I even found a biscuit appreciation society where they provide wonderful instructions in the art of dunking. Once hot, fry the phool makhana for 7-8 minutes until lightly brown. We like them to be infused with our national drink and just when they look like they will fall into the tea we hoover them into our mouths. Toasts the nuts Heat ghee in a heavy-bottomed wide pan. We don’t just eat the biscuits we dunk them in our tea. A little search for figures on the web revealed that on average Brits consume a colossal 8kgs of biscuits per person per year. The British rank among the top five tea-drinking countries in the world, around 2.74kg per person per year and what goes down well with a cuppa but a biscuit.
High tea – early evening meal with savoury food and some cakes, served with teaĬream tea – cream cakes served with cups of tea Tea – evening meal (also referred to as supper or dinner)Īfternoon tea – sandwiches, cake and copious cups of tea Meals – tea can also refer to meals, which can be a bit confusing for the outsider. The reason it’s so beloved is that the shape the pepperoni takes holds in all the delicious greasy yumminess that pizza connoisseurs crave. So builders brew has come to refer to tea served this way.įor ex: How do you take your tea? Builders tea is fine for me. It’s a special type of pepperoni that curls up when heated into a cuplike shape, hence the name cup char.
This comes from cockney rhyming slang – a cup of Rosy Lee – tea.īuilders on construction sites brew up tea to drink on their tea breaks and they seem to like it strong, milky and with two sugars. From the original Chinese character cha 茶 – see my post on Chinese loanwords.įor ex: Let’s sit down and have and cup of char.
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