Tea for two and two for tea.
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puddingcat can be just as dogmatic as anyone else when it comes to personal belief. Consider, if you will, the thorny problem of making a cup of tea. She & I have a running disagreement over whether one should put milk in before the hot water, or after.
Being a fellow of taste & refinement I hold to the position of milk in first - reasoning that tea made this way actually tastes nicer. She insists on tea in first, because she prefers nasty tea.
Now Jenny has often said that she can only believe in things that have a scientific basis, and so when I pointed out that the Royal Society of Chemistry have examined in depth the tea making process and come to the scientific conclusion that milk in first is the correct way to make a tasty cuppa, I thought she'd admit to the error of her ways.
Not to be.
Instead she refused to be convinced, and instead said that she'd stick with the tea-making method outlined in the film "Gosford Park".
Now, if I were to tell her that I preferred the depiction of Nuclear Physics in the Keanu Reeves film Chain Reaction to the writings of Enrico Fermi then her wrath and incredulity would be terrible to behold. However, present her with a scientific proof that doesn't happen to fit into her worldview and just watch science being refuted in favour of the movies quicker than you can say 'knife'.
Chicks, eh? Who can fathom them?
puddingcat can be just as dogmatic as anyone else when it comes to personal belief. Consider, if you will, the thorny problem of making a cup of tea. She & I have a running disagreement over whether one should put milk in before the hot water, or after. Being a fellow of taste & refinement I hold to the position of milk in first - reasoning that tea made this way actually tastes nicer. She insists on tea in first, because she prefers nasty tea.
Now Jenny has often said that she can only believe in things that have a scientific basis, and so when I pointed out that the Royal Society of Chemistry have examined in depth the tea making process and come to the scientific conclusion that milk in first is the correct way to make a tasty cuppa, I thought she'd admit to the error of her ways.
Not to be.
Instead she refused to be convinced, and instead said that she'd stick with the tea-making method outlined in the film "Gosford Park".
Now, if I were to tell her that I preferred the depiction of Nuclear Physics in the Keanu Reeves film Chain Reaction to the writings of Enrico Fermi then her wrath and incredulity would be terrible to behold. However, present her with a scientific proof that doesn't happen to fit into her worldview and just watch science being refuted in favour of the movies quicker than you can say 'knife'.
Chicks, eh? Who can fathom them?
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Re: Commoner :p
Date: 2003-06-25 11:22 am (UTC)It may be worth noting that the RSC suggests an entirely separate brewing process before tea and milk ever come in contact with eachother - and then, in only the final drinking device.
That having been said, I can't be arsed and mix it in like everyone else...oh, when I bother with such naff Western practices. :-)
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Re: Commoner :p
Date: 2003-06-25 12:44 pm (UTC)