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I read a meme the other day that got me curious...

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Whats a meme..?
It's those funny pics with something said on them. I wish I could find it. It was a british person saying American tea is weird. It just got me curious.
 
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wooah wooah wooah!

I thought you were Scottish? I'm joking about the English? Please, please don't tell me the Scottish consider themselves English now! Lord have mercy! That would be a sign of the apocalypse!

I mean, it's not like we Americans sticking up for Canadians, we're talking a self-respecting Scottish lass sticking up for the English as if she were one! Ok, now I won't be able to sleep wrapping me ole mind around this conundrum! Yikeees!

 
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I have to disagree on a few.

I much prefer British tv to American. Blackadder, Prime Suspect, Auf Wiedersehen Pet, Dr Who, Luther.... And to prove my point, just consider the atrocious failed attempts to translate great British shows to American shows - like Cracker, House of Cards, or Life On Mars. Usually the problem is that the Hollywood versions are unwilling to take risks with really smart writing, or really great actors who dont have Hollywood looks. (Cracker probably being the best example - not much point in a show about a profoundly flawed but brilliant man if you make him likeable so the viewers aren't offended.)

As far as the cost of the Royal family, it is about a fourth of the cost of the First family despite including more people, and they actually inject more money into the economy than they cost. So they are a net gain for the nation.

Also, I am pretty keen on British food. Which is not to say it cant be gross if it is badly cooked, but that happens everywhere. A great joint of beef with horseradish and yorkshire pudding, pies made of beef and ale, toad in the whole, eton mess, fish and chips with mushy peas, [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse]-a-leekie soup, chicken tikka.... Even the French have some gross foods, like pork intestines stuffed with pork intestines, which taste like what you would expect an intestine to taste like. (That is, the stuff that comes out of intestines.)
 
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Well, I think the subject was the British, which includes the Scots. Although that is hard on the Americans for a comparison, taking on the English, Scots, and Welsh all at once.
 
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My Mom and Grandma always liked tea served the Irish way, with milk and sugar.

I'm one of those herbal tea people. Right now I'm into peach oolong. I also have some Kava Kava and Passionflower teas in my desk drawer.

If my choice were black tea, I'd probably opt for coffee.
 
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I agree with you on British TV. On many level a cut above a lot of stuff from other countries. Did you ever watch Morse? Fantastic. Also The (UK) Office. So, so funny and the bloopers on YT are even funnier...

However pigs intestines are delish... Especially pigs blood (Black Pudding)...
 
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Tea plants can be grown anywhere...
Grind it up and seep it with a filter.

How can it be different? Strengths.
If you like super duper power - use 2 bags.

There are a variety of black and green and white teas. Otherwise they are all from the plants... and strength is the only difference.

I like most teas. [coffee in the morning tho]
 
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The longer the teabag is in the cup/mug the stronger the tea is...
 
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However pigs intestines are delish... Especially pigs blood (Black Pudding)...

I love black pudding.
Much to the demise of my friends when I explain what black pudding is and why anyone in their right mind would order it in a restaurant, much less eat it.

A few friends and I went to an Irish Pub/Restaurant once and much to my surprise, they actually had Real Irish food. (Or as close to Irish food that one can get)
I ordered the full Irish breakfast which came with a good sized serving of Black and White Pudding.
 
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You're man after my own heart...
 
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Ok, now I'm just assuming there is no difference except the preparation since nobody seems to have any answers!

There is a quality difference but prep is a big part. I warm the teapot with boiling water first, most Americans do not. But I was also taught by a grandmother who was one step from her mother who had come over from England. So most of my tea habits are not American.

In many ways British companies use higher quality to start...but that is not a given. We have a larger base of low grade tea here in the States. So the overall result is low quality, quick prep and cut corners on what is essentially a culinary art.

My wife will almost never make tea for herself. She loves it and has me make it and says I will be the one teaching the children
 
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yes, I love Morse. I have never been keen on The Office, though I can see why others like it - I find with that sort of comedy I just feel mortified for the characters the whole time.

The use of intestine I am talking about is not like in sausages, where they are scraped out and filled. I like sausages, though these days I cannot always eat them unless they are low fat.

This dish actually includes the linings and such. It tastes like excrement.
 
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