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JetmamaDiDi · 1/10/2016 5:04 pm

View, unobstructed wrote:
KeepOnSinging wrote:
april6263 wrote:

ummmmmm......can I skip those??????
After I read "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" out loud to my daughter's (She is my eldest and lives about three hours away from CEK and 90 min from Eastcoast) second grade class, I had a Mr. Tumnus Tea party at which I also served MnM's and potato chips as stand ins for Turkish Delight, which I then did not know how to make but do now. Only a couple of children were adventurous and brave enough to eat the sardines on toast. The rest politely said, "No thank you." and skipped it.

When I was in grade school.... we had a teacher who made Stone Soup for us.

Remember that tale?

I remember that from my kids' school but not from my own! I probably wasn't paying attention that day!! LOL

View, unobstructed · 1/10/2016 5:05 pm

I really have to run.

So fun to chat with you, KOS, Jet, april.

Until next time. Hugs.

april6263 · 1/10/2016 5:05 pm

JetmamaDiDi wrote:
april6263 wrote:
KeepOnSinging wrote:

And in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Mr. Tumus serves a proper tea to Lucy and this includes sardines on toast and a nice boiled egg.
LOL....don't they serve something called "toad in the hole" too???? or is that more a breakfast thing????

Yup--toad in the hole (or sausage toad) is sausages cooked in a batter in the oven...it's like a sausage Yorkshire pudding almost. It's an evening meal...very cheap to make. I like it!

OH-- are you familiar with "spotted dick"?!!!!!

OMG...am I.....LOL.....my teenage son and nephew saw some of that in a store down here once....and yeah....you can imagine where they went to with it....LOL.....and I was with them....Oh my.....it was an interesting shopping trip with them laughing through the isles

april6263 · 1/10/2016 5:07 pm

View, unobstructed wrote:
I must get back to work soon.

Did I miss the post that explains just what "knocked up" means in England?

I haven't seen it either

JetmamaDiDi · 1/10/2016 5:07 pm

View, unobstructed wrote:
I really have to run.

So fun to chat with you, KOS, Jet, april.

Until next time. Hugs.

Same here.....great to catch you, View.....have a good evening.

april6263 · 1/10/2016 5:08 pm

JetmamaDiDi wrote:
april6263 wrote:
JetmamaDiDi wrote:

And is it tomato (long a) or tomato (a like ah)? And did you know that you in England when someone "knocks you up", it's not what we mean??!! LOL Anyone know what it means there?
LOL.....so it doesn't mean they got pregnant????.....hmmmmm......maybe they knocked on your door or beat you up??????

Close, April!!! Good for you!!! It means someone comes to get you to go somewhere and it refers to them knocking on the door. YEA!!!!! You get a PRIZE!!!!!!

WHOOT, WHOOT!!!!! so we don't have to worry if Len says he "knocked up" Val??????......LOL.....ok couldn't resist....LOL

april6263 · 1/10/2016 5:10 pm

View, unobstructed wrote:
If I don't get back on, april...

Best of luck at the doctor tomorrow. Tell our niece I admire her spunk.

ok I will.....thanks her appointments at 1 .....it's going to be a long day

KeepOnSinging · 1/10/2016 5:11 pm

April, I think it is you who said something about not having made tea this way before. I was in Borders bookstore (when there still was one here in DeKalb) and told a friend about heating the tea pot with boiling water before you brew the actual tea and the huge difference this makes in the flavor. I was telling the friend because she wanted to know why the tea she had at my house was so different from her tea. Ten or so days later I was back at Borders, and a lady I did not know stopped me. She had overheard what I said to the friend, didn't believe me but decided to heat the pot first with the boiling water just to prove her point. She stopped me because she was so surprised at how differently it tasted and wanted to say "thank you." It was a lovely gesture.

april6263 · 1/10/2016 5:13 pm

JetmamaDiDi wrote:
april6263 wrote:
View, unobstructed wrote:

That IS a little weird, isn't it... you'd have to drink from the proper spot.

and sip slowly...LOL

Tiny sips....which would not be in my nature!!! LOL Being the bull in the proverbial china shop!!! LOL

mine either.....ohhhh.....and while you are taking your tiny slow sips don't forget to put your pinky in the air...LOL.....but not like this....

like this.....LOL

JetmamaDiDi · 1/10/2016 5:14 pm

april6263 wrote:
JetmamaDiDi wrote:
april6263 wrote:

LOL....don't they serve something called "toad in the hole" too???? or is that more a breakfast thing????

Yup--toad in the hole (or sausage toad) is sausages cooked in a batter in the oven...it's like a sausage Yorkshire pudding almost. It's an evening meal...very cheap to make. I like it!

OH-- are you familiar with "spotted dick"?!!!!!
OMG...am I.....LOL.....my teenage son and nephew saw some of that in a store down here once....and yeah....you can imagine where they went to with it....LOL.....and I was with them....Oh my.....it was an interesting shopping trip with them laughing through the isles

Did the can have a photo on it?? It is hilarious whenever someone says it!!! It's like a plum pudding, I guess the can shape gives it the "dick" part....and the spots are from raisins or some such dried fruit that is visible on the outside. They serve it with something like a thin frosting or custard. Can't remember which. It's been a while since I've had it!!!!!!