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Not-British (or Russian) tea and egg recipes
DIR By: Aleko
Date: June 26, 2020, 1:05 am
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On the old board we used to have a Transatlantic Knowledge
Exchange, but since now we don't, I'm posting this here.
An American woman living in the UK has fluttered a lot of
dovecotes in the last week by posting two bizarre 'how to make
British tea' and 'how to make British eggs' videos on TikTok,
(where her username is @jchelle36) and Youtube (her channel is
'Traveling family of five').
She asserts that to make 'British tea' one microwaves a mug
half-full of water for a minute (i.e. not long enough to get it
anywhere near boiling); remove it and top up the mug to the brim
with milk; add a teabag; add an insane amount of sugar (it was
shown being shaken out of a canister so I couldn't give an exact
amount, but it had to be more than four teaspoons), then drink
(apparently without removing the teabag). Every single feature
of this process is anathema to British people; it's just wrong
in literally every way.
Her 'eggs for a British breakfast' recipe is even more bizarre.
She says you take eggs out of the fridge (btw, many British
people don't even keep them there in the first place), break
them into a bowl, add a load of salt and pepper, two teaspoons
of sugar and a four-second squirt of canned whipped cream, then
microwave for two minutes. Not only is this not 'British eggs',
I don't believe a single British person would voluntarily eat
it, at breakfast or any other time.
OK, this woman has to be deliberately trolling the Great British
Public. But before that she had posted a video on 'how I like to
make hot tea', which is even more weird. She says she makes up a
mix of:
1 cup Lipton's iced instant tea
¾ cup powdered lemonade
2 cups Tang (which Wiki tells me is an American powdered,
sweetened orange drink mix
2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon cloves.
Again, she microwaves a mug of water for 1 minute ((i.e. not
long enough to make it really hot) then adds up to four
teaspoons of the mixture and stirs. Then manages to offend
another great nation by saying "This is called 'Russian tea'".
(There are many furious online comments of 'I'm Russian and we
never drink anything like this!')
I'm just curious: these concoctions are, to the Rightpondian
mind, not merely not-British but profoundly strange. Is this
woman just making this stuff up, or would these recipes be
considered normal in the US, or parts of the US?
#Post#: 53632--------------------------------------------------
Re: Not-British (or Russian) tea and egg recipes
DIR By: Nikko-chan
Date: June 26, 2020, 1:36 am
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Pretty sure she's trolling everyone. I can safely say I would
not put these things together and I am in the US
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Re: Not-British (or Russian) tea and egg recipes
DIR By: shadowfox79
Date: June 26, 2020, 2:15 am
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I'd seen the tea video, but not the eggs video. The thought of
whipped cream in eggs makes me want to scream. And yes, I'm
British.
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Re: Not-British (or Russian) tea and egg recipes
DIR By: Soop
Date: June 26, 2020, 8:18 am
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Well, she certainly is getting the reaction and clicks she
wants. I'm not usually a fan of trolling, but these videos are
pretty funny.
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Re: Not-British (or Russian) tea and egg recipes
DIR By: Hmmm
Date: June 26, 2020, 8:52 am
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The name Russian Tea didn't ring any bells but the combo of
ingredients did. It seems that the original recipe of "Russian"
tea using black tea, lemon and sugar got the "1960's twist" by
substituting processed convenience food to make a similar taste.
As described in this article, it was one of those drink mixes
layered in a jar and given out as gifts.
HTML https://www.southernliving.com/drinks/what-is-russian-tea
The other 2 I'm sure are trolling of the British.
***But the tea method reminds me of exactly how a co-worker in
Perth, AU made their morning tea.
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Re: Not-British (or Russian) tea and egg recipes
DIR By: Lilipons
Date: June 26, 2020, 9:42 am
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Good Grief!
Regardless of nationality no one with half a tastebud would eat
any of those. Jest reading about the egg recipe makes me want
to hurl.
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Re: Not-British (or Russian) tea and egg recipes
DIR By: Aleko
Date: June 26, 2020, 9:54 am
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Also, something I perhaps should have mentioned at the beginning
- heating plain water in a microwave can be very dangerous. Due
to principles of physics whichIi totally don't understand, as it
comes up to boiling temperature it doesn't roll and bubble as it
would if heated in a kettle or saucepan, and it can reach a
temperature much higher than 100C - but when you take it out of
the microwave and add anything, such as a teabag or a spoonful
of syrup, it can explode in your face. So, don't try this at
home, folks!
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Re: Not-British (or Russian) tea and egg recipes
DIR By: Nikko-chan
Date: June 26, 2020, 11:16 am
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--- Quote from: Aleko link ---
>
> Also, something I perhaps should have mentioned at the
beginning - heating plain water in a microwave can be very
dangerous. Due to principles of physics whichIi totally don't
understand, as it comes up to boiling temperature it doesn't
roll and bubble as it would if heated in a kettle or saucepan,
and it can reach a temperature much higher than 100C - but when
you take it out of the microwave and add anything, such as a
teabag or a spoonful of syrup, it can explode in your face. So,
don't try this at home, folks!
>
--- End Quote ---
Yep! And to avoid the exploding water, add a skewer into the
mug. Gives a place for bubbles to latch onto.
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Re: Not-British (or Russian) tea and egg recipes
DIR By: Rose Red
Date: June 26, 2020, 12:57 pm
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I've never heard of anyone making tea the way she does in the US
or anywhere else. And that egg dish sounds disgusting. Sure
there are delicious sweet desserts where egg is the main
ingredient (like egg tarts), but this isn't it.
I'm also voting troll.
edited for spelling. stupid autocorrect.
#Post#: 53659--------------------------------------------------
Re: Not-British (or Russian) tea and egg recipes
DIR By: Sycorax
Date: June 26, 2020, 1:30 pm
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--- Quote from: Hmmm link ---
>
> The name Russian Tea didn't ring any bells but the combo of
ingredients did. It seems that the original recipe of "Russian"
tea using black tea, lemon and sugar got the "1960's twist" by
substituting processed convenience food to make a similar taste.
As described in this article, it was one of those drink mixes
layered in a jar and given out as gifts.
HTML https://www.southernliving.com/drinks/what-is-russian-tea
>
> The other 2 I'm sure are trolling of the British.
>
>
> ***But the tea method reminds me of exactly how a co-worker in
Perth, AU made their morning tea.
>
--- End Quote ---
My mother used to make this "Russian Tea" to have as an easy
hot drink in the winter.
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