Potterverse characters and tea.

[Steve]

---  Janette <jnferr at ...> wrote:
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> montims:
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> While we're kind of on the subject - maybe this is one for 
> Carol :)  - why do Americans call it cream, and use a 
> creamer, when what they mean is milk, please?
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bboyminn:

Well, because at one time, it was cream. Then we all decided
we didn't want to drop over dead from heart attacks, and
we switched to a cheaper Half-and-Half, but eventually concluded
that too was a heart attack and 50 pound of extra weight just
waiting to happen. So, we switched to whole milk, but even 
that carried dangers from excess fat. Now we are down to 
coffee creamer, and 2% or skim milk. But the progression to
lower and lower fat stems from our use of rich tasty but
deadly cream in our coffee and tea. 

Speaking of deadly coffee, I once met a man who liked to put
butter in his coffee. i'm pretty sure he is dead now.

At one time their was a law suit against makers of 'coffee
creamer' claiming it was false advertising as it was not
powered 'cream'. So, the started calling it coffee 'whitener',
but eventually decided that 'creamER' was different that flat
out saying it was cream, and now it is back to coffee cream.

Personally, I used 50% powerdered coffee creamer combined with
50% powdered milk. Coffee creamer is after all just Corn Syrup
and vegetable oil, and I question how healthy it really is. 

But neither creamer or powdered milk seems to mix very well
with tea for some reason; OK in coffee, but not in tea. 

Some people do put real cream in their coffee, but that is 
rare. Most coffee shops offer additional half-and-half or
whole milk that you can add to your already calorie ladened
coffee drink, which I do on the rare occasion that I drink
gourmet coffee shop coffee. 

Hope that helps.

Steve/bboyminn