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Jono Wardle |
When at home I've been using very large tea cups, you know the really big wide ones, for years, and I think the tea in said cups cools at just the right pace for sustained tea enjoyment. Infact when I visit my parents or other old people and am offered tea in traditional "tea cups" I sometimes
defer. (I do note that some older tea cups do have a splayed flange or rim which I believe was an early attempt at what modern day big tea cups are so good at.) I have also noticed that tea served on trains (Great Western/Penzance line)in those tall ribbed plastic cups stand NOT A CHANCE
at proper heat dispersal. (Hot enough to blister your lips for a frustrating 15 minutes then stone cold all of a sudden. Well within 5 minutes anyway.) I might add that Great Western sell a bloody good 4 pack of Fruit Shrewsbury biscuits however, even they're a little delicate for dunking.
Jono
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Nicey replies: Yes we are hearing good things about the Fruit Shrewsburys on trains.
As for the Germans I find them a bit fixated on Ginger and Spice in their biscuits which is fine just a bit samey. Still I've only been there once so what do I know. |
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Lottie Clark |
sponge fingers - friend or foe?
- Biscuit or cake?
- To be used in trifles or not?
The word sponge implies cake yet I know that these fingers have a distinct crunch about them aswell as adding the word fingers to the title and so implying a minor snake like bisciut inspired munch then a rich, filling meal in itself cake.
So Nicey I ask you to share your knowledge (failing that your opinion) as to wot these 'fingers' REALLY are?...
Thanks.
luv.
Lottie. Avid bisciut eater yet worried at the increasing rate of popularity for herbal teas!!
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Nicey replies: Simple Lottie they are little stale cakes. They may be eaten in emergencies or used in trifles as you point out, although I favour the dedicated trifle sponge in this regard. The packs always suggest loads of other uses for them but then they would. I expect they would be good for making small edible log cabins.
Don't worry about the Herbal tea thing, they all be back for proper tea once the novelty wears off. |
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Will Thomson |
Nicey,
Many people leave a small amount of tea in the bottom of their mug or cup. Do you think this is appropriate behaviour?
Will
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Nicey replies: Will,
Terrific question well done.
Only appropriate if drinking tea from a tea pot made with loose leaf tea with out a tea strainer, or possibly with a strainer but the tea is a bit ropey and finely divided. Otherwise it is simply wasteful. |
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Megaloguru |
Can it be that you have in your tea section a cup of tea in a plastic mug with the teabag masking in it.
Too cruel. Remove this monstrosity at once.
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Nicey replies: Yes British Rail tea is a bit scary isn't it? Still you'll just have to to deal with our hard hitting and gritty style of tea realism. |
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Sebastian Johnson-Cadwell |
Hi. Great work Nicey.
In response to Christine Keeble's leaky teapot misery: it is possible to end those dribbling spout nightmares. Unfortunately this comes at a cost. My mother-in-law cuts a small section of durable, plastic tubing and seats this half over the end of the spout - which effectively gives you a short extension. I can't claim to understand the wonder of such an technology, but it greatly reduces seepage. However, this is detrimental to the overall aesthetics of your teapot. Would the Vicar approve? I don't know.
Personally, I am resigned to making a great deal of mess during the whole making-a-nice-cup-of-tea process, as the final result is worth all the tears shed during it's production. |
Nicey replies: Woo. I really should do a teapot icon to honor such a tale.
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