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    Bernard
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    I've never heard of Aussie Crunch Bars, but they sound good!!

    Also called Australian Crunchie or Australian Crunch, this dessert bar recipe combines crunchy cornflakes, chewy coconut, rich butter, a whisper of cocoa powder, sweet golden syrup, and a couple other ingredients for its base. And it tops the whole thing with luscious melted milk chocolate after baking.

    What's not to love?

    The industrial revolution cheapened everything.

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      MrsA has a fun version which I'd forgotten
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      @AndyD said in On a whim:

      MrsA has a fun version which I'd forgotten
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      So cute! Would go with some of our artwork:

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      When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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        Bernard
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        Favorite teas?

        Two that I'm especially fond of, both from Harney & Sons: London Victorian Fog and Tower of London.

        https://www.harney.com/products/victorian-london-fog?variant=113614487558
        https://www.harney.com/products/tower-of-london?variant=1517299728390

        The industrial revolution cheapened everything.

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          wtg
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          I drank Taylors of Harrogate Tea Room Blend for many years, but it seems to have disappeared from my usual sources. Taylor’s still show it on their website so I’m not sure what is going on.

          My substitute daily tea has been Yorkshire Gold. I also use it when I make masala chai. It’s ok but I prefer the Tea Room Blend.

          I miss Sailor’s Teas, a great little shop that was run by an ex-Navy guy. He had a fabulous selection of premium teas from all over the world at a fraction of the price you would pay at a snooty tea shop. Some of the best single estate Assams and Darjeelings ever.

          When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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            Daniel.
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            Nice!

            I'm going to get a French press and a tea set when I'm settled in my new place.

            I'll finally be able to cook for myself, with nobody eating my food, or leaving a mess.

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              wtg
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              I also like some of the Kusmi blends. Russian named Kousmichoff founded the business in Paris in the 1800s. Catered to the Russian aristocracy. They’ve gone in a different direction in recent years and dropped a lot of their old blends. Russian Evening was particularly nice but it’s no longer available. Russian Morning isn’t bad. Also Bouquet de Fleurs No. 108.

              https://www.kusmitea.com/us/our-teas-and-herbal-teas/tea-type/black-tea?cgid=noir&start=0&sz=24

              When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                That Belleek is so pretty. My friend Carole has a full sized Belleek teapot. We used to put on teas together, way back when.

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                  Anyone watch Sumo? One of the winner's many ceremonial trophies is this

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                    Anyone watch Sumo? One of the winner's many ceremonial trophies is this

                    20250727_094602.jpg
                    20250727_094734.jpg

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                    ShiroKuro
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                    @AndyD OMG! that is hysterical!

                    I'd never seen that, and it looks soooo much like an AI-doctored photo, so of course I had to google. Apparently it's a real thing, the article is a little ambiguous, so I don't know if they still are awarding it, but maybe, since it replaced a previous version (I don't follow sumo closely but I do try to keep track each basho, but I've never seen this!)

                    Anyway, here's the article I found:

                    https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190509/p2a/00m/0sp/019000c

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                      It's well down the order or trophies handed over but the most amusing.
                      That photo I took off the live tv NHK channel at about 9.45 yesterday.
                      There's another trophy in the shape of a huge Arabian coffee pot.

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                        I drank Taylors of Harrogate Tea Room Blend for many years, but it seems to have disappeared from my usual sources. Taylor’s still show it on their website so I’m not sure what is going on.

                        My substitute daily tea has been Yorkshire Gold. I also use it when I make masala chai. It’s ok but I prefer the Tea Room Blend.

                        I miss Sailor’s Teas, a great little shop that was run by an ex-Navy guy. He had a fabulous selection of premium teas from all over the world at a fraction of the price you would pay at a snooty tea shop. Some of the best single estate Assams and Darjeelings ever.

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                        @wtg said in On a whim:

                        I drank Taylors of Harrogate Tea Room Blend for many years, but it seems to have disappeared from my usual sources. Taylor’s still show it on their website so I’m not sure what is going on.

                        My substitute daily tea has been Yorkshire Gold. I also use it when I make masala chai. It’s ok but I prefer the Tea Room Blend.

                        I miss Sailor’s Teas, a great little shop that was run by an ex-Navy guy. He had a fabulous selection of premium teas from all over the world at a fraction of the price you would pay at a snooty tea shop. Some of the best single estate Assams and Darjeelings ever.

                        I could send you some. Taylor breakfast tea is very nice. Alternatively Twinings.

                        @Bernard
                        Shall keep a look out for Harney teas which I've never tried.

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                          It's well down the order or trophies handed over but the most amusing.
                          That photo I took off the live tv NHK channel at about 9.45 yesterday.
                          There's another trophy in the shape of a huge Arabian coffee pot.

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                          @AndyD said in On a whim:

                          There's another trophy in the shape of a huge Arabian coffee pot.

                          That’s awesome!! 😄

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                            @wtg said in On a whim:

                            I drank Taylors of Harrogate Tea Room Blend for many years, but it seems to have disappeared from my usual sources. Taylor’s still show it on their website so I’m not sure what is going on.

                            My substitute daily tea has been Yorkshire Gold. I also use it when I make masala chai. It’s ok but I prefer the Tea Room Blend.

                            I miss Sailor’s Teas, a great little shop that was run by an ex-Navy guy. He had a fabulous selection of premium teas from all over the world at a fraction of the price you would pay at a snooty tea shop. Some of the best single estate Assams and Darjeelings ever.

                            I could send you some. Taylor breakfast tea is very nice. Alternatively Twinings.

                            @Bernard
                            Shall keep a look out for Harney teas which I've never tried.

