[Sca-cooks] Chai, was Cardamom, was articles was fine spice powder

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Aug 12, 2009, at 1:00 PM, lilinah at earthlink.net wrote:

> Daniel Schneider <macbrighid at campus.ie> wrote:
>> you could make *lots* of chai
>
> OK, this is a *cooks* list, so i *have* to vent. Please don't take  
> this personally, Daniel. It's not you. It's the whole world that's  
> crazy, except me and probably nearly every South Asian.
>
> Chai means tea
> Chai only means tea.
> (as in the kind from Camellia sinensis)
>
> If someone means tea with spices (and usually sweetener and milk),  
> these days they generally mean "masala chai"
>
> Chai means tea.
> Chai only means tea.
>
> This recent usage in the US (and i assume some other places) is  
> driving me nuts.
>
> What drives me even nuttier is "Chai tea". It's reduplicative. It's  
> not really informative. It's like saying "hamburger hamburger"
>
> PLEASE, PLEASE - i'm not shouting, i'm begging, i'm pleading - if  
> someone means *spiced tea* say "spiced tea" or "masala chai". PLEASE  
> PLEASE do not just say "chai".
>
> Chai means tea.
> Chai only means tea.
>
> This culinary public service announcement brought to you by
> -- 
> Urtatim (that's err-tah-TEEM)
> the persona formerly known as Anahita
>
> and by the letters C, M, and T

Before our chai tea, can we have sushi with rice, and maybe something  
with a nice Caesar Dressing, oh, and definitely something with Alfredo  
Sauce?

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