OT Sweet Tea

If this was a question Nightmist (it might have just been a sig. line?),
have you thought of Vinca (minor probably better than major) -
periwinkle. Only thing is, it is terribly invasive. So, if there are
any other growing things on the slope, forget it!
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writes

NightMist
Virgina bluebells, english bluebells, or lily of the valley for a
short, hard to mow, well shaded slope with several trees on it?

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In article , Sandy Ellison
wrote:

Howdy!

Most places in Texas don't serve "sweet tea", thankgod,
esp. before asking, "You want sugared?" g
or marking the self-serve as "no sugar" or "sweet". Pre-sweetened
Sweet Tea is more of a Southren' drink, or a yankee transplant. ;-D

There's usually a pitcher of tea on the counter, here, and a tall glass
of ice-tea on the quilting table (w/ Sweet&Low which dissolves well in
cold tea). The quilting buddies like a little more flavor so we add
raspberry or peach tea bags to the brew (Luzianne), but never sweetener
until it goes in the glass.

You and my hubby both! He refuses to eat at a place that doesn't offer
what he calls "UNsweet tea!"

Me, I add the sweetness my own way - a friend of mine years ago got me
into mixing tea flavors - Earl Grey and Orange are my favorite! Adds a
tiny bit of sweetness but not all syrupy and sickly sweet!

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http://teaembassy.com/page/Tea-Embassy/CTGY/History

R/Sandy: real sugar in tea: ick! might as well drink syrup ;-P


On 8/6/07 11:52 PM, in article
, "Michelle"
wrote:

I'm from Texas and we drink gallons of tea! I use a 6 cup teapot, fill it
with briskly boiling water and put in 1 Lipton Family Size teabag (if you
want STRONG tea also add 1 small Twinnings English Breakfast Tea teabag). I
let it brew for about 8 minutes, then pour it into a pitcher. I add a scant
2/3 cup of sugar (this will be sweet) and stir until the sugar is dissolved.
I then add ice cubes to the pitcher, about 2 cups of ice, this ice will melt
in the hot tea, more ice weaker tea. Pour over ice in a tall glass with a
big chunk of lemon.
Michelle
"NightMist" wrote in message
...

After some years of work I have finally got DH off of those instant
iced tea mixes, and drinking iced tea that is actual iced tea. The
only thing is he prefers sweet tea. He makes it by infusing the tea
into a sugar solution to make a concentrate, but I am wondering if
anybody has a recipe that calls for a little less sugar? A cup of
sugar to a quart of concentrate is a bit too much for me. Being as he
knows darn well I don't know spit about sweet tea (I generally drink
my iced tea black), I seek the voice of experience.

I've distracted him by picking up a jar of Bama jam at the dollar
store and showing him gramma's peach tea, but that isn't going to
last.

NightMist

--
I'm a little teapot, short and stout
here is my handle, here is my...other...handle?
Bloody Hell!!
I'm a sugar bowl!




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A German friend of mine told me once ---years ago---that the best sauerkraut
was
the cheapest canned one...and then drained and rinsed well .



snipped:
My grandparents were Czech and did sauerkraut. Mom never much cooked
that with dumplings like g'ma did. Once in awhile I get everyone
together at dad's house and cook up a mess of the stuff. My brother
walked in last time and said walking in reminded him of g'ma's house.
Oh boy, success.
Keep messing with the tea and you just might hit on the memory : )
Taria

2/3 cup of sugar for 6 cups of water??? Oh, I don't THINK so, Michelle!
I'd use at least a cup and a half.

I put 2/3 cup of sugar in a cup of coffee, for goodness sakes!

Cindy


"Michelle" wrote in message
. net...
I'm from Texas and we drink gallons of tea! I use a 6 cup teapot, fill
it with briskly boiling water and put in 1 Lipton Family Size teabag (if
you want STRONG tea also add 1 small Twinnings English Breakfast Tea
teabag). I let it brew for about 8 minutes, then pour it into a pitcher.
I add a scant 2/3 cup of sugar (this will be sweet) and stir until the
sugar is dissolved. I then add ice cubes to the pitcher, about 2 cups of
ice, this ice will melt in the hot tea, more ice weaker tea. Pour over
ice in a tall glass with a big chunk of lemon.
Michelle
"NightMist" wrote in message
...

After some years of work I have finally got DH off of those instant
iced tea mixes, and drinking iced tea that is actual iced tea. The
only thing is he prefers sweet tea. He makes it by infusing the tea
into a sugar solution to make a concentrate, but I am wondering if
anybody has a recipe that calls for a little less sugar? A cup of
sugar to a quart of concentrate is a bit too much for me. Being as he
knows darn well I don't know spit about sweet tea (I generally drink
my iced tea black), I seek the voice of experience.

I've distracted him by picking up a jar of Bama jam at the dollar
store and showing him gramma's peach tea, but that isn't going to
last.

NightMist

--
I'm a little teapot, short and stout
here is my handle, here is my...other...handle?
Bloody Hell!!
I'm a sugar bowl!

