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  #131  
Old March 9th 06, 05:08 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Pat in Virginia wrote:

Yep ... this is Encyclopedia Quiltania!
BTW: I can spell the word Encyclopedia with out spell check thanks to
The Mickey Mouse Club!! Yea! (Yes, I know the Brits add another Vowel,
but we Americans didn't buy that one!)


Yeah, Micky Mouse spelling! Huh... Explains a lot...


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  #132  
Old March 9th 06, 05:32 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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NightMist wrote:

On Thu, 09 Mar 2006 11:02:31 +0000, Kate Dicey
wrote:


NightMist wrote:


And mead made with tea of any sort is metheglin.


Not according to the OED. It's the anglicized spelling of the Welsh for
mead, usually spiced or with medicinal herbs. No tea involved.



And when you put herbs or spices into water to soak the tasty goodness
out of them you call the result....?


Tisane, dearie! Also spelled 'ptisan', and which may have barley in
it...

If you say infusion I shall have to spank you, point at your teapot,
and glare.


See - I didn't! I know far too many words, really. Don't forget, I
used to teach English and Lit up to university entrance level (just
occasionally - fun, but hard work!)


I'm not surprised at that. Mead and metheglin were here in the UK long
before tea arrived from Eastern Lands along the silk route and by other
means such as tea clippers.



Yep.
And further along the mead path, I made a braggot once that would
knock strong men to their knees while they were still begging for
more. I'll have to dig the recipe out and look it over again. I
don't often fancy ales, but a braggot is a whole nother class of
thing.


I'd be interested in that. I like knife & fork beers myself.


Can you still get Clipper brand tea? Haven't seen it in years. I have
seen those blocks of tea from China, in Chinese supermarkets here.
Oooooh, that reminds me - I have some Silver Needle White Tea from
China. Whittard's are right to label this 'the ultimate in
self-indulgence' at £12 a quarter pound!



twelve pounds for 4 ounces?!!! That had best be some awfully good
tea!


It *is* rather nice, if you like China tea, but not enough to bother
with again!

I haven't seen clipper brand anything. I have seen the pressed blocks
of tea with the silver or gold foil seals, but only online or at a
particular specialty shop in Toronto.

See, you can get back to the start if you go long enough. (G)


I like Whittards instant fruit flavoured teas - the no added sugar ones
are zero WW points!


We used to buy cubes that you drop into hot water to make an instant
tea. They came in all sorts of flavors. At the time DD1 was in
pre-school and she fancied the verbena. Her preschool teacher
actually came to the house to inquire about it. Apparently DD asked
for it in school and they didn't have a clue. She was incorporating
it into her play and they finally got curious enough to come over and
ask. Whenever they asked her she would just give them a look and say
"yes, I drink verbena" in that sort of superior way that only a three
year old can achieve.


Hehehehehehe! I know the look that goes with it, too! James used to
run a good line in 'I am ruler of the universe' looks and tones of
voice, but gave up when he realized I just ignored them and waited for
the ordinary voice and the please and thank you I expected.

Those blocks sound like fun - kind of like stock cubes but more
interesting!

NightMist



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  #133  
Old March 9th 06, 06:51 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Melomel is the term for any "fruited mead". But to go a little further,
perie (in many forms of spelling) is Pear mead and cyser is apple mead.
Spiced mead is methleglin, and can have any number of different spices
added to it.
The sweetness of mead depends on the amount of honey you start with and
the strength of the yeast that you use. I prefer sweet meads, but they
usually end up very strong too. G And the longer you age them the
smoother they get. VBG I have had people tell me to not let them
drink my meads while they are sitting down.

Love to make them, enjoy drinking a bit of them, but love to provide
them to friends too. Now to save the money to buy the honey for a
couple more batches.......

Pati, in Phx

Kate Dicey wrote:

Proper mead is made only with honey. It doesn't really taste all that
sweet. Dry mead is wonderful. Meads made with fruit juices are
properly termed melomel.

Hm... I do know some odd stuff!

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Old March 9th 06, 08:26 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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In article vMWPf.11785$Tf3.7186@dukeread09,
Pat in Virginia wrote:

Yep ... this is Encyclopedia Quiltania!
BTW: I can spell the word Encyclopedia with
out spell check thanks to The Mickey Mouse
Club!! Yea! (Yes, I know the Brits add
another Vowel, but we Americans didn't buy
that one!)

PAT in VA/USA


And I still don't spell it to myself, Pat -- I always sing it mentally.
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  #135  
Old March 9th 06, 11:40 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Didn't buy that vowel but we DID buy their London Bridge and I rode over it
twice last weekend and my guys rode UNDER it also. I chose not to go.

Butterfly (had some 'down time' just to read all the local Sunday papers and
watch the fishermen--reminded me of my Grandpa and the fun times I had when
I got to go fishing with him and Grandma : )

"Pat in Virginia" wrote in message
news:vMWPf.11785$Tf3.7186@dukeread09...
Yep ... this is Encyclopedia Quiltania!
BTW: I can spell the word Encyclopedia with out spell check thanks to The
Mickey Mouse Club!! Yea! (Yes, I know the Brits add another Vowel, but we
Americans didn't buy that one!)

PAT in VA/USA

Jessamy wrote:

Aha! now a mystery is solved... I have seen that in books and wondered
what
it was but never could get the spelling right for a search

the amazing things one finds out here !



  #136  
Old March 10th 06, 11:14 AM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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yeah well.. we Brits *all* know American's can't spell ;-P

or is it because you didn't buy all the vowels when you got rid of British
rule?

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Yep ... this is Encyclopedia Quiltania!
BTW: I can spell the word Encyclopedia with
out spell check thanks to The Mickey Mouse
Club!! Yea! (Yes, I know the Brits add
another Vowel, but we Americans didn't buy
that one!)

PAT in VA/USA



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Old March 10th 06, 12:55 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Jessamy wrote:
yeah well.. we Brits *all* know American's can't spell ;-P

or is it because you didn't buy all the vowels when you got rid of British
rule?



I grew up just out side of Detroit, MI. We had Canadian Television that
had several children's shows that I watched growing up.

I had problems for a long time "mis-spelling" words like ColoUr

Roberta (in VA)
  #138  
Old March 10th 06, 01:00 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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But.. but...

Colour is the *right* way!!

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Jessamy - we get Belgium TV here.. Belgium's are rather fond of avoiding
English words in life so they have some *very* interesting ways of saying
things and I bet my kids are learning them too ;-)
In The Netherlands
Take out: so much quilting to reply.
Time to accept, time to grow, time to take things slow
www.geocities.com/jess_ayad
http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jes...pson/my_photos
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I grew up just out side of Detroit, MI. We had Canadian Television that
had several children's shows that I watched growing up.

I had problems for a long time "mis-spelling" words like ColoUr

Roberta (in VA)


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Old March 10th 06, 04:34 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Wate a minut! That is a totul insult! LOL Linda in Tx (excellent
speller)


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Old March 10th 06, 04:51 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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oddly enough I got that first time round.. but then I *am* dyslexic so I can
read almost anything.

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Jessamy - vowels for sale.. anyone want to buy some second hand vowels?
In The Netherlands
Take out: so much quilting to reply.
Time to accept, time to grow, time to take things slow
www.geocities.com/jess_ayad
http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jes...pson/my_photos
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Wate a minut! That is a totul insult! LOL Linda in Tx (excellent
speller)



 




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