Yesterday our neighbor gave us a bag of fresh organic produce. (yum!) It was full of spinach, and swiss chard, and parsley. Then there was this bundle of herb that I hadn't seen before. I sniffed it... AH! It must be meadow tea! We are in the middle of Amish country. So, I text my mother in law (yes, Katie, if you're reading this, I am totally throwing you under the bus... lol) a picture of the mystery herb and she concurred, it must be meadow tea.
I was elated! Just my luck! Meadow tea on Kevin's birthday! It's his favorite! So I carefully boiled water, steeped the tea, and added sugar. (This was, after all, my first meadow tea attempt) Then I proudly carried a glass down to Kevin who was grilling asparagus and pork chops. He took a gulp, and I anxiously awaited his verdict. He looked at me, grinned his Lapp grin and said, "This is not meadow tea."
How could this not be meadow tea? All those break cleaner fumes must have gotten to his head. So we went upstairs, and he smelled the herb I had just steeped. "It smells like pizza" he said. So I got down my jar of oregano.... we compared. Bingo. I had made oregano tea.
My goal for this weekend: go buy some legit meadow tea leaves from the amish stand down the road so I can make him some real meadow tea.
LOL! I can't believe after drinking oregano tea, he was grinning! I would have been gagging I think! :) We LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE meadow tea.
ReplyDeleteahhh Kelly that's hilarious! "it smells like pizza" haha ... now i'm thirsty for meadow tea though, mmm.
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