That's a good one, Butterfly! A friend of mine has a little convenience
store in a small town. He hired a young man to work and a customer came in
and asked for a footlong with just chili and cheese.

That's what he got. A footlong bun with chili and cheese... and no hotdog.

We laughed about that for a long time.

Cindy


"Butterflywings" wrote in message
...
Just had to sha
I was 'about 15' at the time....first job witnessing besides being
everything else at the Ski Resort.. Did NOT have a short order or lunch
cook--just the guy behind the bar. bar customer asked for ICE
TEA----Bartender got me from making beds to make the tea. I got a glass,
filled it with ice cubes, filled it with water and popped in the tea bag.
Gave him his tea and went back to making beds. Bartender got me, asked me
what I what trying to pull...told him I made ice tea and had to get the
beds done before my dad came to pick me up. He proceeded to 'explode' in
front of the customer. I apologized to the fellow and told him I didn't
have a clue. The CUSTOMER showed me how to make ice tea.....apparently the
Bartender didn't know how either.
I have NEVER made ice tea since then, don't drink it either.

Butterfly (Back to work)

"Michelle" wrote in message
. net...
I'm from Texas and we drink gallons of tea! I use a 6 cup teapot, fill
it with briskly boiling water and put in 1 Lipton Family Size teabag (if
you want STRONG tea also add 1 small Twinnings English Breakfast Tea
teabag). I let it brew for about 8 minutes, then pour it into a pitcher.
I add a scant 2/3 cup of sugar (this will be sweet) and stir until the
sugar is dissolved. I then add ice cubes to the pitcher, about 2 cups of
ice, this ice will melt in the hot tea, more ice weaker tea. Pour over
ice in a tall glass with a big chunk of lemon.
Michelle
"NightMist" wrote in message
...

After some years of work I have finally got DH off of those instant
iced tea mixes, and drinking iced tea that is actual iced tea. The
only thing is he prefers sweet tea. He makes it by infusing the tea
into a sugar solution to make a concentrate, but I am wondering if
anybody has a recipe that calls for a little less sugar? A cup of
sugar to a quart of concentrate is a bit too much for me. Being as he
knows darn well I don't know spit about sweet tea (I generally drink
my iced tea black), I seek the voice of experience.

I've distracted him by picking up a jar of Bama jam at the dollar
store and showing him gramma's peach tea, but that isn't going to
last.

NightMist

--
I'm a little teapot, short and stout
here is my handle, here is my...other...handle?
Bloody Hell!!
I'm a sugar bowl!

Nighmist, what about sun tea?

Cindy


"NightMist" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 06 Aug 2007 11:46:30 -0400, Debra
wrote:

On Sun, 05 Aug 2007 20:44:28 GMT, (NightMist)
wrote:


After some years of work I have finally got DH off of those instant
iced tea mixes, and drinking iced tea that is actual iced tea. The
only thing is he prefers sweet tea. He makes it by infusing the tea
into a sugar solution to make a concentrate, but I am wondering if
anybody has a recipe that calls for a little less sugar? A cup of
sugar to a quart of concentrate is a bit too much for me. Being as he
knows darn well I don't know spit about sweet tea (I generally drink
my iced tea black), I seek the voice of experience.

I've distracted him by picking up a jar of Bama jam at the dollar
store and showing him gramma's peach tea, but that isn't going to
last.


That would depend on how much water he eventually adds to the
concentrate. If he doubles the amount of water to make 2 quarts of
tea, well that's about the usual sweetness for the south east US. If
the concentrate gets used to make a gallon of tea, then it's not very
sweet at all. Mostly it comes down to personal taste. You could just
do what I do--one pitcher is labeled for me and another pitcher is
labeled for DH. I just can't drink the tea he mixes because it is too
sweet at a cup of sugar to 2 quarts of tea. My own preference is for
half a cup sugar to 2 quarts tea, or no sugar added to green tea with
citrus.

I think this is what I may end up doing.
The way I do is to make tea, let it get cold, and put it in the
fridge. I usually drink my iced tea black, I usually drink my hot tea
black as well.
He not only makes a concentrate, he tosses in a pinch of soda (for the
tannin) and bemoans the lack of availability of a particular brand of
tea locally. He says Luzianne (sp) makes the best iced tea. Plus he
uses 6 teabags to two quarts and I use eight. He doesn't want to just
add sugar to my black tea, because he says makeing it the way he does
gives an entirely different result, and blast it he is right.

I hate taking up that amount of space in the fridge for tea, but I may
end up doing just that. Either that or take to drinking smoothies
instead of tea after coming in from gardening.

NightMist
Virgina bluebells, english bluebells, or lily of the valley for a
short, hard to mow, well shaded slope with several trees on it?
--
I'm a little teapot, short and stout
here is my handle, here is my...other...handle?
Bloody Hell!!
I'm a sugar bowl!

Oh boy! Did you see how "Spell check" spelled WAITRESSING?
Next time, I will NOT post before going to a Dr appt---even if it was only
PT (my LAST appt was today).

