Re: herbs and spices; OT

Sounds nummy - thanks.  Going to sign off for a while - very heavy weather here...

take care

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: cathy carpenter <cathyc@rnet.com>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Mon, 30 Dec 2002 16:12:05 -0600

>Everyone needs a good spiced tea recipe (NOT the one that includes 
>Tang)! Winter is not winter for my daughters unless I make this.
>
>Spiced Tea
>	Put 8c water in a 4qt pot
>	Put 2c water in a small saucepan
>		In the saucepan, boil water. Then turn off heat and steep 7 
>bags of black tea for a full 5 		minutes
>	In the 4 qt pot, add 2 cinnamon sticks, 8 cloves and 1c sugar, and 
>bring water to boil, 		dissolving sugar. Add 1c orange juice (not 
>fresh squeezed) and the juice of 2 lemons.
>		When the liquid again approaches a boil, reduce heat to low 
>and add the the steeped
>		tea.
>	Serve and enjoy. (For Russian tea, add some rum to each cup - and 
>no, I don't know why rum
>		instead of vodka)
>	*To store for longer than a couple hours, remove the cloves and 
>cinnamon sticks, or the taste
>		will become quite medicinal.
>
>Cathy
>
>
>On Monday, December 30, 2002, at 03:23 PM, Pamela J. Evans wrote:
>
>> Ok Cathy - I'll bite!  What's the recipe?  You can send it to me off 
>> list if you think no one else would be interested!!
>>
>> Pam
>> gardenqueen@gbronline.com
>>
>> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>> From: cathy carpenter <cathyc@rnet.com>
>> Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
>> Date:  Mon, 30 Dec 2002 14:23:29 -0600
>>
>>> I have a killer spiced tea recipe...
>>> Cathy
>>> On Monday, December 30, 2002, at 01:23 PM, Josh Haskell wrote:
>>>
>>>> And beer (with hops) is a spiced drink?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "James R. Fisher" <garrideb@well.com>
>>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>>> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 2:11 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] herbs and spices; OT
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> David Franzman wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> In general though herbs are leafy plants whose leaves are used 
>>>>>> either
>>>> whole or
>>>>>> crushed.  A spice is a seed or bark of certain or plants.  I can't
>>>>>> think
>>>> of an
>>>>>> exception to that right now but I'm sure there are some.
>>>>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>> Hmm. I agree, but at that rate Tea is an herb and Coffee a spice...
>>>>> -jrf
>>>>> --
>>>>> Jim Fisher
>>>>> Vienna, Virginia USA
>>>>> 38.9 N 77.2 W
>>>>> USDA Zone 7
>>>>> Max. 105 F [37 C], Min. -0 F [-17 C]
>>>>>
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>> Kemp TX/zone 8A
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