Years ago, I visited Germany and was amazed that a good deal of the country drank soft drinks at room temperature. When I was visiting Berlin, we went out to an Italian restaurant for dinner. I had a heck of a time making the waiter understand that I wanted tap water with ice in it! He looked at me like I had suddenly sprouted another head. :-)
I got the same reaction in London when I requested iced water at breakfast. The staff got used to the request and began bringing a pitcher of iced water every morning. kate ----- Original Message ----- From: Penny Ladnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, August 19, 2007 1:17 am Subject: Re: [h-cost] ironing washed linen and misc. To: Historical Costume <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Thank you Linda for the Robert Doyle source. I don't think my > mother had a > frig when she was growing up. Her mother was very old-fashioned, so > I am > curious for her response. > > My mother visits us for two months every year. Last year, she > taught me how > to starch the 1950s petticoats and dollies. Oh, how I hated > wearing those > scratchy petticoats when I was little. But the starching dollies > stiff > really works! Mom said that the dollies with special designs like > ripples > will stand up for six months. And the ones we starched did. She > said > during the six months when they get dusty just pick them up and > shake them. > I did this and they keep their form! > > I also liked the frig history webpage you recommended. Thank > goodness for > the frost-free frig! Boy, I hated to defrost the frig and freezer > when I > was a kid! It was my chore. > > This is way off topic but it deals with the ice... > I am hooked on the Modern Marvels show this summer. This week one > episode > was about the history of tea. It was really interesting. They > quoted that > the U.S. is the only country that drinks tea with ice. Why is the > U.S. the > only one? Who came up with the idea of drinking tea with ice? Our > family > has been discussing this all week. We are serious ice tea > drinkers. My > last trip to England, I visited some of my costumer friends. I was > dying > for ice tea. I asked them if I could make some. I wish I had a > video > camera for their reaction while watching my son and me drink a half > gallon > of ice in a few hours. They just thought that we were destroying > the art of > drinking tea. My husband declares the Mason/Dixon line is in > Fredericksburg, > VA. He is a real Southern Gent and needs to have his sweet ice tea > with > lunch and dinner. When we travel to DC, the last place he can get > sweet tea > is Fredericksburg. And we hear him gripe if we eat a meal in DC > because of > the unsweet tea. I kept waiting in the Modern Marvel show for them > to > discuss the ice tea history. But they never did. > > Penny Ladnier, > Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites > www.costumegallery.com > www.costumelibrary.com > www.costumeclassroom.com > www.costumeencyclopedia.com > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
