tea | tea
Apr.18.2011
Gerry Baron, all five-foot-nothing of him, radiated such an air of downright shabbiness that even the splendid Victorian silk dressing gown he was wearing, fifteen sizes too big and dragging around his ankles, managed to look seedy.
“Must have been made for some elephant-sized fucker that.” Beckett...
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Jun.19.2010
We went for dinner, well a light meal really. I sat and watched as you ate; I wasn't really hungry, but you were. We spoke as you ate and set the world to rights. We had cake, paid and then left. We walked and talked until we reached that central point. I said no! We stood among the tourists...
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May.25.2010
I had quite a surprise last week that I found hilarious and shocking at the same time. My work took me to the US, and for the 1st time I ordered take out food to eat while I was working from my hotel room.
Amongst the things that I ordered, I also wanted a drink so I initially asked for a can...
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Mar.30.2010
The tea was dark and strong. I thought about the sloping hills of tea gardens, women picking up leaves, and then the process of how they finally got to the cup.
This is not about tea.
How does milk mix with it – how dark is dark? Does colour change taste?
I especially like it in restaurants when...
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Jan.08.2010
I've just discovered you Red Room Writers and am eager to learn more about who you are and what you're writing. I maintain a blog "what a cup of tea" at www.whatacupoftea.blogspot.com.
The title of the blog, "what a cup of tea," is a line in a poem I wrote (shown below) inspired...
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Aug.31.2009
The Right Tools department for baking day: parchment paper. It enabled me to bake multiple batches of scones without having to clean the baking sheets each time. Also made it easy to move the scones to a rack for cooling and a tray for final cooling.
Baking took about three hours, at 16 minutes...
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Aug.27.2009
Music: Vivaldi's Four Seasons
Well, I think I've been doing this long enough. This morning as I was about to cut in the butter I realized I hadn't looked at the recipe. I've got it memorized.
Still, I had a sense of melancholy as I put things away. This has been fun.
Today's batch of 32...
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Aug.26.2009
Music: Handel's Water Music
The freezer's getting full. I removed some green chile cheese tamales which I'll have to do something with. Maybe I'll take them to the pre-con party.
I solved the problem of being out of jam. I happen to love currants, and I happened to have some in the...
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Aug.25.2009
Music: Soundtrack from Gosford Park
We've had lovely rain the last couple of days, so it's a nice cool morning, perfect for hot tea and baking. Killed the second 5-pound bag of flour on this batch.
As I was rolling out the scones, the local gang of ravens—a dozen or so—were dancing on the roof...
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Aug.23.2009
Time to make the scones!
It's surprising how easily this is fitting into my routine. I can picture myself making scones every morning indefinitely, which would probably be dangerous.
There's always a moment, when I add the cream, that it seems like the dough will be too dry. I mix with a...
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