Time for Tippling

[Debra]

The Kombucha Almeta and I drink comes in tea bags and the brand is Yogi, Kombucha Green Tea. In the USA you can get it in most grocery stores and health food stores. We order it by a case of 6 12-bag boxes on Amazon. Cheaper that way. It is absolutely delicious. Smooth and fruity. It smells wonderful, too. I've turned many people on to it. Not sure I'd go for the kind you grown yourself as a "mushroom."

[Travis]

So if we recap this week into. Bok bok bok brrr and twinkle twinkle twinkle twinkle treacle. Your still going to argue there isn't magic mushroom tea involved here

[Rusalka, Moderator]

They should be titled "The Articulate Ramblings of Rusalka".

I should totally write a book.

[Debra]

LMAO Travis. You growing something in those cow patties you've not told us about?

[Lisa]

I woke up with a sore throat this morning so have been drinking hot lemon and honey drinks today. I have some chocolate-orange flavour tea to try later. I'm not normally a tea drinker but a friend told me that I just had to try it.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Sounds like Jaffas in a tea cup. Hang on. Jaffas are Aussie aren't they? Not sure that can be translated.

You guys have... on those things. Terry's Chocolate Oranges or something.

[Stephanie]

Bummer for the sore throat, Lisa! Hope it goes away soon!
There hasn't been any drinking in, Travels with Casey, so far but I'm early yet into the book :)

[Lisa]

Rusalka wrote: "Sounds like Jaffas in a tea cup. Hang on. Jaffas are Aussie aren't they? Not sure that can be translated.

You guys have... on those things. Terry's Chocolate Oranges or something."

I had no idea Jaffas were Aussie.

Yes, this tea does sound like Jaffas or Terry's Chocolate Orange in a cup. That's what I'm hoping for because I absolutely love them!

[Lisa]

Stephanie wrote: "Bummer for the sore throat, Lisa! Hope it goes away soon!
There hasn't been any drinking in, Travels with Casey, so far but I'm early yet into the book :)"

Thanks Stephanie! It's a little better than it was this morning :)

[Tammy]

You guys are making me hungry!

[Lisa]

Tammy wrote: "You guys are making me hungry!"

I'll make you even more hungry now. I have got a meringue nest with strawberries and fresh cream for dessert later. Yum yum!

[Tammy]

I made pavlova this weekend. Yummy. Blueberries, strawberries, mango and kiwi. Made it with the liquid from a can of chick peas instead of eggs. Turned out great.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

I now want Jaffas.

Oh good, at least they are in the UK. Yup. Some of the important Aussie things I have to ship to the UK. Jaffas, Tim Tams (obviously), Violet Crumbles, Minties, Fantales.

Glad you're feeling a little better today. I've got a bit of a sniffle but I'm not going to get away with a sick day this week :(

[Lisa]

Tammy wrote: "I made pavlova this weekend. Yummy. Blueberries, strawberries, mango and kiwi. Made it with the liquid from a can of chick peas instead of eggs. Turned out great."

That sounds delicious Tammy. Would never have thought of using chick pea liquid instead of eggs but might have to give it a go should I make a pavlova :)

[Lisa]

Rusalka wrote: "I now want Jaffas."

Here you go Rusalka. Best I can do ;)



I hope your sniffle clears up soon!

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Oh no no no. Not Jaffa Cakes, which are British. Jaffas!

[Stephanie]

There's been some coffee drinking at the dog park in Travels with Casey, now :) no coffee for me though, just tea. It is a cinnamon spice tea. Added a splash of milk and yum!

Hope your sniffles clear up soon, Rusalka!
There has been an upside to being a stay at home doggie mom till I find a job, other than getting to be home with our dog, I haven't been sick :) being a receptionist and working as a physical therapy aide, I got sick all the time :(

[Stephanie]

Lisa and Rusalka! Those pics look amazing!! Yum!!

[Lisa]

Rusalka wrote: "Oh no no no. Not Jaffa Cakes, which are British. Jaffas!

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Ahh, I didn't know they were different. Lol. In that case, no I don't think we have Jaffas here in the UK. Only Jaffa Cakes. They remind me a bit of Smarties, except Jaffas are bigger and rounder.

[Vicki]

I just started The Restaurant at the End of the Universe this morning and if I were drinking anything stronger than coffee I would be in danger of tipping over.

pg 1 introducing "small blue creatures with more than fifty arms each, who are therefore unique in being the only race in history to have invented the aerosol deodorant before the wheel"

pg 4 "Vogons are not above a little bribery and corruption in the same way that the sea is not above the clouds..."

I'm going to need more coffee

[Rusalka, Moderator]

People used to roll jaffas down the aisles in the movie theatres. That does seem a waste, but point is, that definitely wouldn't work if they were jaffa cakes.

Yeah, bigger than smarties. We have smarties. Probably about the size of 10p coin but round. From memory. I went and checked my stash of coins and only have Euros left (spent all my pence last time I was there it seems) so that doesn't help.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

I'm keeping up with Phryne and her tea, coffee, cocktail, wine drinking habits with my wine tonight. It's now 11.30pm on a school night though, so I should crash in a few. But there's always time for one more chapter...

[Sarah]

OK so mushroom tea which isn't made from mushrooms?!? Jaffas which aren't Jaffa cakes and talking mice?!? I think I need to have a drink myself ;-)

[KimeyDiann]

Lisa wrote: "Rusalka wrote: "Oh no no no. Not Jaffa Cakes, which are British. Jaffas!
"Ahh, I didn't know they were different. Lol. In that case, no I don't think we have Jaffas here in the UK. Only Jaffa Ca..."

