July 2012
116 posts
High Tea
High tea should have cold roast beef at the head of the table, a cold Yorkshire pie at the bottom, a mighty ham in the middle. The side dishes will comprise soused mackerel, pickled salmon, sausages and potatoes, etc. Rivers of tea, coffee and ale, with dry and buttered toast, sally-lunns, scones, muffins and crumpets, jams and marmelade.
Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins by William and Mary Morris, 1977.
If Not Now, When?: Ode to Tea →
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Tea is not meant
to be coffee
it is not a jolt of energy
to be taken like a shot, or
an injection,
a quickie.Tea is meant to be sipped slowly
while you are moving slowly
or
not moving
at all.Tea is not for rushing
for gulping down before
heading out the door.
Tea is…
mum made me a cup of tea but i’m pissed off at her so i’m not gonna go drink it
that’s how we show our anger in england, you see
