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Pat in Virginia wrote:
Yep ... this is Encyclopedia Quiltania! BTW: I can spell the word Encyclopedia with out spell check thanks to The Mickey Mouse Club!! Yea! (Yes, I know the Brits add another Vowel, but we Americans didn't buy that one!) Yeah, Micky Mouse spelling! Huh... Explains a lot... -- Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.katedicey.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore! |
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NightMist wrote:
On Thu, 09 Mar 2006 11:02:31 +0000, Kate Dicey wrote: NightMist wrote: And mead made with tea of any sort is metheglin. Not according to the OED. It's the anglicized spelling of the Welsh for mead, usually spiced or with medicinal herbs. No tea involved. And when you put herbs or spices into water to soak the tasty goodness out of them you call the result....? Tisane, dearie! Also spelled 'ptisan', and which may have barley in it... If you say infusion I shall have to spank you, point at your teapot, and glare. See - I didn't! I know far too many words, really. Don't forget, I used to teach English and Lit up to university entrance level (just occasionally - fun, but hard work!) I'm not surprised at that. Mead and metheglin were here in the UK long before tea arrived from Eastern Lands along the silk route and by other means such as tea clippers. Yep. And further along the mead path, I made a braggot once that would knock strong men to their knees while they were still begging for more. I'll have to dig the recipe out and look it over again. I don't often fancy ales, but a braggot is a whole nother class of thing. I'd be interested in that. I like knife & fork beers myself. Can you still get Clipper brand tea? Haven't seen it in years. I have seen those blocks of tea from China, in Chinese supermarkets here. Oooooh, that reminds me - I have some Silver Needle White Tea from China. Whittard's are right to label this 'the ultimate in self-indulgence' at £12 a quarter pound! twelve pounds for 4 ounces?!!! That had best be some awfully good tea! It *is* rather nice, if you like China tea, but not enough to bother with again! I haven't seen clipper brand anything. I have seen the pressed blocks of tea with the silver or gold foil seals, but only online or at a particular specialty shop in Toronto. See, you can get back to the start if you go long enough. (G) I like Whittards instant fruit flavoured teas - the no added sugar ones are zero WW points! We used to buy cubes that you drop into hot water to make an instant tea. They came in all sorts of flavors. At the time DD1 was in pre-school and she fancied the verbena. Her preschool teacher actually came to the house to inquire about it. Apparently DD asked for it in school and they didn't have a clue. She was incorporating it into her play and they finally got curious enough to come over and ask. Whenever they asked her she would just give them a look and say "yes, I drink verbena" in that sort of superior way that only a three year old can achieve. Hehehehehehe! I know the look that goes with it, too! James used to run a good line in 'I am ruler of the universe' looks and tones of voice, but gave up when he realized I just ignored them and waited for the ordinary voice and the please and thank you I expected. Those blocks sound like fun - kind of like stock cubes but more interesting! NightMist -- Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.katedicey.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore! |
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Melomel is the term for any "fruited mead". But to go a little further,
perie (in many forms of spelling) is Pear mead and cyser is apple mead. Spiced mead is methleglin, and can have any number of different spices added to it. The sweetness of mead depends on the amount of honey you start with and the strength of the yeast that you use. I prefer sweet meads, but they usually end up very strong too. G And the longer you age them the smoother they get. VBG I have had people tell me to not let them drink my meads while they are sitting down. Love to make them, enjoy drinking a bit of them, but love to provide them to friends too. Now to save the money to buy the honey for a couple more batches....... Pati, in Phx Kate Dicey wrote: Proper mead is made only with honey. It doesn't really taste all that sweet. Dry mead is wonderful. Meads made with fruit juices are properly termed melomel. Hm... I do know some odd stuff! |
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In article vMWPf.11785$Tf3.7186@dukeread09,
Pat in Virginia wrote: Yep ... this is Encyclopedia Quiltania! BTW: I can spell the word Encyclopedia with out spell check thanks to The Mickey Mouse Club!! Yea! (Yes, I know the Brits add another Vowel, but we Americans didn't buy that one!) PAT in VA/USA And I still don't spell it to myself, Pat -- I always sing it mentally. g -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1 AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education |
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Didn't buy that vowel but we DID buy their London Bridge and I rode over it
twice last weekend and my guys rode UNDER it also. I chose not to go. Butterfly (had some 'down time' just to read all the local Sunday papers and watch the fishermen--reminded me of my Grandpa and the fun times I had when I got to go fishing with him and Grandma : ) "Pat in Virginia" wrote in message news:vMWPf.11785$Tf3.7186@dukeread09... Yep ... this is Encyclopedia Quiltania! BTW: I can spell the word Encyclopedia with out spell check thanks to The Mickey Mouse Club!! Yea! (Yes, I know the Brits add another Vowel, but we Americans didn't buy that one!) PAT in VA/USA Jessamy wrote: Aha! now a mystery is solved... I have seen that in books and wondered what it was but never could get the spelling right for a search the amazing things one finds out here ! |
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yeah well.. we Brits *all* know American's can't spell ;-P
or is it because you didn't buy all the vowels when you got rid of British rule? -- Jessamy *snicker* In The Netherlands Take out: so much quilting to reply. Time to accept, time to grow, time to take things slow www.geocities.com/jess_ayad http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jes...pson/my_photos ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yep ... this is Encyclopedia Quiltania! BTW: I can spell the word Encyclopedia with out spell check thanks to The Mickey Mouse Club!! Yea! (Yes, I know the Brits add another Vowel, but we Americans didn't buy that one!) PAT in VA/USA |
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Jessamy wrote:
yeah well.. we Brits *all* know American's can't spell ;-P or is it because you didn't buy all the vowels when you got rid of British rule? I grew up just out side of Detroit, MI. We had Canadian Television that had several children's shows that I watched growing up. I had problems for a long time "mis-spelling" words like ColoUr Roberta (in VA) |
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But.. but...
Colour is the *right* way!! -- Jessamy - we get Belgium TV here.. Belgium's are rather fond of avoiding English words in life so they have some *very* interesting ways of saying things and I bet my kids are learning them too ;-) In The Netherlands Take out: so much quilting to reply. Time to accept, time to grow, time to take things slow www.geocities.com/jess_ayad http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jes...pson/my_photos ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I grew up just out side of Detroit, MI. We had Canadian Television that had several children's shows that I watched growing up. I had problems for a long time "mis-spelling" words like ColoUr Roberta (in VA) |
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Wate a minut! That is a totul insult! LOL Linda in Tx (excellent
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oddly enough I got that first time round.. but then I *am* dyslexic so I can
read almost anything. -- Jessamy - vowels for sale.. anyone want to buy some second hand vowels? In The Netherlands Take out: so much quilting to reply. Time to accept, time to grow, time to take things slow www.geocities.com/jess_ayad http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jes...pson/my_photos ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wate a minut! That is a totul insult! LOL Linda in Tx (excellent speller) |
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