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Downton Abbey... Have you read this blog?? .... A Downton Abbey Cookbook!!
Canadian Jane Advanced Beginner AB CANADA Member since 10/30/10 Posts: 1149	Login to reply to this post 1 member likes this. Date: 1/30/13 10:19 PM I was reading on a Canadian News site (CBC) about a woman, Pamela Foster from Burlington, Ontario who blogs about Downtown Abbey and has even created a Downton Abbey Cookbook! This is the direct link to the Blog. I haven't read much of the blog but admit I did get hooked into the details about English Tea and the foods eaten with tea. (Being of English descent, I LOVE tea and grew up on a Canadianized version of a tea ritual.) You might be interested in the article in the CBC website. If so this is the link to the CBC article. In it, the blog and cookbook author, Pamela Foster, "culinary historian", talks about how she was blogging already about Downton and got the idea to write a cookbook based on the foods eaten/referenced on the show. If all else fails just google Abbey Cooks and you will get some links. I think I want to have a "Low Tea" tea party. Maybe I will just replace making dinner with having Tea instead. (DH may divorce me if I stop making dinner.) Oh yes... I was reading her info on how to make/serve tea. I have to disagree with her on one point. She says that if one is taking milk in their tea the milk should be added AFTER the tea has been poured. I prefer the milk be put in the cup first, then the tea poured. Perhaps it is just my imagination but I swear the tea tastes better this way. (Especially if the milk has sat out of the fridge for a bit.) As well, my English Gram would not take her tea any other way. -- Edited on 1/30/13 10:37 PM --
Doris W. in TN   Intermediate TN USA Member since 2/9/04 Posts: 6743	Login to reply to this post In reply to Canadian Jane << Like this post Date: 1/31/13 9:03 AM Eh, I'm fine with Oreos with my tea.
Miss Fairchild   Advanced USA Member since 8/24/02 Posts: 6990	Login to reply to this post In reply to Canadian Jane << 2 members like this. Date: 1/31/13 9:07 AM Quote: She says that if one is taking milk in their tea the milk should be added AFTER the tea has been poured. I prefer the milk be put in the cup first, then the tea poured. Perhaps it is just my imagination but I swear the tea tastes better this way. (Especially if the milk has sat out of the fridge for a bit.) As well, my English Gram would not take her tea any other way. Based on the strong recommendation of my Welsh stepmother, I'm with you--put the milk in the cup first. Not only does it taste better, but you don't have to use a spoon to stir it. ------ "We don't impose our rhythm on Nature. The key is to respect and live within Her." Jean-Charles Boisset, Winemaker "And no, now that you asked, I didn't enjoy that play one bit, and I'd like a refund" Signed, Mrs. Lincoln My Etsy shop: auntmaymesattic My blog: auntmaymesattic.wordpress.com Avatar: First place award for jacket at county fair
Vintage Joan Intermediate Member since 7/16/07 Posts: 9220	Login to reply to this post In reply to Miss Fairchild << 1 member likes this. Date: 1/31/13 10:34 AM Putting the milk or cream in the cup first also seems to keep the tea (or coffee) hotter. I've never tried to prove this scientifically, but pouring cold liquid into a hot beverage always seems to cool it off more than the reverse. ------ my shield and my very great reward (Gen. 15:1) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ http://clearingclearing.weebly.com/
tgm and Kittys   Advanced Beginner WI USA Member since 3/8/10 Posts: 6940	Login to reply to this post In reply to Canadian Jane << Like this post Date: 1/31/13 10:51 AM Thank you for the links. My Great Grandma always put a little milk in her tea as well. I cannot remember if she put it in before or after but a small milk container was left out for everyone having tea or coffee. ------ I am a gal from Kalamazoo.... oh what a gal... smile.... It is in Michigan... la la la ...love that Glen Miller classic! Home of Abigail The Babykins & Lil Mittee kitty >^,,^ Be Still, & Know That I am, God + Please say a prayer for my poor feet. ... + ..one month down .. 6 weeks more to go.. They are healing. Thanks everyone for your prayers. 5/8/13 smile
J H Intermediate UNITED KINGDOM Member since 1/5/08 Posts: 49	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/31/13 3:51 PM Milk in first was to protect the very fine china or porcelaine. Stopped boiling water hitting a cold cup. Very upper class, proved you could buy the very expensive stuff. If I'm just using a mug and a teabag, the milk goes in last as it cools the boiling water too much and the tea tastes horrible.
Padmé Member since 7/12/06 Posts: 1658	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/2/13 8:38 AM In the royal household, the milk is heated and then put in the cuppa, then the hot beverage.

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