Re: Smashed Avocado on Toast

On Wed, 12 Jun 2024 19:53:38 +0100
Ben Newsam <[email protected]> wrote:

> Kerr-Mudd, John wrote, though the Organization header says "Dis":
> 
> >On Wed, 12 Jun 2024 03:40:26 -0500
> >vickiebee <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> Joy Beeson wrote:
> >> > On Thu, 6 Jun 2024 04:25:36 -0500, vickiebee 
> >> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> [..]
> >> >> Welcome Joy, pull up a chair and have a cuppa... how do you take 
> >> >> your tea?
> >> >> 
> >> > 
> >> > You'd faint dead away if you saw me make it.   I drink tea only when 
> >> > I have to skip my nap, and I boil it STRONG -- add whatever herbs are
> >> > handy to cover up the taste, bring it to a boil over very low heat,
> >> > then let it sit overnight and strain it into a bottle in the 
> >> > morning.
> >> > 
> >> > Last time out, I forgot to make it the night before, and drank a can
> >> >  of V-8 Energy Drink, then twice refilled the water bottle with cold
> >> >  tea that I bought along the way.
> >> > 
> >> > 
> >> Wow Joy, I almost think you're pulling my leg. Are you a truck driver?
> >> ;) If not, I'm reminded of my late husband, who drank his coffee so
> >> strong that I asked him, "What's next? Intravenously?"
> >> 
> >> I like one-tea-bag Earl Grey in my favorite mug.
> >
> >I'm a "2 cups from 1 tea bag of EG to get me up going in the morning"-type
> >of person.
> 
> Me too. I have a 2-cup metal teapot that I give two boilups from my
> Boiling Water Dispenser[1]
> 
> [1] I don't know what these are called really, a sort of kettle
> substitute that dispenses one cupful of boiling water when switched
> on.
Ah I call mine a "kettle" - but I only 'boil' (i.e. I stop it when I hear
it's about to) 2 cups worth - the SO requires a cup too!

-- 
Bah, and indeed Humbug.