Bet we have a lot of fun' experiences in the 'food' world amongst us.
I'm sooooo glad I don't do that anymore.

Butterfly (just wasn't my 'cup of tea'--to keep it on OT)

"teleflora" wrote in message
...
That's a good one, Butterfly! A friend of mine has a little convenience
store in a small town. He hired a young man to work and a customer came
in and asked for a footlong with just chili and cheese.

That's what he got. A footlong bun with chili and cheese... and no
hotdog.

We laughed about that for a long time.

Cindy


"Butterflywings" wrote in message
...
Just had to sha
I was 'about 15' at the time....first job witnessing besides being
everything else at the Ski Resort.. Did NOT have a short order or lunch
cook--just the guy behind the bar. bar customer asked for ICE
TEA----Bartender got me from making beds to make the tea. I got a glass,
filled it with ice cubes, filled it with water and popped in the tea bag.
Gave him his tea and went back to making beds. Bartender got me, asked me
what I what trying to pull...told him I made ice tea and had to get the
beds done before my dad came to pick me up. He proceeded to 'explode' in
front of the customer. I apologized to the fellow and told him I didn't
have a clue. The CUSTOMER showed me how to make ice tea.....apparently
the Bartender didn't know how either.
I have NEVER made ice tea since then, don't drink it either.

Butterfly (Back to work)

"Michelle" wrote in message
. net...
I'm from Texas and we drink gallons of tea! I use a 6 cup teapot, fill
it with briskly boiling water and put in 1 Lipton Family Size teabag (if
you want STRONG tea also add 1 small Twinnings English Breakfast Tea
teabag). I let it brew for about 8 minutes, then pour it into a
pitcher. I add a scant 2/3 cup of sugar (this will be sweet) and stir
until the sugar is dissolved. I then add ice cubes to the pitcher, about
2 cups of ice, this ice will melt in the hot tea, more ice weaker tea.
Pour over ice in a tall glass with a big chunk of lemon.
Michelle
"NightMist" wrote in message
...

After some years of work I have finally got DH off of those instant
iced tea mixes, and drinking iced tea that is actual iced tea. The
only thing is he prefers sweet tea. He makes it by infusing the tea
into a sugar solution to make a concentrate, but I am wondering if
anybody has a recipe that calls for a little less sugar? A cup of
sugar to a quart of concentrate is a bit too much for me. Being as he
knows darn well I don't know spit about sweet tea (I generally drink
my iced tea black), I seek the voice of experience.

I've distracted him by picking up a jar of Bama jam at the dollar
store and showing him gramma's peach tea, but that isn't going to
last.

NightMist

--
I'm a little teapot, short and stout
here is my handle, here is my...other...handle?
Bloody Hell!!
I'm a sugar bowl!

My mom's aunt made it from scratch but my g'ma bought canned. Yep, you
rinse it and after it is cooked a long time it has a really different
taste. Smells like grandma's house or that of a german friend maybe : )
It is a cheap way to feed a lot of people, that is for sure!

I am amazed so many people drink tea with so much sugar in it. I can't
think of anywhere in CA where you can get sweetened tea in a restaurant
except those yucky flavored ones.
Taria

MB wrote:

A German friend of mine told me once ---years ago---that the best sauerkraut
was
the cheapest canned one...and then drained and rinsed well .



snipped:

My grandparents were Czech and did sauerkraut. Mom never much cooked
that with dumplings like g'ma did. Once in awhile I get everyone
together at dad's house and cook up a mess of the stuff. My brother
walked in last time and said walking in reminded him of g'ma's house.
Oh boy, success.
Keep messing with the tea and you just might hit on the memory : )
Taria

Howdy!

http://www.thequiltermag.com/onlineproject/index.shtml

R/S


On 8/7/07 4:56 PM, in article BU5ui.1835$Aj6.317@trnddc01, "Taria"
wrote:

My mom's aunt made it from scratch but my g'ma bought canned. Yep, you
rinse it and after it is cooked a long time it has a really different
taste. Smells like grandma's house or that of a german friend maybe : )
It is a cheap way to feed a lot of people, that is for sure!

I am amazed so many people drink tea with so much sugar in it. I can't
think of anywhere in CA where you can get sweetened tea in a restaurant
except those yucky flavored ones.
Taria

MB wrote:

A German friend of mine told me once ---years ago---that the best sauerkraut
was
the cheapest canned one...and then drained and rinsed well .



snipped:

My grandparents were Czech and did sauerkraut. Mom never much cooked
that with dumplings like g'ma did. Once in awhile I get everyone
together at dad's house and cook up a mess of the stuff. My brother
walked in last time and said walking in reminded him of g'ma's house.
Oh boy, success.
Keep messing with the tea and you just might hit on the memory : )
Taria

"Butterflywings" wrote in message
...
Oh boy! Did you see how "Spell check" spelled WAITRESSING?

I had to go back and check. I missed it too.

And a lot of waitressing IS witnessing!

Cindy