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                            wtg
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                            @AndyD Thanks for the offer! I should probably try some of Taylors other teas from those available here. But if you have any local insight as to why the Tea Room Blend has vanished from the US, I'd love to know what happened.

                            You mentioned a breakfast blend, and I know they have English, Irish, and Scottish. At one point, Amazon sent me the Scottish Breakfast by mistake twice instead of the Tea Room Blend that I actually ordered. Someone at Amazon put the wrong bar code label on the bottom of the Scottish Breakfast bags; I ended up with two kilos of the stuff. Sadly it wasn't to my liking.

                            Have an opinion about the Taylors English and/or the Irish breakfast blends? It's been years since I bought any Twinings; I should probably try their English Breakfast again. I'm the malty Assam type. Milk and sugar...

                            When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                              CHAS
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                              Enjoy your caffeinated beverages.
                              I can no longer enjoy them.
                              whining and wallowing in self pity. 🙂

                              "The man that hath no music in himself, nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils;” - Shakespeare

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                                My Donegal-born grandmother loved Belleek. This is a 1920s "Book of Kells" teacup.

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                                Crazy economist who likes to write about higher education.

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                                  Daniel.
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                                  I've always wanted a set of Waterford brandy glasses. I don't know why. I don't drink brandy.

                                  I'd be happy if Corelle made the little plates with the indentations for tea cups.

                                  But as Andy mentioned-- coffee mugs have become ubiquitous. It's an inelegant development if you ask me.

                                  I'm interested in having a Fiesta tea service.

                                  I want some Oneida flatware.

                                  I had a pattern called Vectra. I loved it but they discontinued it. I have 1 teaspoon left from a set of 8 my sister gave us when she visited us in Arizona one year for Thanksgiving.
                                  We bought a lot of this pattern in Sedona where they had an outlet store. None of it survived the constant moving.

                                  I'll get stuff from yard sales but it would be nice to choose my own things without anyone else's opinion or the way anyone else might or might not value my things.

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                                    I've always wanted a set of Waterford brandy glasses. I don't know why. I don't drink brandy.

                                    I'd be happy if Corelle made the little plates with the indentations for tea cups.

                                    But as Andy mentioned-- coffee mugs have become ubiquitous. It's an inelegant development if you ask me.

                                    I'm interested in having a Fiesta tea service.

                                    I want some Oneida flatware.

                                    I had a pattern called Vectra. I loved it but they discontinued it. I have 1 teaspoon left from a set of 8 my sister gave us when she visited us in Arizona one year for Thanksgiving.
                                    We bought a lot of this pattern in Sedona where they had an outlet store. None of it survived the constant moving.

                                    I'll get stuff from yard sales but it would be nice to choose my own things without anyone else's opinion or the way anyone else might or might not value my things.

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                                    @Daniel. Years ago I treated myself to a set of 4 goblets, 4 wine glasses, and 4 champagne flutes from Waterford in the Lismore pattern. Even when I'm not using them, they are beautiful to look at.

                                    I always wanted a set of Noritake's Foxboro dinnerware. It's even more expensive now that it's out of production. And a set of Audubon sterling flatware (made by Tiffany's), but it's out of my budget (~$1.5K for a 5 piece place setting). But the Noritake and Audubon would go great together.

                                    The industrial revolution cheapened everything.

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                                      @Bernard

                                      I had a girlfriend I met at UF and was with for two years. It was my "trying to fit in" stage. Still, we were very close.

                                      Her father was an immigrant from Denmark, had a JD from UF, and was a judge in Pasco County.

                                      Her mother came from old money. Her mother's mother and late father had a summer house in Sarasota. The grandmother had friends on the New College Foundation board. This is how I learned about it.

                                      I decided to apply because it seemed so good to me that if I could attend then I could not do anything else.

                                      At the time it was the most selective public school in the US with UC Berkeley being second and UVA being third.

                                      I didn't let any of this stop me and charted a path from where I was to where I wanted to be. I was laser focused and worked very, very hard, holding down a 20 hour job, attending HCC without receiving a single B, and traveling to New Port Richey every weekend.

                                      Her uncle had given $10 million to the University of Rochester. It didn't take much more than a phone call to get her admitted as a transfer student there. She went on to get her JD.

                                      Anyway, she was an interesting person from an interesting family.

                                      I remember seeing their dining room for the first time and it was very impressive.

                                      There were family portraits from the 19th century, antique furniture, family silver, and a cabinet filled to the brim with Royal Copenhagen fluted blue pattern dinnerware in celebration of her father's native country.

                                      It wasn't the pattern royalty used but it was the most beautiful dinnerware I've seen to this day.

                                      This is a set of Royal Copenhagen's most famous pattern:

                                      Flora Danica Porcelain Dinner Service by Royal Copenhagen, 124 Pieces | M.S. Rau

                                      https://share.google/Y4fONXlkC5x2GPSAj

                                      One thing I know very well about myself is that it wouldn't matter how much money I had; I would never hire a designer.

                                      What would be the fun in that?

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                                        Enjoy your caffeinated beverages.
                                        I can no longer enjoy them.
                                        whining and wallowing in self pity. 🙂

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                                        wtg
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                                        @CHAS said in On a whim:

                                        Enjoy your caffeinated beverages.
                                        I can no longer enjoy them.
                                        whining and wallowing in self pity. 🙂

                                        I can only do so much caffeine myself. My decaf option:

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                                        When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                                          Enjoy your caffeinated beverages.
                                          I can no longer enjoy them.
                                          whining and wallowing in self pity. 🙂

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                                          @CHAS said in On a whim:

                                          Enjoy your caffeinated beverages.
                                          I can no longer enjoy them.
                                          whining and wallowing in self pity. 🙂

                                          I get arrhythmia so also limit caffeine intake. This is a palatable alternative coffee
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