Hear hear. (especially the highlighted line)Carlotta King wrote:I've never had a problem with the tea thread, I find it really interesting to read about everyone's preferences for food and drink. (probably because I'm a gannet and obsessed with eating and drinking!)
We've got a General Natter section so why shouldn't we chatter about these things, that's what the General Natter section is for.
The tea thread is tame and pleasant in comparison to some of the other ridiculous GN threads that we've had in the past!
I like talking about everyday things, I think it makes us all closer because we can bond over normal human interests like food, drink, animals, shopping, hobbies, etc.
And we can help each other with advice and info about things!
It doesn't detract from our love of Enid, we still post about her too! Its not 'one or the other', we can talk about both!
If we've got something to say about Enid then we'll say it regardless of whether there's a GN section or not. Same goes for if we don't happen to have anything to say about Enid at a specific time - if we don't, we don't - not having a GN section wouldn't make any difference; the lack of GN wouldn't make us post more about Enid if we simply didn't have anything to say!
What is your favourite drink (hot or cold)?
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I enjoy joking about the tea thread and it certainly is amazing how long its gone on, lol. Sometimes its annoying that it gets more input than some of the interesting threads about EB - BUT - its okay, and i don't 'hate' it - just find it amusing and its a reflection of the pithy things us Brits (and other nations!) like to talk about.
As far as hot and cold drinks go - my favourite hot drink is tea - in fact I rarely drink coffee, and certainly not hot chocolate etc.
Cold drinks - water, Ribena - that's about it. I also avoid anything with Aspartame in it, which is meant to be poison - banned in America - and in most artificial sweeteners - so that means I now avoid most 'Robinson's' products, as they now all contain Aspartame rather than natural sugar.
I drink very few alcoholic drinks - maybe a glass of white wine or a rum and coke at Christmas, perhaps two or three pints of shandy in a year, or a can of larger two or three times a year - and that would constitute a year when I'd been drinking 'heavily' lol! .
As far as hot and cold drinks go - my favourite hot drink is tea - in fact I rarely drink coffee, and certainly not hot chocolate etc.
Cold drinks - water, Ribena - that's about it. I also avoid anything with Aspartame in it, which is meant to be poison - banned in America - and in most artificial sweeteners - so that means I now avoid most 'Robinson's' products, as they now all contain Aspartame rather than natural sugar.
I drink very few alcoholic drinks - maybe a glass of white wine or a rum and coke at Christmas, perhaps two or three pints of shandy in a year, or a can of larger two or three times a year - and that would constitute a year when I'd been drinking 'heavily' lol! .
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Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
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Re: What is your favourite drink (hot or cold)?
Forgot to put American cider on my list.Rob Houghton wrote: I drink very few alcoholic drinks - maybe a glass of white wine or a rum and coke at Christmas, perhaps two or three pints of shandy in a year, or a can of larger two or three times a year - and that would constitute a year when I'd been drinking 'heavily' lol! .
We warm it up in the microwave for one minute, add a cinnamon stick plus some ground cinnamon on top of it. Super markets only offer it in the fall until some time in December.
I still remember some cider from Germany called Cidre Jacques.
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(Remember that in America when we say "cider", we mean the non-alcoholic kind! In England if you just order "cider" they will bring you an alcoholic cider!)
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Hi KEVP, I prefer the non-alcoholic cider. On the way to Wonwell Beach in Devon (at the Erme Mouth) we stopped for a late lunch at a pub near Kingsbridge and I ordered cider. It turned out to be the alcoholic kind. I prefer the non-alcoholic. But I do like German dark beer from Bavaria .
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I think ordering 'cider' in Britain would always mean you got the alcoholic sort. I never even knew there was non alcoholic cider! I guess we would call that simply 'apple juice'
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Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
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Re: What is your favourite drink (hot or cold)?
Apple juice in the US is clear and does not taste as exciting as the cider in the fall does. The cider in Kingsbridge contained so much alcohol that I couldn't even taste it was cider.
So I asked the bar tender/pub owner and he confirmed it really was cider.
In Germany they have two kinds of apple juice. The clear one and a non-clear one which tastes a lot better, more like non-alcoholic cider. And then there's Cidre Pomme Jacques which they sell in bottles like wine bottles (I think I forgot "Pomme" in a previous post).
So I asked the bar tender/pub owner and he confirmed it really was cider.
In Germany they have two kinds of apple juice. The clear one and a non-clear one which tastes a lot better, more like non-alcoholic cider. And then there's Cidre Pomme Jacques which they sell in bottles like wine bottles (I think I forgot "Pomme" in a previous post).
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Apple juice in UK is a golden colour and often sparkling with a bit of fizz, though there are non fizzy versions also.
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
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Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
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I agree completely with this. I like having somewhere to post about everyday sort of stuff because as you say it lets you bond over normal things and get to know a bit more about the person behind the username. After all, you make 'small talk' with people in reality so why not in virtual realityCarlotta King wrote:I've never had a problem with the tea thread, I find it really interesting to read about everyone's preferences for food and drink. (probably because I'm a gannet and obsessed with eating and drinking!)
We've got a General Natter section so why shouldn't we chatter about these things, that's what the General Natter section is for.
The tea thread is tame and pleasant in comparison to some of the other ridiculous GN threads that we've had in the past!
I like talking about everyday things, I think it makes us all closer because we can bond over normal human interests like food, drink, animals, shopping, hobbies, etc.
And we can help each other with advice and info about things!
It doesn't detract from our love of Enid, we still post about her too! Its not 'one or the other', we can talk about both!
If we've got something to say about Enid then we'll say it regardless of whether there's a GN section or not. Same goes for if we don't happen to have anything to say about Enid at a specific time - if we don't, we don't - not having a GN section wouldn't make any difference; the lack of GN wouldn't make us post more about Enid if we simply didn't have anything to say!
I never knew there was a non alcoholic cider either! it must be a US thing, I think you'd get some puzzled looks if you asked for it over here. Now I'm wondering if 'root beer' is the same as our ginger beer or not .Rob Houghton wrote:Apple juice in UK is a golden colour and often sparkling with a bit of fizz, though there are non fizzy versions also.
I used to love apple juice, especially Apple Tango until an unfortunate mix up with old chip fat...put me off completely, I've never been able to face it since .
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I shouldn't laugh, but -IceMaiden wrote: I used to love apple juice, especially Apple Tango until an unfortunate mix up with old chip fat...put me off completely, I've never been able to face it since .
Sounds like a nasty experience though!
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
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Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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I must admit, I feel really common after reading this, lol!floragord wrote:Pink champagne please for my cold option! , brut only! and Lapsang souchong or Earl grey for the hot!
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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Re: What is your favourite drink (hot or cold)?
I have tasted non alcoholic apple cider. It tastes like Zappel apple fizzy drink without the fizzy! My friend who has been living in London for several years told me not to drink apple cider in UK because it contains alcohol but US apple cider is free from alcohol. But the sugar content in the US apple cider is dangerously high.
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I think its just a case of America using the 'wrong' word for apple juice! Cider has always been alcoholic for hundreds of years, and I'm surprised the US suddenly decided to call non alcoholic apple juice 'cider' - as that's not really correct!
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
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Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
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Thanks, Rob. I think so too but it is what it is in US. Even children drink apple cider in US.
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Re: What is your favourite drink (hot or cold)?
As the limerick goes...
There was a young lady of Ryde
Who ate some green apples and died.
The apples fermented
Inside the lamented
And made cider inside 'er inside.
There was a young lady of Ryde
Who ate some green apples and died.
The apples fermented
Inside the lamented
And made cider inside 'er inside.
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It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)