
The thing is, these days it’s the smallest turkey I can find, and even for that, a small, loose batch of stuffing, so I don’t have that problem of a huge mass that the heat can’t properly penetrate.
I’m not a big dressing fan anyway, so I make a small pan of cornbread, and make my favorite dressing, using that and walnuts or pecans, a chopped apple, and onions, and sometimes sausage. No regular bread or celery. Even a 9lb turkey is only half full.
The last time I did it… about 3 years ago… I was cooking for a friend who HAD to have bread stuffing… But she likes the mix you buy in a bag, with celery and onion added, so I made some for her in a cake pan and basted it with pan drippings when there were some.
In a restaurant they have drippings from the last turkey to put in the new batch… That’s the best.
Cooking a wing ahead of time could emulate that, as well… though when turkeys are on sale so cheap for Thanksgiving, a wing or two costs half of another turkey.
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Orange Pekoe and Pekoe?
Yeah, yeah… the foregoing is a joke.
Orange Pekoe is a grade of black tea leaves, under an old system of weird names that’s still in use in the tea biz.
It’s orange in neither color nor flavor…
It’s plain black tea of only moderate quality, no matter what the people at Lipton’s would have you believe.
Drink PG Tips instead!
LOL….
My wife likes Twinings Prince of Wales. She really liked the Earl Gray but had to give it up due to side effects.
I really prefer a good strong English Breakfast tea… and PG Tips, while not fancy, is great tasting.
Last time I checked it was still the most popular brand in the UK…. the everyday tea of England, .
My English friends introduced it to me years ago, and nothing else seems to fill the spot.
You can get it at Cost Plus/World Market if you think your wife would like to try it… or stick a little box in her Christmas stocking.
…
Prince of Wales tea is OK, but rather light, and also has a sweet touch of currant juice in it… the story is that Edward the 8th, before he abdicated and became the Duke of Windsor, gave permission to Twinings to sell his blend.
There are other companies that sell tea with the same name but they’re not the late Duke’s special blend.
…
The bergamot extract in Earl Grey is too perfume-y for me, and it makes me kind of queasy.
I like bergamot as a scent, but not in my mouth, though some love it in tea and also candy, like Turkish delight.
My favourite [sic] is Dilmah tea. A good strong Ceylon Breakfast type.
Side effects? Is she allergic to citrus? Earl Grey is flavored with bergamot, a citrus fruit. There is such a thing as “lower bergamot” Earl Grey, though likely only available as loose tea.
muscle cramping.
I prefer African Red Leaf.
my tea of choice is mango/ginger. mmmmmm. and no caffeine.
that’s after i have 2 cups of coffee first
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A great building. Part of the view from the Empire State building.
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They do grow, don’t they.
The guy too!
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Waiting for Alexi to identify this.
He’s busy until later today.
Bruno Walpoth
(that’s a link)
Thanks
Yeah, believe it or not, it’s a painted natural wood carving…
no molding, modeling, or plastic.
I remember looking it up last time we saw it.
Amazing work.
It’s way too early to call… but he’s a top contender for the “Cutest Little Brat” award for today.
I bet he knows very well that he’s being naughty.
Peekaboo (kitten from “Rose is Rose”) in disguise?
Ooo, a doooog who thinks ‘e’s a cat!
That was my thought. Or else he has been watching the cat.
To me it’s like a little child seeing what floats.
Love the California Sun mashup.
It’s like “My Sweet Lord” is the only song George ever wrote. You can’t listen to the Beatles channel or the 70s channel for long without hearing it. Given that the song is so repetitive, it does not fare well with repeated play.
Which is sad, as George Harrison was fairly prolific, even when he was with the Beatles.
For instance:
Source: Farout magazine from UK.
True. He deserves his own channel.
Tigressy! Are you going to the Seahawks game? I’m getting up early to catch what I can.
Today is Volkstrauertag here in Germany. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkstrauertag – similar to your 11.11. which is the beginning of Carnival here…
But maybe I’ll watch it on the free live-stream here (if it works):
https://www.ran.de/us-sport/nfl/live/nfl-2022-live-munich-game-live-auf-prosieben-und-ran-de-seattle-seahawks-at-tampa-bay-buccaneers
The link on the German NFL-page needed editing.
You like American football?
I respect it as a part of the culture and it’s often referred to in movies and series. So why not watch this game while I have the chance?
But the comments so far… OMG
The fans in Munich were amazing! They really enjoyed the game.
Dennis, thank you for your reply, it was appreciated.
Stuffing recipe day three.
Some of the “things” turned out to have finicky bits associated (things don’t always have finicky bits, but there’s never less than two), and some of them had niggly bits associated with them as well (again, not always, but never less than two) and because of the finicky bits and niggly bits not every “thing” got done Saturday so this is probably it for today.
The end is in sight though.
03:46 hrs. E.S.T..
I make a traditional bread stuffing, with the addition of prosciutto and chopped dried figs. A trick I learned from Cook’s Illustrated is to get some turkey wings, browned and pricked, to lay on top of the stuffing while it roasts. Makes it closer to in-the-bird stuffing.
sounds easy to get the real thing!
I still stuff inside the bird, the rare times I make one.
The thing is, these days it’s the smallest turkey I can find, and even for that, a small, loose batch of stuffing, so I don’t have that problem of a huge mass that the heat can’t properly penetrate.
I’m not a big dressing fan anyway, so I make a small pan of cornbread, and make my favorite dressing, using that and walnuts or pecans, a chopped apple, and onions, and sometimes sausage. No regular bread or celery. Even a 9lb turkey is only half full.
The last time I did it… about 3 years ago… I was cooking for a friend who HAD to have bread stuffing… But she likes the mix you buy in a bag, with celery and onion added, so I made some for her in a cake pan and basted it with pan drippings when there were some.
In a restaurant they have drippings from the last turkey to put in the new batch… That’s the best.
Cooking a wing ahead of time could emulate that, as well… though when turkeys are on sale so cheap for Thanksgiving, a wing or two costs half of another turkey.
I’m going to see if I can find a recipe for that.
hee hee. Cleo thinks she’s so clever. just what today’s plumber needs…..
Cleo knows exactly what Claude needs ~ might be bad for the plumbing, though.