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Michael Plant
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Thanksgiving
David M.
11/29/05
[referring to Rick's comments about sugar-between-the-teeth-tea-drinking]
> My father was the first of his family born in the U.S. (he was the
> youngest of six siblings) and he explained to me once that the sugar
> cube used in drinking tea was what we would call rock candy. Much more
> solid. Some Asian markets will have the old-style sugar cones, which
> are also similar to what they used in Russia.
[Michael]
I met the sugar cone in Iran. It was a sine qua non of Persian tea. When you
Reach a village after being in the night cold desert, sugar in tea is not a
bad idea.
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