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~me~ - 26 May 2005 07:20 GMT

I'm wondering what to put in my morning tea.

I'm on Core (Yes I *finally* broke down and joined WW)
and since I cannot have half and half anymore I was wondering what to
put in my tea.

BTW I dislike milk from the bags and cartons but was considering the
canned FF evaporated milk.

What do you guys use if you do not want to go black?

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Kate Dicey - 26 May 2005 08:41 GMT

> I'm wondering what to put in my morning tea.
>
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> What do you guys use if you do not want to go black?

Can you get fresh skimmed? Ours is delivered daily in glass bottles by
the milkman. One of the joys of living in rural England! :) If not,
try UHT skimmed. Evap and tea do not go well together... In fact evap
goes well with almost nothing!

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~me~ - 27 May 2005 04:05 GMT

>Can you get fresh skimmed?

I can get skimmed milk but it is sold in the supermarket
and I dislike the taste of milk, skimmed or otherwise.

>Ours is delivered daily in glass bottles by
>the milkman. One of the joys of living in rural England! :) If not,
>try UHT skimmed. Evap and tea do not go well together... In fact evap
>goes well with almost nothing!

I haven't tried it yet but I will try it. I cannot rule something out
without trying it first.

Now while I know that cream is not Core I did have some today in my
tea and decided to use my weekly points allowance on it.
After running it into the points calculator, 1 tablespoon of 6%
cream is 0 points and I ran it in twice after that to be certain I was
not making a mistake but it came out each time at 0 points.

This might be something to have in extreme moderation and I never have
more then 1 or 2 cups of tea a day anyway out of a normal sized
teacup.....not those HUGE coffeemugs that everyone seems to be
drinking out of nowadays.

Still, I will try the FF evaporated milk.

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Kate Dicey - 27 May 2005 09:29 GMT

>>Can you get fresh skimmed?
>
> I can get skimmed milk but it is sold in the supermarket
> and I dislike the taste of milk, skimmed or otherwise.

Try soya or rice milk instead: both come in low fat versions.

>>Ours is delivered daily in glass bottles by
>>the milkman. One of the joys of living in rural England! :) If not,
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> I haven't tried it yet but I will try it. I cannot rule something out
> without trying it first.

OK, but don't say I didn't warn you! Mind you, I LIKE milk, and I like
evap just to drink, but *NOT* in tea... Bleah!

> Now while I know that cream is not Core I did have some today in my
> tea and decided to use my weekly points allowance on it.
> After running it into the points calculator, 1 tablespoon of 6%
> cream is 0 points and I ran it in twice after that to be certain I was
> not making a mistake but it came out each time at 0 points.

I cannot imagine putting cream in tea! Must be a USA habit. Bleah -
greasy tea! :(

> This might be something to have in extreme moderation and I never have
> more then 1 or 2 cups of tea a day anyway out of a normal sized
> teacup.....not those HUGE coffeemugs that everyone seems to be
> drinking out of nowadays.

I drink lots of tea, usually Earl Grey with a couple of teaspoons of
skimmed or semi-skimmed fresh milk. You'd get a mug here - even the
queen would get a mug, as I own no cups! Yup - posh tea out of bone
china, made in a BIG hand crafted stoneware teapot (4 pint, especially
commissioned by your's truly from a potter), but the minimum you get is
half a pint! :D

> Still, I will try the FF evaporated milk.

Do, but never say I didn't warn you!

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~me~ - 27 May 2005 17:18 GMT

>Try soya or rice milk instead: both come in low fat versions.

Okay I will give both a shot since I never considered them originally.

>OK, but don't say I didn't warn you!

I will considered myself warned. :-)

>I cannot imagine putting cream in tea! Must be a USA habit.

I'm Canadian actually and putting cream in tea is a habit from my
Atkins days.

> Bleah -
>greasy tea! :(

I use *light* cream. 6% milkfat. It doesn't taste greasy at all.

>I drink lots of tea, usually Earl Grey with a couple of teaspoons of
>skimmed or semi-skimmed fresh milk. You'd get a mug here - even the
>queen would get a mug, as I own no cups!

Lately I inherited a whole lot of bone china cups and saucers from my
mother's estate. It seems a shame to just let such pretty things sit
unused in a china cabinet so I use them. If I am at a used goods sale
or looking on ebay and I see a nice cup and saucer that turns my head
I will buy it as long as there are no chips and cracks in it.

>Do, but never say I didn't warn you!

Again, I will consider myself warned. :-)

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Kate Dicey - 27 May 2005 22:27 GMT

> Lately I inherited a whole lot of bone china cups and saucers from my
> mother's estate. It seems a shame to just let such pretty things sit
> unused in a china cabinet so I use them. If I am at a used goods sale
> or looking on ebay and I see a nice cup and saucer that turns my head
> I will buy it as long as there are no chips and cracks in it.

Oh, you MUST use those sorts of cups! :) Same as I regularly use old
inherited or gifted sewing machines and gadgets like buttonhole makers,
and the glorious pinking thingummy!

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ray miller - 27 May 2005 22:41 GMT

>Lately I inherited a whole lot of bone china cups and saucers from my
>mother's estate. It seems a shame to just let such pretty things sit
>unused in a china cabinet so I use them. If I am at a used goods sale
>or looking on ebay and I see a nice cup and saucer that turns my head
>I will buy it as long as there are no chips and cracks in it.

I agree - what a shame to have something like that unused. We have
some wedgwood that we use every day. Same with wine glasses. We bought
six antique glasses several years ago. They weren't hugely expensive,
but enough to debate whether or not to buy them. We use them every day
and of course there are only three left now, but I wouldn't have it
any other way. Next time I'll buy contemporary so that they can be
replaced

Sorry, can't help with what to put in tea. I can't imagine putting
milk in anything - yuck !!!

ray

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Miss Violette - 28 May 2005 22:53 GMT

perhaps add it up for the week and charge yourself that many points to be
safe, Lee

> >Can you get fresh skimmed?
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> Still, I will try the FF evaporated milk.

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wafflycat - 26 May 2005 15:58 GMT

> I'm wondering what to put in my morning tea.
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> What do you guys use if you do not want to go black?

I have used skimmed milk for years.

Cheers, helen s

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Miss Violette - 28 May 2005 22:50 GMT

how different is the points of half and half and the canned? Lee, who
drinks it black

> I'm wondering what to put in my morning tea.
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> What do you guys use if you do not want to go black?

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