Anyone know the recipe for British tea? Exactly the same as my nana used to make for me?
P
Well in my house, standard seriously rose when the microwave was banned for "boiling" water and we bought a nice electric kettle.
Other than that, it has to be tea leaves, strainer, tea pot and a cosy for the proper, old-time style tea but I don't have time for that and make do with those pyramid tea bags from Typhoo or PG Tips or whoever it is.
Is your nana Google-able?
Whats the recipe for pyramid tea bags? I don't think nana made pyramids. She lived in the third floor flat -that might make a difference? It sort of tasted like tea but with milk in it. Anyone got a recipe?
Yep - hop on a plane and fly 3,000 miles to England. Find a taxi (aka cab) and ask them to take you to the nearest Sainsburys. Once there, ask for the tea isle and look at the wide selection available. Choose your box, pay by credit card at the checkout, hop back into your waiting taxi (that you asked to wait for you) and catch the next plane home D
That's not what I'm looking for. My nana used to shop at Asda and she did something with the tea when she got it home. And she never used a plane. A British tea-drinker would know?
To pre-empt the next question, "The Cold Cereal Cookbook" says to add the cereal first and then the milk.
Boil kettle, pour boiling water in pot to warm.
Put tea cosy on pot.
Refill kettle and boil more water.
When new water is nearly ready, empty hot water from pot and add a teaspoon of looseleaf for each cup you're making PLUS ONE teaspoon.
Pour in new boiling water, stir about a bit. Let sit to stew for a few minutes.
Just need to pour tea into cups via the strainer to catch the debris.
Voila.
And always take the pot to the kettle and not the other way around. )
And you don't have to use a tea strainer if you like living dangerously.
And you have to store your loose leaf tea in an ancient tin caddy with a faded and partly rubbed off picture of Great Yarmouth on it.
And serve in china cups or mugs.
That's quite enough "and's" from me.
Debs x D
A few minutes? Does anyone have a specific recipe? What sort of cosy? Where do you get voila from? Nana's tea defoinitely had milk in.
/ok, I'm done ....honest........
Whats the recipe for pyramid tea bags? I don't think nana made pyramids. She lived in the third floor flat -that might make a difference? It sort of tasted like tea but with milk in it. Anyone got a recipe?
Oh just go home and get the recipe :wink:
I found this photo but as for a recipe I cant help
I dont know if this is your nan :o or her tea but if not I will spend all my days looking for a recipe and more photos of your nan till I find it or my fingers are raw.
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Oh Wendl, that is my nana and her tea. Thanks so much! How to I copy and paste the tea onto my hard drive?
I must admit Monster, you look the spit of your Nana. wink
I must admit Monster, you look the spit of your Nana. :wink:
Aw, thank you :oops: she was so sweet. That photo was taken while she was practicing spitting her tea all over the monitor. She never could get used to the idea that just because you can see them doesn't mean they can see you. It was wig, makeup and best smile every time. So now you see why I need that recipe -the stuff I'm spiiting all over the monitor just isn't working. Americans just don't have good spitting tea. It'a all full of sugar and crap.