| On those iced tea orders, specify everything to a T
Now that a dining companion has taken to ordering iced tea "60-40" -- the desired ratio of sweet to unsweet -- and not been shot, I've decided there's no excuse for anything but clear communication between diner and server about tea. Not to mention everything else. So I appreciated a recent thread on a food Web site about missing modifiers -- words that servers should volunteer for clarity or that diners should ask further about, to be sure. People complained about ordering "tea" and not getting what they wanted. Some wanted plain and got fruit-flavored; some wanted sweet and got unsweet, some wanted hot and got cold (no, they weren't from around here). So whose responsibility is this? Everyone's, in an ideal world. But barring that, I'd break it down this way: • Diners should specify sweet or unsweet or hot when they expect basic and ubiquitous orange pekoe (which is a form of black tea: think Lipton).
It's Not Too Late to Help Hospice
THERE is still time to enter a novel competition to help hospice earn some much-needed cash. Long-time hospice supporter Dilmah Tea has offered to top up its annual onpack donation by another $5000, to $30,000, providing the public shares its favourite way to enjoy Dilmah. There is no limitation to how Dilmah is enjoyed - be it in the usual way in a cup, or in a recipe, as a cocktail or even as a remedy for puffy eyes. Hospice needs as many ideas as possible before World Hospice Day on Saturday, October 6. .
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