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Apr. 21st, 2024 06:11 pm* People often say they have a favorite smell - cut grass, fresh bread baking, an old-fashioned rose. What would your favourite aroma be? Are there some smells that spark a memory?
Lime - it's clean. Also, vanilla - cookies. And cinnamon - although I think I'm allergic? It makes me sneeze. Love lavender and euclayptus, also anything citrus.
* National Garlic Day - is garlic something you love? Have you a favourite way of using it?
I do love it. I have crushed dried garlic that I use as seasoning for various items.
* Richard Hoffmann, Austrian violinist and composer was born today in 1925 - have you ever played a stringed instrument?
No, outside of the guitar. I have attempted an acoustic guitar. My brother took Cello lessons. I'm not saying we were good. But we tried.
* It's National Tea Day - there are so many different types of tea, but have you ever had bubble tea, or do you stick with a traditional type?
Yes. A friend introduced me to it around 2002. She was Chinese-American.
And various Taiwanese friends had. Also I've had it in Thai and Vietnamese restaurants, it's weirdly found in Vietnamese restaurants more than anywhere else.
I don't like it - too sweet, and not fond of the bubbles in it. It looks cool, but too sweet and too caffeinated for my taste.
For the uninitiated?
"Bubble tea (also known as pearl milk tea, bubble milk tea, tapioca milk tea, boba tea, or boba; Chinese: 珍珠奶茶; pinyin: zhēnzhū nǎichá, 波霸奶茶; bōbà nǎichá) is a tea-based drink that originated in Taiwan in the early 1980s. Taiwanese immigrants brought it to the United States in the 1990s, initially in California through regions including Los Angeles County,[3] but the drink has also spread to other countries where there is a large East Asian diaspora population.
Bubble tea most commonly consists of tea accompanied by chewy tapioca balls ("boba" or "pearls"), but it can be made with other toppings as well, such as grass jelly, aloe vera, red bean, and popping boba. It has many varieties and flavors, but the two most popular varieties are pearl black milk tea and pearl green milk tea ("pearl" for the tapioca balls at the bottom). " - see Wiki.
You can get it in cans now - or bottles in stores. I see it everywhere. It says bubble tea - and that's what it is - a tea based drink with a lot of milk, and tapioca balls at the bottom. It's popular in NYC.
Lime - it's clean. Also, vanilla - cookies. And cinnamon - although I think I'm allergic? It makes me sneeze. Love lavender and euclayptus, also anything citrus.
* National Garlic Day - is garlic something you love? Have you a favourite way of using it?
I do love it. I have crushed dried garlic that I use as seasoning for various items.
* Richard Hoffmann, Austrian violinist and composer was born today in 1925 - have you ever played a stringed instrument?
No, outside of the guitar. I have attempted an acoustic guitar. My brother took Cello lessons. I'm not saying we were good. But we tried.
* It's National Tea Day - there are so many different types of tea, but have you ever had bubble tea, or do you stick with a traditional type?
Yes. A friend introduced me to it around 2002. She was Chinese-American.
And various Taiwanese friends had. Also I've had it in Thai and Vietnamese restaurants, it's weirdly found in Vietnamese restaurants more than anywhere else.
I don't like it - too sweet, and not fond of the bubbles in it. It looks cool, but too sweet and too caffeinated for my taste.
For the uninitiated?
"Bubble tea (also known as pearl milk tea, bubble milk tea, tapioca milk tea, boba tea, or boba; Chinese: 珍珠奶茶; pinyin: zhēnzhū nǎichá, 波霸奶茶; bōbà nǎichá) is a tea-based drink that originated in Taiwan in the early 1980s. Taiwanese immigrants brought it to the United States in the 1990s, initially in California through regions including Los Angeles County,[3] but the drink has also spread to other countries where there is a large East Asian diaspora population.
Bubble tea most commonly consists of tea accompanied by chewy tapioca balls ("boba" or "pearls"), but it can be made with other toppings as well, such as grass jelly, aloe vera, red bean, and popping boba. It has many varieties and flavors, but the two most popular varieties are pearl black milk tea and pearl green milk tea ("pearl" for the tapioca balls at the bottom). " - see Wiki.
You can get it in cans now - or bottles in stores. I see it everywhere. It says bubble tea - and that's what it is - a tea based drink with a lot of milk, and tapioca balls at the bottom. It's popular in NYC.