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 Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 9:45 pm
 ~*Hello everybody, its tea time!*~.~*~. I thought I should share some tea recipes. Hope you like them! I will be updating this section weekly. If anyone has an old favorite, please feel free to post it. ~Blessed Be~ .~*~.   *+*Tea for Protection*+*
~1 Tbs. Irish/English Breakfast Tea
~2 Tsp. Burdock Root
~ Tsp. Comfrey
~2 Tsp. Elder Flower
~1 Tsp. Hyssop
~ 1 Tsp. Linden Flower (Tila)
~2 Tsp. Rose Hips
~ 1 tsp Valerian (ground root only)
Combine all ingredients and steep for 3-5 minutes, then enjoy!I will follow this with Cramps Tea, because that's just the mood I'm in...
*+* Cramps Tea *+*
~1 Tsp Black Tea
~1/2 Tsp Chamomile
~1/8 Tsp Ginger (add more if needed. Ginger is great)
~1 Tsp Raspberry Leaves
~1 1/2 Tsp Valerian
Steep for 5 minutes, or longer if desired. Always start with cold water when making tea.
Ok! It's tea time again... mrgreen  *+*Blue Moon Tea *+*
Add equal parts of each:
~Rose hips
~Orange peel
~rosemary
Then measure as directed, the following:
~1 Tsp. Orange pekoe
~1 Tsp. ginger
~1 Tsp. coriander
~1 Tsp. Star anise
~1 Tsp. Cinnamon
This tea will be reminiscent of Blue Moon Beer, with a Licorice-like flavor. One of my favorites! The Orange is completely complemented by the coriander. Its been one of those weeks....thought it could help others. *+*Sore Throat and Fever Tea*+*
~1 tsp. China Black
~1 tsp. comfrey
~1 tsp. elderberries
~1 tsp. raspberry leaves
add honey and/or lemon to taste for a boosted effect!It's tea time again!! *+*Gentle Moods Teapot*+*
Add equal parts of the following into a teapot full of water:
~White oak bark
~Ginger root
~Damiana
~Rosemary
~Angelica root
~Marjoram
Now add:
~1 tsp. Celery seed
~1 tsp. Ginseng leafThis week were going in a new direction. *+*Dream Well Teapot*+*
Add equal parts of the following:
~peppermint
~chamomile
~catnip
~valerian root
~skullcap
~passion flower
~strawberry leaf
after that, add:
~1 tsp. black teaSorry its a little late this week.
*+*Frustration Tea*+*
~2 tsp. English Breakfast
~1 tsp. chamomile
~1 tsp. hyssop
~1 tsp. raspberry leaf.
you may also add skullcap, betony, or rosemary to it if you like.more medicine tea!! *+*Upset Tummy Tea*+*
~1 tsp. black tea
~2 tsp. peppermint
~1/2 tsp. rose hips.~*~.  ~I will also include recipes for biscuits and snacks as well as tea~.~*~.  +*+Fairy Cakes [Biscuits]+*+
~1Cup Bisquick
~1/8 Cup Quick Oats
~1/8 Cup Cornmeal
~1/8 Cup Flour
~1/8 Tsp Almond Extract
~2 Tsp Sugar
~1/2 Cup Milk
Stir all together beginning with dry ingredients.
Add almond extract and milk. Mix together until a ball of dough is formed.
Spoon 1 inch balls on to un-greased cookie sheet. Bake at 425 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Makes 1 dozen.
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Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 10:00 pm
Cool, thanks. It's not a tea thing, but a basic (I guess you'd say talisman) for protection is to take a small holding thing (I used one of those fancy tubes seed beads come in when you go to a beading store) and fill it with uncooked rice (at this point you can add other things, such as salt for purification, or colored beads for something you want to draw in, etc) and hang it over the front door of the house. Also, a Filipino talisman to give someone when they move into a new place is a small bag of uncooked rice, some salt, and three pennies. The rice is so you never go hungry, the salt is so your life always has flavor, and the pennies are so you always have the money you need. You can make it for yourself too and just keep it around, but traditionally it's given to someone whose just moved in. At least that's how it was explained to me.
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Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 12:08 am
I love that. It's a wonderful sentiment. I will post a new tea every Saturday!
Feel free to send me suggestions.
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Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 12:22 am
very cool idea. and it appears that moose is the top flavor. My favorite kinda moose has brown hair and green eyes and would probably get irritated if I licked her.
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Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 12:23 am
Yeah, I didn't catch the "moose" thing until after I voted, hehehehe.
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Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 12:34 am
I almost picked coffee. I never used to drink a lot of coffee until I moved up to Washington. This state runs on coffee, if you don't drink it people are like WHAT?!?! UR CRAZY!!! So I converted. I usually drink 2-3 cups a day. I know it's not best for me, but it's better than soda, im sure.
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Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 12:35 am
btw im having the last cup from my pot, right now. OH and when our coffee pot broke, we had to gather up enough money to buy a new one. Isnt that bad?? At least Sean (my fiancee) and I quit smoking.
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Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 12:36 am
I think it is too, simply because while it does have caffeine anything else it has is added by the drinker, and you would be hard pressed to add enough sugar to equal what is in the average 12 oz can of soda.
Edit: Yeah, it's hard when things like that happen and you just don't have the money for it to happen in the first place. I'm picky about my coffee, I really only like it when I make it, and I only make it in the french press I got for Christmas hella days ago. When the glass part of my french press broke though, I was so upset. But luckily Al found me a replacement glass part so I didn't have to buy a whole new thingy. It was still pretty up there, but not as much as the whole french press.
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Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 6:58 pm
I agree, I am the only one who can prepare my own moose.
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Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 7:03 pm
oh man...i have a friend nicknamed moose...this is so sketchy.....XD
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Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 10:18 pm
Dsay, don't hurt me. I nick named her moose when we were teens. Her family began to buy her moose things. For that I am deeply and truely sorry, moosey.
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Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 6:50 pm
yeah, im the moose in question lol, at least i know im popular!!
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Dsay Valentine Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 11:39 pm
It's your own fault for being awesome. You have no one but yourself to blame.
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