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'lance
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posted 08 December 2002 06:36 PM
Fascinating. I thought I was a word-geek, but I'd never heard any of the words in the quiz I looked at. Zero for twenty.Edited to add: Is it too soon for thread drift? If not, there are some funny guides to identifying US regions by cooking (typos in original corrected): quote:
A very handy gauge of where one is in the United States is tea preparation. To conduct this experiment, visit any local restaurant and order "Tea". Do not add any qualifiers, just "tea". Now, observe what comes out. If the result is hot black tea, with cream and sugar on the side, you are somewhere in the north-eastern region of the U.S., probably along the Atlantic Seaboard, but north of Virginia. If the result is iced black tea, supersaturated with sugar, served with lemon on the side, you are in the south-eastern region of the U.S., in the area known as "The South". Attempt to locate a barbeque restaurant immediately. If the result is a very mellow iced black tea, unsweetened, with lemon on the side, you are in the south-western portion of the U.S. drinking sun tea. Go immediately to any Mexican restaurant with a menu entirely in Spanish and order Green Corn Tamales. Be very happy.
And so forth. [ December 08, 2002: Message edited by: 'lance ]
From: that enchanted place on the top of the Forest | Registered: Jul 2001
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'lance
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posted 08 December 2002 11:35 PM
Well, according to this, 97% of tea in Canada -- tea made from tea bags, that is -- is served hot. (In the States, 85% of tea from tea bags is used to make iced tea).That means, in almost all Canadian restaurants, no-one really knows how to make iced tea. Or if they do, they don't have any in stock. So if you ask for iced tea, they're likely to shrug and open up a Lipton's can. And as the BBC dude says, if you ask for tea and quote:
they bring you an aluminium can marked "Lipton", run.
(Sorry for the drift Audra... tomorrow, I promise, I'll get back to the DARE!)
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feerit
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posted 09 December 2002 12:48 PM
Hey now, when I'm out doing something and I'm thirsty, and the only thing around is a soda vending machine, a can of Lipton or Nestea works nicely.I always make iced tea from bags, about once a week I boil a huge pot of water and put like 4 "Family Sized" tea bags in there. My usual dinner drink. Never try the instant iced tea, that stuff is Horrible with a capital H. And as a corollary, I'm in the South, and never drink my iced tea sweetened if I have the option. Always with lemon, though. And I usually have a cup of hot tea in the afternoon at some point, with sugar only. I guess I drink more tea than the average American 
From: Outside of Atlanta, otherwise known as loonyland | Registered: Nov 2002
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DrConway
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posted 09 December 2002 06:40 PM
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I always make iced tea from bags, about once a week I boil a huge pot of water and put like 4 "Family Sized" tea bags in there. My usual dinner drink. Never try the instant iced tea, that stuff is Horrible with a capital H.And as a corollary, I'm in the South, and never drink my iced tea sweetened if I have the option. Always with lemon, though. And I usually have a cup of hot tea in the afternoon at some point, with sugar only. I guess I drink more tea than the average American
Boy, are YOU gonna get a shock when you come here, feerit  Up here in BC, if I order tea I get hot tea, with cream things or a little cup of cream for me to pour into my tea. And iced tea here is more often than not commercially prepared.  Sweetened, too. That Lipton's stuff that comes in a glass always takes my breath away. Nothing like good cold sweet iced tea, yeah
From: You shall not side with the great against the powerless. | Registered: May 2001
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