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[andrewc]

Once during the middle of a night ride (FNRTTC?) we brewed up & I gave Wowbagger some Lapsang Souchong (Twinings bag).  I don't recall him being very impressed ......


I'll need to put another order in.  I've run out of Darjeeling.    https://liverpoolteawarehouse.com

[ravenbait]

The Twinings Lapsang tastes of dust and regret. I do rate the Formosa Lapsang Souchong from the Algerian Coffee Store in that London.

When I used to have it at work, people always accused me of drinking whisky.

Sam

[citoyen]

When I used to have it at work, people always accused me of drinking whisky.

Is that not just to do with being Scottish though?

[ian]

All Lapsang Souchong tastes like hot water that has been strained through a tramp's mouldering underpant gusset.

[citoyen]

I'd have thought that the scales on a pangolin make it of more use as a grater...

You don't use its scales, you wally - you use its razor sharp claws.

[citoyen]

All Lapsang Souchong tastes like hot water that has been strained through a tramp's mouldering underpant gusset.

Who do you think you are, Jilly Goolden?

[ian]

Never heard of her, but I like her concept of getting paid to get pissed and tell stories.

I'm in the wrong job.

Is it beer o'clock yet?

[hellymedic]

Just don't do the American trick of serving a cup of warm water with a teabag on the side. 

The same is done in Israel. My advice to a first time would-be traveller was 'Avoid tea'. Some questioned this.

I stand by it...

[Mrs Pingu]

Back when Brewdog were going through their phase of having an infuser beer tap at the bar, I had the misfortune to try a beer which had lapsang souchong soaking in it. I did not like, so I have never been tempted to try it as tea.

[Cudzoziemiec]

Just don't do the American trick of serving a cup of warm water with a teabag on the side. 

The same is done in Israel. My advice to a first time would-be traveller was 'Avoid tea'. Some questioned this.

I stand by it...

And Poland, at least in cafes, maybe not so much at home. I think it's quite common in various places around the world.

[pcolbeck]

Back when Brewdog were going through their phase of having an infuser beer tap at the bar, I had the misfortune to try a beer which had lapsang souchon soaking in it. I did not like, so I have never been tempted to try it as tea.

Good plan. I like quite a lot of teas but lapsang souchon is horrid.

[ravenbait]

Back when Brewdog were going through their phase of having an infuser beer tap at the bar, I had the misfortune to try a beer which had lapsang souchon soaking in it. I did not like, so I have never been tempted to try it as tea.

Knowing your taste in tea, it's not one I would offer you.

Sam

[Mrs Pingu]

Wonder what it would be like in a sausage...

[Mr Larrington]

Americans boil water on their 'stove top' with a proper whistling kettle. Everyone knows there's not enough electricity in the US to power electric kettles.

I have mentioned before the impressive selection of full-size* anbaric kettles available from Messrs. Target in El Paso and similar devices in hotel rooms in divers locations in Canuckistan, so they’re not totally ignorant of the state of the water-heating art.

* The Luggage was too full to contemplate the acquisition of one of these and my Yorkshire soul would not permit me to buy one only to abandon it in Walsenburg CO a few days later.

[ian]

I always had a stovetop kettle when I lived there, though ironically the oven was electric the first time around (jesus-louise-ous, have you seen the cables they use to wire up a US oven?)

I once literally fell from the sky over El Paso.

[hellymedic]

I has a stove-top kettle for when the electricity fails, as happens not infrequently in this corner of Outer Suburbia.

[Mr Larrington]

I once literally fell from the sky over El Paso.

Well, no-one would go there by choice.  Would they?

[nicknack]

I once literally fell from the sky over El Paso.

Well, no-one would go there by choice.  Would they?

Hmm... One of my cousins moved there, shortly followed by her mother. They were previously living in Gillingham, Kent.

Yes, I see what you mean.

[Canardly]

I have finally purchsed a decent sharpening stone for my (mediocre) kitchen knives. What a difference. Tomatoes are cut instead of being bounced off. Happy bunny.

[Gattopardo]

I have finally purchsed a decent sharpening stone for my (mediocre) kitchen knives. What a difference. Tomatoes are cut instead of being bounced off. Happy bunny.

I have a few cheap combination stones but worry about getting the angles right.

[Gattopardo]

Collected an instant pot and I am excited....so for the next week it is instant pot meals

[Ham]

Did you get all three flavours?

[pcolbeck]

I forgot to add an egg perfect egg timer. The sort you stick in the pan with eggs. Brilliant as it doesn't matter if you start with cold water or boiling water or anything in between.

[citoyen]

Did you get all three flavours?

Bombay Bad Boy or nothing for me.

[Canardly]

I have finally purchsed a decent sharpening stone for my (mediocre) kitchen knives. What a difference. Tomatoes are cut instead of being bounced off. Happy bunny.

I have a few cheap combination stones but worry about getting the angles right.

Came with a slip on guide.