Fenwick wrote:wmfinck wrote:I do not think it a sin to have a beer, and I do - preferring something German or Belgian. No BudweiserCoorsMiller here!
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I doubt wine would be mentioned so positively throughout the bible if alcohol was prohibited. My reason for abstaining is because I've never liked the idea of diminished self-control in public. For someone with unpopular worldviews that seems risky.
Bingo, I've been there done that, had a couple too many and then started in on the jews, blacks, illegals, etc. Not wise around some people, but, my family being from the South usually agrees with me. It's just the liberal daughter I can't be myself around.
As for coffee, well maybe it's the people who are shaking violently with withdrawl every morning who should knock it on the head. I didn't grow up in a culture that drank coffee so it's another thing I wanted to avoid any dependency on. I just need to work on reducing my sugar intake...
Doc dexed me with hypothyroidism last year, when I got home and started researching it I found out caffeine was not suggested to drink, and, I drank two pots a day. I also read caffeine can make your wrists ache, like carpal tunnel, and my wrists ached all the time.
I switched to half decaf and half coffee until I got over the withdrawals, which mostly were massive headaches. Then I went 100% decaf, I feel better and my wrists stopped hurting quickly.
Hunter wrote: I gotta be careful with green tea, though, because it'll give me nausea if I steep it for too long - I think its too many of the tannins that get drawn out of the tea leaves from over steeping. It doesn't seem to happen to the same degree with black tea, but I prefer milk and sugar in the black, anyhow, which offsets the bitter taste of the tannins..
I just can't get down green tea, and I know it's good for you, but the taste deters me.
Green tea only needs about a minute of steeping, and with water that's not fully boiled. Otherwise it can end up tasting like boiled peas. Black tea I'd use boiling water and steep for two minutes.
The main issue I find with people making their tea too bitter is that the ones using teabags tend to squeeze the bag like they're wringing out a dishcloth, which forces out too much of the tannins. They'd be better off letting it infuse on its own and just fishing it out at the end.