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Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 11:39 am
by DavebytheSea
Brenda puts the tea in first - she and her ilk refer to the rest of you as "Miffies"
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 12:06 pm
by Scone Lover
I put the jam on first simply because I am not cleaver enough to do it the other way without causing a horrible mess.
Anyway, is there an etiquette (lord I hope that is somewhee near correct) for when sugar is added to tea?
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 12:18 pm
by J.R.
Scone Lover wrote:I put the jam on first simply because I am not cleaver enough to do it the other way without causing a horrible mess.
Anyway, is there an etiquette (lord I hope that is somewhee near correct) for when sugar is added to tea?
My late maternal Grand-Mother was very specific about such matters. (she was VERY Victorian).
It was Scone, (as in own) !
Scone, (as in gone), would be reprimanded.
Tea :Tea into cup first.
Milk Second
Sugar last, (if required).
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 12:21 pm
by Scone Lover
Damn, I have just noticed my typo......somewhee
Clean definitions on a post card to the usual address
Your grandmother sounds very civilised JR
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 12:49 pm
by J.R.
Scone Lover wrote:Damn, I have just noticed my typo......somewhee
Clean definitions on a post card to the usual address
Your grandmother sounds very civilised JR
She was very proud of the fact that her mother witnessed the last public execution in London. Shows you just how right-wing she was !
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 12:51 pm
by Scone Lover
So who was the last poor sod to get the old neck stretch?
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 12:55 pm
by Ruthie-Baby(old a/c)
Scone: don't have cream - problem solved - anyway, if you turn it upside down, it's in the other order, so who cares? If there were three fillings it would matter which one went in the centre... potentially
Tea: 1 milk 2 water/tea 3 sugar
but again I circumvent (another long word hooray) that by not having milk or sugar...
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 12:59 pm
by Scone Lover
Are you a tea or coffee girl then?
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 1:40 pm
by Great Plum
Jam, then cream...
and no Amy, still not caved in (fully) yet...
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 1:46 pm
by Ruthie-Baby(old a/c)
Scone Lover wrote:Are you a tea or coffee girl then?
me, tea generally, like at work and stuff
nothing beats a cafetiere of the best coffee though
I can't drink instant coffee though, it's just not the same thing, how we can use the same word for two totally different things amazes me - so if in doubt I drink tea
no milk no sugar either way...
What about you Mr S?
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 2:24 pm
by Scone Lover
Mr S thats a new one on me. Not bad either.
I love a good coffee and hate a cheep instant. I wish I could afford a good coffee maker but there always seems to be something more important to buy first.
If I feel unwell, it MUST be tea. I can be very choosey about my tea though
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 2:31 pm
by Ruthie-Baby(old a/c)
Woolworth's cafetiere 1997 cost £6.99 still going strong... (famous last words, I know)
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 3:07 pm
by Scone Lover
Do you know, that is the one place I have never thought of checking! how dumb is that?
Am I going to get slaughtered for a comment like that?
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 3:17 pm
by Ruthie-Baby(old a/c)
what Woolworths? Can't go back to 1997 to get a sexy one with a blue plastic handle for the meagre sum of £6.99... but you should get one for about a tenner I expect...
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 3:23 pm
by Scone Lover
A sexy purple one would be great