Re: herbs and spices; OT

Probably just an evening but seemed like a week!

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jim singer wrote:

> got some wonderful memories of drinking grand marnier around a campfire at
> the strawberry [yosemite] bluegrass festival. they broadcast the whole
> thing on fm so you didn't even have to go down to stage unless you really
> wanted to see a particular performer. air was so blue you could get a
> contact high just walking around. wonderful time. it lasted a week.
>
> At 07:10 PM 12/30/02 -0500, you wrote:
> >Jim,
> >This was offered at Clyde's where they called it a Hollywood Hot.
> >Janet
> >
> >
> >on 12/30/2002 6:32 PM, jim singer at jsinger@igc.org wrote:
> >
> > > mmmmm......
> > >
> > > At 06:17 PM 12/30/02 -0500, you wrote:
> > >> I, too, have a favorite spiced tea recipe:
> > >> Steep one herbal tea bag (orange pekoe is nice) into a cup filled 3/4
> > >> with hot water.
> > >> Remove bag.
> > >> Fill cup to brim with Grand Marnier.
> > >> Yum!
> > >>
> > >> Janet
> > >>
> > >> on 12/30/2002 5:12 PM, cathy carpenter at cathyc@rnet.com wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> 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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