Spokane, WA Real Estate:For Anglophiles

The English Connection of Jeannette Karis

I am originally from Southampton, Hampshire in the UK, a port on the south coast where the Titanic sailed from. Just prior to moving to the US I was living in the Oxford area. There is an expression an Englishman's home is his castle and sometimes that's a fact! Can you guess which house I grew up in? The majority of home construction in Britain is with brick or stone depending on the availability of local materials. Food Finds A variety of English foods are available in Spokane. My latest discovery is Cadbury's easter creme and caramel eggs at Freddie Myer, Global Market, Cost Plus on Division & Francis, a veritable cornucopiae of good food among other things. Items spied there recently include, Birds Custard, Marmite, a variety of English teas and biscuits, pate, shortbreads and on and on. Other finds include clotted cream at Pleasant Blends at 9301 N. Division in the strip mall by Rosauers, AI bold & spicy is very similar to HP sauce, pasty (made in Canada) in Yoke's (Indian Trail), sausage rolls (Tidymans called savory roll), Cadburys chocolate, Colmans mustard, (Safeway), Jaffa cakes, Jacobs Cream Crackers, Christmas puddings (TJ Max)and Christmas crackers (TJ Max). If you have a food find let me know. send email to Jeannette Karis There is a distributor of English food in the Spokane area, A Taste of Britain, PO Box 1623, Airway Heights, WA 99001 BBC America has a website with info on the Royal Family Instructions for a Great Cup of Tea First boiling water is poured into the teapot so that it is well heated ie warm the pot. This water is discarded, tea is added to the pot (1 spoon per person and 1 for the pot) and more boiling water is added. The tea must stand for a few minutes before pouring. Serve with milk and sugar. When tea is left for an extended length of time in the pot the taste deteriorates and is described as "stewed". With more delicately flavored China teas a slice of lemon may be preferred instead of milk and sugar.

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