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A curio now from Chris from Barking:
In episode 145 you mentioned that you would rather dip a stick of celery in tea than a Nice biscuit.
This got me thinking of my friend who is from “up north” somewhere, he will frequently use his tea for dipping his toast in his tea!
He assures me that this is normal behaviour up north, so answer me this: is my friend a freak, or is it really normal up north? I’m suspicious as he also wipes his arse with baby wipes (which I am certain is not normal behaviour for an adult male!)
I have no trustworthy northern friends/acquaintances to ask and would like to continue mocking him but now with the confidence that I am right and what he is doing is odd and not just some regional peculiarity.
Northern readers, shed light on this phenomenon:
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August 26, 2010 at 12:28 pm |
My Dad eats ‘pobs’, which is a bowl of tea with about 3 slices of bread in it. This is eaten with a spoon and is utterly repulsive. He loves it, and so does his sister. Dipping crusts in your tea sounds considerably less insane…
August 23, 2010 at 7:04 pm |
Hello.
In a similar vein, my ma (who is from Middlesbrough. That is up north too) incouraged us to dip the crusts from our sandwiches into tea too. So, im sure that toast would work. And, may i say, crusts in tea was lovely. It left a slight sludgy residue at the bottom of the tea. But it were worth it. 🙂
August 19, 2010 at 8:32 pm |
I live en France and I know of people who dip Roquefort-laden bread into their coffee. For breakfast.
August 19, 2010 at 5:57 pm |
I’m American, and I do this all the time! Love tea-dipped buttered toast. Good stuff.
August 19, 2010 at 5:06 pm |
As a youth, my granny would give us black coffee and buttered toast after school and we would gleefully dip the toast in the coffee. In retrospect, it is a bit weird, and I don’t do it any more with tea or coffee.
August 19, 2010 at 10:04 am |
Weird habit…