What is in your cup?

[CRussel]

good morning! Missed you all yesterday. Was offline all day, taking a break from the computer to do something COMPLETELY different. Took a class in "Chicken Butchering 101". Not that I actually raise chickens for meat, but we do have six hens for eggs, and I wanted to know how to do it as humanely as possible if / when the time comes for our "girls". Plus, being an omnivore, I think it's important to understand and be in touch with my role and place in the food chain.

In my cup this morning, Peet's Holiday Blend. Very nice, but not as full-bodied as my usual Major Dickasons.

[poohbear_nc]

Originally Posted by CRussel

good morning! Missed you all yesterday. Was offline all day, taking a break from the computer to do something COMPLETELY different. Took a class in "Chicken Butchering 101". Not that I actually raise chickens for meat, but we do have six hens for eggs, and I wanted to know how to do it as humanely as possible if / when the time comes for our "girls". Plus, being an omnivore, I think it's important to understand and be in touch with my role and place in the food chain.

In my cup this morning, Peet's Holiday Blend. Very nice, but not as full-bodied as my usual Major Dickasons.

And you posted it here! Without spoiler tags! Fiend! Murderer! Now people will sign up for classes! I'm doomed!

[astra]

Cuppa #6

Afternoon Blend Tea (Ceylon Blend).

[maianhvk]

Originally Posted by CRussel

Took a class in "Chicken Butchering 101".

My mom's an expert. The chickens give up struggling very soon.

[astra]

Originally Posted by orlok

I think I've said this before, but Liptons are the biggest selling tea in China! Surely umpteen millions of tea drinkers cannot be wrong .

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

― Mark Twain

[astra]

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

I remember many months ago we were commenting on the contents of 'English Breakfast' teas. I said it was a blend of Keemun and Ceylon, you mentioned it was a blend of Assam and Ceylon... And we were both correct, depending upon the blender's choice! We've now seen several different sites with both blends offered. Someone mentioned that they preferred Assam in the morning and Keemun in the afternoon, while I preferred Keemun in the morning and Assam in the afternoon. I guess this is why the blenders make both available as an English Breakfast tea. This is probably what makes horse racing! If we all bet on the same horse it would be no fun at all!
Then the site you found the other day saying that Lapsang Souchong should be 'naturally' smokey flavored, but the this site saying it should be smoked over pine fires... I wonder if one is 'more correct' than the other, or just different ways of achieving the same end product?

I found today English Breakfast made entirely of Keemun

Lapsang Souchong is an interesting animal.
I would dare a guess that wiki is the most accurate but it would be only a guess.

Smoke roast

Smoke roast (熏焙xun bei): Roasting in a bamboo basket called honglong烘笼 that is heated over burning firewood, which contributes to the dried longan aroma and smoky flavor. Pine tree was used as the firewood for lapsang souchong and contains the characteristic resin aroma and taste.

I will ask Juyan when she returns from China.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by CRussel

Took a class in "Chicken Butchering 101".

My parents occasionally run a course like that for members of the Norfolk Smallholders Group. How to kill, pluck, and clean a chicken to make it ready for the oven. Chicken provided!

Nothing in my cup at the moment.

[VydorScope]

back home from "Ninja Night" ... 50+ kids (ages 4 and up) and only like 6 adults... fun but not sure I will do this again next year.TO tired to catch up on thread... wonder if I will get to go to bed today at all... did not yesterday...

[vivaldirules]

On this chilly autumn afternoon, some nice hot chicken soup while I ponder signing up for Chicken Butchering 101.

[VydorScope]

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

On this chilly autumn afternoon, some nice hot chicken soup while I ponder signing up for Chicken Butchering 101.

BTW, since you asked this via your user title...

National Doughnut Day is on the first Friday of June each year, succeeding the Donut Day event created by the Salvation Army in 1938 to honor the women who served doughnuts to soldiers during World War I.[1] The holiday celebrates the doughnut (a.k.a "donut") — an edible, torus-shaped piece of dough which is deep-fried and sweetened. Many American doughnut stores offer free doughnuts on National Doughnut Day. In 2009, both independent doughnut shops[2] and large national franchises offered free doughnuts in the United States.[3][4][5]

from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Doughnut_Day

[poohbear_nc]

[*sniff*]

So many of you have chicken blood in your cups! If not in your hearts!

[Good thing I changed to my meatless avatar!]

[VydorScope]

Originally Posted by orlok

I think I've said this before, but Liptons are the biggest selling tea in China! Surely umpteen millions of tea drinkers cannot be wrong .

Surely you have heard of the bandwagon fallacy(aka Argumentum ad Populum) ?

[astra]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

My parents occasionally run a course like that for members of the Norfolk Smallholders Group. How to kill, pluck, and clean a chicken to make it ready for the oven. Chicken provided!

My parents told me a story about my dad attempting to kill a chicken. First and the last time in his life.
He bought a chicken on a market. They told him it would be easy peasy. Just grab an axe and chop off its head.
He did it in a big court, surrounded with 5 store blocks of flats.
Both of them still remember this running headless chicken... and neighbours sticking their heads out of windows, laughing and giving tips



Cuppa #7

A Li Shan High Mountain Golden Lily - a true milk oolong. No added flavouring.
The flavour is fresh, smooth and light. Similar to Milk oolong from Chah Online Tea. My BH has fallen in love with the tea. Its aroma reminds her of lilac, which is one of her favourite flowers. It is different from Tea House Emporium's powerful aroma and flavour.
Like Stitchawl said, it depends on what you like:
JinXuan Milk Tea

Flavored Tea?

Edible flavoring is sometimes added to Jin Xuan tea to accentuate the milk flavor. This is most often done with lesser-quality, low altitude tea. Flavored tea can be quite pleasant, and some people prefer it over the un-flavored Jin Xuan, which can be quite subtle in terms of the natural milk flavor.

You can usually tell whether a tea has been flavored by the odor of the dry, unbrewed leaves. Flavored Jin Xuan will have a distinct, milky aroma that overpowers the natural aroma of the tea leaves.

I guess the same applies to Lapsang Souchong.

Apparently, I tend to like the natural, light flavour and aroma.

[vivaldirules]

Originally Posted by VydorScope

BTW, since you asked this via your user title...



from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Doughnut_Day

Thank you, Vincent. I donut.....erm, do not deny that that's when National Donut Day is, at least here in the U.S. But, far more important (cuz of it's higher frequency if for no other reason) is Doughnut Day at MobileRead which occurs on the second day of every month (please see thread pronouncing it so in The Llounge). And that must be right about.....[doggie squints at watch].....RIGHT NOW!!!

[Latinandgreek]

Turkish coffee.