Weezl's phase 1- recipe testing and frugalisation- come one, come all!

weezl74

dear all,

please please can everyone do me a favour when you next have a cuppa?

Make tea as normal, then measure your milk as you pop it in until it looks your normal colour. 1 tbspn=15ml, 1 dessertspn=10ml, 1 teaspn= 5ml.

Then please post how much you and DH have and whether it's skimmed, semi, or full fat?

Thanks soooooo much and sorry to be bossy

ceridwen

weezl74 wrote: »

dear all,

please please can everyone do me a favour when you next have a cuppa?

Make tea as normal, then measure your milk as you pop it in until it looks your normal colour. 1 tbspn=15ml, 1 dessertspn=10ml, 1 teaspn= 5ml.

Then please post how much you and DH have and whether it's skimmed, semi, or full fat?

Thanks soooooo much and sorry to be bossy

:rotfl:...well I can tell you the answer in my case right now = more like 1 Tablespoon (in my coffee that is) and the answer as to whether its full-fat is = well it WAS full-fat (ie before I did that MSE thing of diluting it down 2:1 with water):D

HTH

weezl74

ceridwen wrote: »

:rotfl:...well I can tell you the answer in my case right now = more like 1 Tablespoon (in my coffee that is) and the answer as to whether its full-fat is = well it WAS full-fat (ie before I did that MSE thing of diluting it down 2:1 with water):D

HTH

thanks

gosh I have loads more than you, I have 3 tbspns in coffee

DH has just gone to test his tea

weezl74

...and a final thing before I turn in, how many cuppas a day do you guys think is normal for you, DH if applicable, kids if applicable?

xxx

tessasmum

My DH and I have about 6 cups each but the kids don't drink any. Can't help with the milk question as we take our tea weak and black.

grandma247

Ceredwin you wrote what has been nagging at me about magnesium. I wonder though if the chickens have been fed properly then their egg shell would contain some magnesium too? Also some of the other foods on the list will contain magnesium.
I feel the same way about people taking a single vit. b supplement when all the b group works synergistically (sp).

I have an up-dated version of a couple of those books given to me by a friend,they somewhere in the loft. I also came across the "let's have healthy children" book that got me started reading her whilst I was looking for some books for ds1.
Thanks for the links.

Edit: I have just remembered I have "lets cook it right"among my cookery books.
I just found this in the links on the A.D. foundation site

morag1202

I don't ever drink tea but I do drink 6/8 mugs of very weak instant coffee per day and put 75ml semi-skimmed in each. We go through a lot of milk!

oldMcDonald

I like strong tea and I have just measured out that I have a tablespoon of milk in mine. I use skimmed milk (Smart Price longlife).

I drink an average of 12 cups of tea a day. I'm a little shocked at this as if asked I would have said 5 or 6 - I've not really counted before!

DH drinks an average 6 cups of tea and takes 2 tablespoons of milk (skimmed, longlife).

He has 2 cups coffee with 3 tablespoons milk in. I dont drink coffee.

Hope this helps

*Edit to add - I also use around 5 teabags a week making tea for visitors
(Still a little shocked by how much tea I drink!)

shanks77

weezl74 wrote: »

dear all,

please please can everyone do me a favour when you next have a cuppa?

Make tea as normal, then measure your milk as you pop it in until it looks your normal colour. 1 tbspn=15ml, 1 dessertspn=10ml, 1 teaspn= 5ml.

Then please post how much you and DH have and whether it's skimmed, semi, or full fat?

Thanks soooooo much and sorry to be bossy


Ok just read your post and jumped straight up and made a cuppa (never one to refuse tea nor a pregnant lady) i used 10ml of skimmed UHT milk (1ltr carton 49p MrA) HTH will enjoy tea now
I have about 5 mugs a day more if it is a dreich day (thats wet to you "foreigners")

weezl74

grandma247 wrote: »

Ceredwin you wrote what has been nagging at me about magnesium.

Hi there chaps thanks for all the advice about the tea, very helpful, keep those opinions flowing please

Erm, sorry I'm being dumb again, what's the problem with magnesium?

I think there's enough in Bob and Shirley's diet?

xxx