I think you all just answered some of my confusion when in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time the MC mentioned something about a tube of smarties and taking the lid off to find a pencil inside. Smarties is a type candy in the US, it comes in a tube shaped package of sorts, but no lid and you couldn't hide anything...

[Sarah]

Those are swizzles here in the UK.

These are smarties

[KimeyDiann]

I managed to find occasion to tipple last night while reading Gathering Blue. There was some drinking of water so I joined them by drinking wine.

There was one great LOL moment too! The MC is learning how to dye thread and her teacher shows her a large pot full of a very foul smelling liquid that is used to seal the color into the thread. After the teacher finishes explaining what it is used for she tells the MC "It's old piss!"

[Travis]

Your smarties look more like sweet tarts to me

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Oh Smarties are like M&Ms, just a different company. Exactly as Sarah posted.

But we call what KimeyDiann posted Fizzers. But then there are two types of Fizzers here, those and then a chewy stick about 15cms long with sherbet in it. So Fizzers are a contentious issue in Australia. I call them both Fizzers.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

KimeyDiann wrote: "There was one great LOL moment too! The MC is learning how ..."

You know you've been working in events too long when I was trying to work out why and earth you were talking about a Master of Ceremonies. /facepalm. So bed time.

[Almeta]

Travis of NNY wrote: "Your smarties look more like sweet tarts to me"

No, Skittles!

[Sarah]

smarties have chocolate in but skittles are chewy inside. we have m&m too but their shells aren't as thick as smarties. I don't eat smarties as they are made by Nestlé and they are on my boycott list.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Me too, Sarah. Don't eat Nestle!

We have Skittles too.

[Sarah]

It's nice to find others who boycott too.

[Lisa]

Rusalka wrote: "People used to roll jaffas down the aisles in the movie theatres. That does seem a waste, but point is, that definitely wouldn't work if they were jaffa cakes."

I agree, Jaffa Cakes are no good for rolling. They might make good frisbees however ;)

[Janice, Moderator]

I am seriously falling down on this part of the toppler. Or I would be falling down if I was doing all the drinking I should.

I'm reading Wallbanger and there are many opportunities to tippler - apple pie, zucchini bread, pumpkin bread, a drunken hot tub party, lots of other drinking, a jeep ride here, a car ride there, a plane trip... a sip of port each.

But this LOL moment warranted a glass of port all on it's own: (view spoiler)[ "So that was the look he used to get the panties to drop. Little did he know, I wasn't wearing any." (hide spoiler)]

[Lisa]

We also have Galaxy Minstrels which are like big smarties, except they all have brown shells.

[Travis]

This is all too confusing for me. I always thought candy was universal. Wonder how the world fares while reading Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory

[Travis]

Now I see how smarties are skittles it was the packaging that made me think of sweet tarts

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Ah dear, Travis. Very much no.

But Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was written by a Brit, so it means we had most of the same old fashioned lollies. So we got almost all the references. But seeing I had never seen a Reece's Peanut Butter Cup until I was 18 (people traveled to the States and brought one back) I would have had no idea if it was American.

I still import peanut butter m&ms though through anyone who goes to North America. Can't get those here.

[Almeta]

Okay, If you are an "A Troublemaker" ,

Drop the candy and get back to reading!

The rest of you carry on.

[Lisa]

Almeta wrote: "Okay, If you are a "Troublemaker" ,

Drop the candy and get back to reading!

The rest of you carry on."

I'm gone, I'm gone! ;)

[Travis]

Rusalka wrote: "Ah dear, Travis. Very much no.

But Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was written by a Brit, so it means we had most of the same old fashioned lollies. So we got almost all the referenc..."

And yet Charlie from the origunal movie became a veterinarian 15 miles away in Lowville NY. At least I believe he played Charlie

[Stephanie]

Mmmmm...candy...I ate an apple :) no candy in our house (at the moment). We do our best to not have it laying around. We will, however, buy a candy bar or two when we are grocery shopping as a snack on the way home :)

[Stephanie]

He did, Travis! I just read about that in one of those child stars and where are they now things :)

[Travis]

Yup large animal doctor who worked on cows. My neighbors use that vet office I don't. I think he iz retires now though

[KimeyDiann]

Don't listen to Almeta! This is a great conversation about candy. Continue on! ;)
I'm at work so I can't read right now, but I can sneak away for a few minutes at a time to peruse the GR conversations since I'm not swamped today. :)

Those do look like skittles. Our M&M's are more primary colors and skittles are bright like those are.

@Rusalka, that made me LOL... MC = Main Character for me.

[Almeta]

Lisa wrote: "Almeta wrote: "Okay, If you are a "Troublemaker" ,

Drop the candy and get back to reading!

The rest of you carry on."

I'm gone, I'm gone! ;)"

Good girl! It looks like it was just you and me straying from our A-aim.

[Amanda (Mandy)]

I have to take my son to the dentist and was planning on picking up some tippling supplies. Now after reading this it looks like candy just made the list. M&Ms are my favorite. Whenever I am having a horrible day or my husband feels he needs to apologize for something he shows up with two of my favorite things--M&Ms and a Diet Coke.

[Ava Catherine]

I feel like Alice falling down the rabbit hole with this discussion. I think I"ll take Almeta's advice and go back to my book instead of lingering here with mushroom drinkers and sugar addicts.

[Mariab]

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