Recommend Tea for All Reasons to tea lovers.
I suppose I should update you on the food gifts we got for Christmas. I mean, that’s what friends do, right?
My sister-in-law sent us a remarkable ready-to-eat package of salmon, pork, beef, and reindeer from Alaska Sausage and Seafood. Jerky sticks, sausage, and smoked salmon made a few good lunches. We opened the salmon for New Year’s Eve while watching the BBC’s 1995 Pride and Prejudice. Not pretentious food, but it’s not a pretentious show either.
I may not know how to eat meat sticks. Are they just an add-on? It’s not like you can wrap a bun around one or two and call it a sandwich. No one ever calls a hotdog a sandwich but I suppose it is. Speaking of which, this tweet:
To which, writer Tony Woodlief replied, “Read this as ‘writer’s kilts’ and instinctively reached for my credit card.”
I also received Ghirardelli dark chocolate mint squares and a box of Andies. This has settled me on the only snacking chocolate I care to have year round. Keep your M-Ms, your Reese’s, your Cadbury eggs. I love Andies and these Ghirardelli’s are superb. I could make room for Peppermint Patties.
I gave the family a big bundle of tea from Tea For All Reasons, a company owned by an friend who took it over from her mother. I bought the Doctor Who sampler and the Jane Austen sampler. Some are delicately blended teas, others boldly satisfying. Starry Night in the Doctor Who set is honestly beautiful. It smells wonderful and looks like its name due to the cornflowers and blueberry. If you love tea and want to break away from the typical blends you find in most stores, look through the many options on this site.