Comments on: My crazy Chinese inlaws http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2008/07/02/my-crazy-chinese-inlaws/ WARNING: This blog contains writings known to the state of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:25:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Holly http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2008/07/02/my-crazy-chinese-inlaws/comment-page-1/#comment-163096 Holly Sat, 18 Sep 2010 04:21:07 +0000 http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2008/07/02/my-crazy-chinese-inlaws/#comment-163096 My boyfriends mom is Chinese (grew up in the same type situation where they had to scavenge). She would keep egg shells and make a MASSIVE pile of them in the kitchen...I don't remember what she used them for, but kinda gross if you ask me. My boyfriends mom is Chinese (grew up in the same type situation where they had to scavenge). She would keep egg shells and make a MASSIVE pile of them in the kitchen…I don’t remember what she used them for, but kinda gross if you ask me.

]]> By: K http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2008/07/02/my-crazy-chinese-inlaws/comment-page-1/#comment-155110 K Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:12:41 +0000 http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2008/07/02/my-crazy-chinese-inlaws/#comment-155110 At least they know about you. My sweethearts family would disown him if they knew about me. I have to say though, he also saves everything...I mean everything! Plastic bags, take out containers, 2 liter soda bottles...the list goes on and on...he also keeps the plastic on the remotes and the film on his phone screen. At least they know about you. My sweethearts family would disown him if they knew about me. I have to say though, he also saves everything…I mean everything! Plastic bags, take out containers, 2 liter soda bottles…the list goes on and on…he also keeps the plastic on the remotes and the film on his phone screen.

]]> By: Chris http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2008/07/02/my-crazy-chinese-inlaws/comment-page-1/#comment-88644 Chris Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:03:59 +0000 http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2008/07/02/my-crazy-chinese-inlaws/#comment-88644 lol I had a good laugh reading this. I'm not sure about all the other stuff but I have to agree with that other commenter about the tea. Chinese tea is the whole leaf and it's actually traditional to make a pot and keep adding hot water as it gets low. They have all kinds of different tea but it's all whole leaf so there really is lots of flavor left after just one brewing. lol

I had a good laugh reading this. I’m not sure about all the other stuff but I have to agree with that other commenter about the tea.

Chinese tea is the whole leaf and it’s actually traditional to make a pot and keep adding hot water as it gets low.
They have all kinds of different tea but it’s all whole leaf so there really is lots of flavor left after just one brewing.

]]> By: Adam http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2008/07/02/my-crazy-chinese-inlaws/comment-page-1/#comment-71316 Adam Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:20:46 +0000 http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2008/07/02/my-crazy-chinese-inlaws/#comment-71316 Just a thought on the re-using teabags. They're used to Chinese teas... which are (in this regard) a whole different animal from a store-bought teabag. One of my favorite memories from my trip to San Francisco was sitting in a tea shop where they brewed us tea after tea... both to show us the difference between different teas, but also to show us differences between different brew-ings of the same tealeaves. (Some of them peak, for example, after three brew-ings.) We bought some Milk Oolong which Distinctly Tea now carries semi-directly 'cause of us. Anyway, I can tell you first hand from the Milk Oolong that it survives multiple brew-ings - perhaps even spread throughout a long day - just fine. Which, as you've noted, is more than you can say for your average store-bought teabag. Just a thought on the re-using teabags. They’re used to Chinese teas… which are (in this regard) a whole different animal from a store-bought teabag. One of my favorite memories from my trip to San Francisco was sitting in a tea shop where they brewed us tea after tea… both to show us the difference between different teas, but also to show us differences between different brew-ings of the same tealeaves. (Some of them peak, for example, after three brew-ings.) We bought some Milk Oolong which Distinctly Tea now carries semi-directly ’cause of us. Anyway, I can tell you first hand from the Milk Oolong that it survives multiple brew-ings – perhaps even spread throughout a long day – just fine. Which, as you’ve noted, is more than you can say for your average store-bought teabag.

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