Comments on: Philosophical Differences (recipe: Spiced Tea Mix)

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Sat, 21 Dec 2013 02:36:30 +0000

In reply to elizabeth. Elizabeth, For the past few years, I've had to use instant tea with lemon and sugar because plain instant tea was nowhere to be found.

By: elizabeth

elizabeth — Sat, 21 Dec 2013 02:01:13 +0000

Thank you for your suggestions for substituting unavailable products. I have found that problem also. Who would have thought you couldn’t find plain instant tea anymore?

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Sat, 21 Dec 2013 00:37:44 +0000

In reply to Donna ivie. Donna, You could either leave it out or replace it with something like camomile. I'd stay away from peppermint. The flavor may play bitter against orange and lemon.

By: Donna ivie

Donna ivie — Sat, 21 Dec 2013 00:28:10 +0000

What could you use instead of tea I’m not a tea drinker? Could you replace with a herbal tea? If so what kind?

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 15:29:39 +0000

In reply to Karen Powell. Merry Christmas to you, Bill and the family! :)

By: Karen Powell

Karen Powell — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 14:58:50 +0000

Jackie, a nice walk down memory lane. bill’s Mom used to make this years ago. she and I would sip it out of beautiful china cups and also give it as gifts. Happy Holidays to your whole gang!

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:07:00 +0000

In reply to Ann.

Adding rum would make it a quite nice adult beverage. I’ve put mine in a crockpot to keep it warm when we are serving several guests. That’s much easier than boiling water for several individual cups.

Merry Christmas, Ann! 🙂

By: Ann

Ann — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:50:50 +0000

Yummy – I remember having this throughout the years – bet it would even taste good with a spot of Rum in it! I have a recipe that uses Red Hots and you make it in the Crock Pot and leave it on low all day – smells yummy and tastes great! Thanks Jackie

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 02:19:26 +0000

In reply to Jane A Bratton.

Jane,

Enjoy! 🙂

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 02:18:47 +0000

In reply to Sandra Davis.

Sandra,

I hope you and your family enjoy this wonderful beverage. Merry Christmas to you, your Mama and your whole family! 🙂

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 02:17:29 +0000

In reply to Jane.

Jane,

How ironic that you were introduced to Spiced Tea as a college freshman, too! And the same year as me, no doubt. I dare say that you didn’t enjoy such lively conversations on the Philosophy Department as I did! 🙂

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 02:15:09 +0000

In reply to Michele. Merry Christmas to you, sweet Michelle. I would be thrilled if you would share your Mammy's Spiced Tea recipe! :)

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 02:13:25 +0000

In reply to Amy.

Amos,

It definitely runs in the family. We come from a long line of sweet heads! 🙂

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 02:12:30 +0000

In reply to Celia Winters.

Celia,

This sounds delicious and I’m sure the taste would be very similar to my Spiced Tea mix. Thanks so much for sharing! 🙂

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 02:11:14 +0000

In reply to Jean.

Jean,

You can easily pick out my favorite cookbooks by the looks of the pages, too! 🙂

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 02:10:17 +0000

In reply to trish.

Trish,

You’re the first person I know of that has said they don’t care for this drink. Maybe you should try it again now that you’re all grown up. 🙂

By: Jackie Garvin

Jackie Garvin — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 02:08:06 +0000

In reply to Gooseberry Patch. Thanks, Jenn! So glad you enjoyed it. ;)

By: Gooseberry Patch

Gooseberry Patch — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:46:53 +0000

You’re a great storyteller, Jackie…loved this post!

By: trish

trish — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:59:19 +0000

Oh my… my mom would make this and think is was the greatest… i had the opinion it was not so good… but she would insist we have a cup with neighbors that dropped by… I often wondered if they too were drinking it to be polite…LOL

By: Jean

Jean — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 22:21:54 +0000

I was introduced to this fine beverage at a later date too. Heck, we only drank tea! I love this stuff and red hots in it would be even better. I am passing this along to a friend who is looking for food gifts to make for teachers. I haven’t made it in a while so I didn’t know you couldn’t get the plain tea.
Silly me! PS….your recipes look like mine. You can always tell which pages I use the most in my cookbooks as they have something on them or stuck together!