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Skriven 2008-04-01 21:14:01 av Barbara McNay (1:382/48)
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 >  BM> while, I decided it might be tea.  I had never been served iced tea
 >  BM> before, and I am not a tea drinker.

 > Got surprised? My first experience with iced tea was
 > at a camp I worked
 > at one summer.  I had to stay with the kids one night
 > and my co
 > counselor brought back a glass of unsweetened tea &
 > some snacks.  That
 > tea was bad!  A bit over a year later, I visited Steve
 > in NC on
 > Thanksgiving break from college and had sweet iced tea
 > for the first
 > time.  It was much better!  I drink hot tea as well,
 > but it has to be
 > sweet.  I used to put milk in it too but now generally
 > just sugar.

My mother was a tea drinker, and she liked her tea weak. Once she was busy with
something and asked me to make her a cup of tea, saying not to leave the teabag
in long.  Well, I poured the hot water, then dunked the teabag and lifted it
out immediately without squeezing--I was a teenager, can you guess?--and gave
it to her.  She drank it and never said a word.  It must have been all right,
as it wasn't characteristic of her to say nothing, otherwise.

 >> I should think so.  Do you use any specific oil (olive
 >> vs canola) or
 >> whatever you happen to grab?

 >  BM> I don't remember what I used then.  If I were to make it now, I would
 >  BM> use canola or a light olive oil, but not EVOO. The canola would
 >  BM> probably help it to spread more easily than the olive oil.

 > That's what I'm thinking, knowing how olive oil
 > thickens so much when
 > it's chilled.

Agreed.


 >>  BM> I can't see that it would be an acquired taste for me, since I like
 >>  BM> all those things.  Is it so unlikely to have been plain cream cheese?

 >> It was not plain cream cheese; quark has a bit of a
 >> "tang" to it like
 >> some yogurts. Some people don't like yogurt for that
 >> reason and a lot of
 >> them do have sugar in them.

 >  BM> Yes, or sweetening of some sort.  Strange.  Those same people will eat
 >  BM> pickles and sour candy with no complaint.

 > It's just a different kind of taste.  Anyway, the less
 > they eat of it,
 > the more for me. (G)

True, unless the market stops carrying it because of low sales.

 >>> herbs.  You can't have too strong an oil for that or

 >>  BM> I suppose it would, though I have only used oil and herbs with
 >>  BM> vinegar, too, as salad dressing..

 >> That's our "house" dressing."

 >  BM> I'm happy with just vinegar and oil.

 > Well, this comes from my MIL; I guess it was the only
 > salad dressing
 > Steve grew up with.

Miracle Whip was my childhood salad dressing.  That stuff has been around a
long time.

 >>  BM> The highway over here is a mess right now.  They're widening it
 >>  BM> between Ft. Hood and Cove.

 >> How wide are they making that thing? It was 4 lane if
 >> I recall correctly

 >  BM> I'm not sure; I think it will be three lanes in each direction.

 > Gotta keep the road crews wotking on something all the
 > time. (G) One of
 > these years we may get over that way again to see how
 > it's changed since
 > we left.

The area has grown, and many wooden buildings have been razed on post--old
landmarks gone.

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