[-SPAM-] Re: OT: Spirit Snobs

[Bob W]

By and large food here was disgusting in the 1970s - in fact, most
things were. It has improved considerably since then. I haven't seen
one of those huge aluminium teapots since I left school.

--
 Bob
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pdml-bounces at pdml.net [mailto:pdml-bounces at pdml.net] On 
> Behalf Of P. J. Alling
> Sent: 28 December 2007 20:42
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> Subject: Re: [-SPAM-] Re: OT: Spirit Snobs
> 
> It was in the airport lunch counter at Heathrow.  Nearly every 
> reasonably priced eatery, (that was not actually a pub, and some
that 
> were), hell I thought England was the home of tea.  It was like the 
> institutional swill that passed for coffee everywhere except 
> the better 
> restaurants, (and sometimes even in those), in the US.
> 
> drew wrote:
> > P. J. Alling wrote:
> >   
> >> The worst tea I ever drank was in England back in the 
> 70's.  This swill 
> >> seemed to be available everywhere.  In large aluminum 
> samovars, milk and 
> >> sugar already added, straight from the spout.  Gag, almost 
> put me off 
> >> tea.