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[anodyna]

I love many things about the super-delicious non-homogenized milk we get from Whole Foods. Having to bust through a layer of solid cream the first time I open it isn't one of them. All I want is a little bit for my tea! Must it be this difficult

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[jactrades]

my tragic existence: the electric kettle has started to leak at the base where the handle attaches. Until the new one arrives from amazon, I've been forced to cut back the tea consumption due to the inefficiencies of microwaving water.

I wish you well in your snowpocalypse hopes!

[jactrades]

We haven't gotten any rain here yet this winter, which means (a) no snow in the mountains and (b) fears of drought during the summer. boo.

[anodyna]

True story: I've become so dependent on our electric kettle that when it broke, my first thought was "oh no, now I can't make tea!" Somehow having purged from my memory banks the concept of boiling water on the stove. :D (We also have a microwave, but I only use it for reheating cups of tea so I forget it can heat things to higher temperatures.) Luckily amazon had the same one in stock so I only had to boil water in a pot for a few days, but still.

(Something about this story is tragic but I'm afraid if I examine it too closely it will turn out to be me, hah.)

There are flakes falling right now! Nothing that's going to strand buses on Lake Shore Drive or anything, but I hope for some accumulation. Dry winters are bad for the trees. I wish you lots of snow as well!

[jactrades]

Heating water on the stove? that's unpossible!

[anodyna]

Hee! THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I TOLD GREG.

(Actually once you've gotten rid of your stovetop tea kettle it's harder than you might think to manage tea on the stove. A pan gets the job done, but then you have to get the water from the pan into a cup without spilling it everywhere. I felt lucky if I got half of it into the cup tbh!)