tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600659484694637338.post3498306642800642927..comments2024-03-29T04:44:28.659+00:00Comments on The Low Carb Diabetic: Tea - Should the milk go in first, or last when making a cup of tea?Lowcarb team memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07961199165290289611noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600659484694637338.post-62259166119924631722015-02-22T19:20:42.789+00:002015-02-22T19:20:42.789+00:00Many thanks for visiting the blog 'driftwood&#...Many thanks for visiting the blog 'driftwood' ...... we always used to use a tea cosy, funnily enough we don't any more. My dear mum used to knit some wonderful ones.<br /><br />I hope your son got top marks for his science project.<br /><br />All the best JanLowcarb team memberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07961199165290289611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600659484694637338.post-36342168312942328792015-02-22T09:23:44.518+00:002015-02-22T09:23:44.518+00:00my son has spent half term writing a science proje...my son has spent half term writing a science project about the perfect cup of tea. always a teapot (with a tea cosy) milk in first! driftwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11416170414524297337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600659484694637338.post-73773585812447668922015-02-17T23:09:36.830+00:002015-02-17T23:09:36.830+00:00Thank you all for your comments - I have enjoyed r...Thank you all for your comments - I have enjoyed reading them all, and I'm sure other readers have to.<br /><br />The humble cup of tea, so welcoming.<br /><br />I wonder does it truly matter how you serve it ? Surely the important thing is to enjoy it ?<br /><br />So to Tess, Jenny S, Hils, 'Lady P', Judy O, I thank you most kindly for your comments and offer you a 'virtual' cup of tea. Hope you enjoy it.<br /><br />If anyone else cares to leave a comment, I'll keep a cup in the pot for you 'virtually' speaking of course.<br /><br />Thanks again and ....<br /><br />All the best JanLowcarb team memberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07961199165290289611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600659484694637338.post-75775001159542024002015-02-17T22:44:06.668+00:002015-02-17T22:44:06.668+00:00A Hurricane indeed.
It's Horlicks for me, wit...A Hurricane indeed.<br /><br />It's Horlicks for me, with plenty of milk.<br /><br />'Lady P'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600659484694637338.post-58144367784486534982015-02-17T22:22:28.299+00:002015-02-17T22:22:28.299+00:00you're most welcome, Lady P! :-)
tess (who m...you're most welcome, Lady P! :-)<br /><br />tess (who moved on from coffee and is how enjoying a Hurricane)tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04254045589639201707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600659484694637338.post-27419158609668647942015-02-17T19:24:36.429+00:002015-02-17T19:24:36.429+00:00I'm having some tea right now! Loose leaf jasm...I'm having some tea right now! Loose leaf jasmine green tea is my favorite, just plain. Sometimes I use a cast iron Japanese tea pot to brew it. Yummy on a cold day like today.Judi Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05426747921706979537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600659484694637338.post-12372165669993489092015-02-17T18:56:02.314+00:002015-02-17T18:56:02.314+00:00In proper tea etiquette, what goes in the teacup f...In proper tea etiquette, what goes in the teacup first, the tea or the milk?<br /><br />Dear Straight Dope:<br /><br />Could you please help settle a dispute? It is my opinion that proper tea etiquette requires that one pour the tea into the cup *before* adding the milk (something to do with causing fine bone china to crack). However, a colleague of mine always pours the milk first and insists that that is proper etiquette. Can you please confirm for me that this man is clearly a prole and his manner of tea drinking beneath contempt?<br /><br />— Cormac Reynolds<br /><br />Cormac dear, as I was leafing through my new revised edition of "The Joy of Cooking" I came across this passage:<br /><br />"The old-fashioned dictate 'milk in first,' or 'MIF'--supposedly a sign of good breeding--was simply a way to prevent thin porcelain in typically cold English houses from cracking at the touch of hot tea" (page 32, "What to Put in Tea").<br /><br />I don't know that "Joy" is the definitive word on English tea etiquette, but it does at least offer a rationale on why you should care which thing goes into the teacup first. However, there is a contrary view, and luckily for you it's one that probably carries a lot more weight in the chi-chi circles to which we all aspire.<br /><br />In "Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior" (Warner Books, 1982), Judith Martin indicates that the phrase "She's rather milk-in-first, dear" refers to the fact that nannies and governesses seem to be prone to pouring the milk in before the tea, while all others do the opposite. In her description of serving tea, she says, "[A]sk your guest of honor how she takes it. Using the strainer, pour straight from the pot for strong tea, and dilute it from the kettle for weak. Then add sugar ... and milk, according to her taste."<br /><br />So on the one hand you've got the humble, practical proles, who pour the milk in first because they don't want to break the crockery. On the other hand you've got Miss Manners. You pick.<br /><br />— Larasaurus<br /><br />Thank you Tess for this link. I hope my computer prowess or rather lack of it allows me to copy it. Rather interesting read I thought<br /><br />'Lady P' Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600659484694637338.post-81171100503944386092015-02-17T16:31:22.064+00:002015-02-17T16:31:22.064+00:00You Brits do have a thing about tea
HilsYou Brits do have a thing about tea<br /><br />HilsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600659484694637338.post-9837693490450140362015-02-17T15:58:47.419+00:002015-02-17T15:58:47.419+00:00Always milk first for me.
Jenny SAlways milk first for me.<br /><br />Jenny SAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600659484694637338.post-72242993959386241322015-02-17T15:50:08.823+00:002015-02-17T15:50:08.823+00:00lol -- your post prompted a memory for me so i goo...lol -- your post prompted a memory for me so i googled where i had read a certain quote before.... check this out: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1392/in-proper-tea-etiquette-what-goes-in-the-teacup-first-the-tea-or-the-milk<br /><br />if i weren't currently drinking coffee, i think you WOULD have inspired me to head for the kitchen to prepare a cuppa....tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04254045589639201707noreply@blogger.com