British Tea Time

[jpmcwjr]

OMG! I may have been by there. The house is of the same style of some cousins who lived in Pasadena.

 

[sablebrush52]

I have to say that the Australian versions I was subjected to at boarding school in the late 1960s were diabolical. But then so was all boarding school tucker generally. Only saved from starvation by unlimited quantities of bread and butter.

I think that's standard for institutions, whether of higher learning, or high security prisons.
When I went to UCLA, the dorm I was in celebrated the arrival of the new Associate Dean, who was Latina, by cooking something they called molé, a dubious concoction of Skippy peanut butter and Hershey's chocolate sauce in which they baked their chicken. The result turned out to be a spectacularly successful laxative that sent hundreds of frantic teenaged butts in search of an unoccupied toilet, all at the same time. Naturally, the antiquated plumbing exploded from the furious onslaught. Good times.

 

[mingc]

You obviously haven't tasted a French or Japanese curry ?

What?! Japanese karē is delicious! Especially when served with a side of fukujinzuke pickles. And if French curry is the equal of currywurst, it can't be that bad!

 

[Servant King]

(tehe mix of Assman&Kenian)

 

[OzPiper]

I love Japanese curry, you Philistine! Haven't tried French curry. Dutch curries are delicious, and I've had curries from numerous regions of India. Chinese curries also run a wide gamut.

There was a highly publicised visit by Michelin-hatted French chefs to India in the 1980's sponsored by the Indian Government. Curries made an entrance in a few hatted French restaurants after that. I have a number of French friends and their comments on Chinese and Indian restaurants in France are generally not very complementary.

The Dutch on the other hand have a long history in Indonesia., so I expect their versions to be vastly superior to the French.

Coming from Malaysia, I have to say that "Chinese-Malaysian/Singaporean" curries are pretty good. Not so the versions from Hong Kong.

 

[Puff nstuff]

I am drinking chai with milk at this very moment. I like Thai and Indonesian curries best. And I definitely take cream in my coffee.

 

[OzPiper]

What?! Japanese karē is delicious! Especially when served with a side of fukujinzuke pickles. And if French curry is the equal of currywurst, it can't be that bad!

I think you may have rather a rather "Westernised" palate after all the years away from Asia. ?

The Koreans also love their curry with a side of pickles.

We're lucky that our proximity to Asia results in pretty authentic Asian cuisine - at least in the past 20 years or so, due to the large influx of migrants from Asia.

Of course, our palates are attuned to what is fsmiliar. I recall a program on Indian food in the UK some years ago hosted by well-known British Indian actress and food writer Madhur Jeffrey. She visited a fish and chip shop in Scotland whose best seller was chips with curry sauce. When she commented to the Indisn owner that the curry sauce did not taste "Indian", he laughingly replied that his attempts at a more authentic curry sauce was met with wholesale protest by the customers who demanded that he went back to the curry sauce made by the previous owners of some 20 years who were Chinese. ?

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

I agree with Colin from The Great Escape.

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

When I was in London I witnessed people eating perfectly good sandwiches with a knife and fork. Why would anyone care what these people have to say about food or drink?

I'm sure I read somewhere that if the Queen eats a banana she uses a knife and fork??‍?

 

[mawnansmiff]

"I'm sure I read somewhere that if the Queen eats a banana she uses a knife and fork"

I'm sure she wears a bib too now!

Regards,

Jay.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

I started enjoying teas quite a bit the past few months. I most often add a drop of honey, never sugar, and add a little milk or cream.

 

[sablebrush52]

I'm sure I read somewhere that if the Queen eats a banana she uses a knife and fork??‍?

This does much to explain the current state of the monarchy.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Best curry I ever had was in London. An Indian restaurant in St. James.

 

[bullet08]

Korean/Japanese curry's ok. I mean, I enjoy it and I eat it. But not exactly Indian curry with full array of spices. I don't think I'll try French curry. That must be like French beer.

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

This does much to explain the current state of the monarchy.

You can't blame her, I suppose. Her Majesty deep throating a banana wouldn't be a very regal look?.

 

[sablebrush52]

You can't blame her, I suppose. Her Majesty deep throating a banana wouldn't be a very regal look?.

Perhaps not, at this stage of life. On the other hand, the image would be very much in keeping with the traditional idea of the "Merry Monarch".

 

[Franco Pipenbeans]

Do tell. I've weighed 114lbs for 34 years. I have to take in at least 4000 calories per day to keep from loosing weight.

Hence I didn’t generalise; I suppose there will always be fat people during a famine, they are probably the top brass - just look at the present leader of the Democratic Peoples Republic of North Korea, he doesn’t seem to be calorie deficient in any way.

 

[jpberg]

Let’s get back to tea and understand that tea nerds are as bad, if not worse, than cigar nerds.

 

[Franco Pipenbeans]

Let’s get back to tea and understand that tea nerds are as bad, if not worse, than cigar nerds.

Or wine buffs. ?

 

[troutface]

Let’s get back to tea and understand that tea nerds are as bad, if not worse, than cigar nerds.

I became a tea nerd by default as I sampled teas from all over the world looking for one I liked. For me first flush Darjeelings scratched that itch. I'm content to leave it at that now.