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Wed Jun-02-04 12:56 PM
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| 11. The whole "milk in first" thing |
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Can't remember where I read this, but putting milk in first is/was considered a very lower-class thing to do. It's a working-class habit because for so long working-class folks couldn't afford chinaware that would withstand the shock of having hot tea hit it suddenly--they tempered it by pouring in the milk first. That wasn't a problem for the upper crust, who had only the finest china. (With or without hand-painted periwinkles!)
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