The ladies pause for tea

[Fairfield]

I subscribe to a blog entitled "Maine and the Civil War"; one of today's stories was about a train from Gettysburg that was carrying doctors and nurses of the Maine Soldiers Relief Association and the Maine Camp Hospital Association that seems to have been bogged down in the town of Hanover, PA. Undeterred, Nurse Sarah Sampson did what any woman would do at that time: she brewed tea. Turning her trunk into a makeshift tea table, she served the heartening brew to the medical personnel; she also served crackers and cookies to the soldiers who were guarding the train station. A spot of civilized behavior in the midst of chaos.

The full story is: https://maineatwar.bdnblogs.com/2021/04/14/a-spot-of-tea-dispels-the-post-gettysburg-dark/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+bangordailynews/maineatwar+(BDN+Blogs:+Maine+at+War)

 

[DBF]

How nice to see a story of "tea" in the "Ladies Tea" - you have to love this description on the benefits of a cup of hot tea;

"Their tummies warmed by the hot tea, cookies, and crackers, the passengers stirred into activity."

 

[Fairfield]

How nice to see a story of "tea" in the "Ladies Tea" - you have to love this description on the benefits of a cup of hot tea;

"Their tummies warmed by the hot tea, cookies, and crackers, the passengers stirred into activity."

Perhaps not only the benefits of a cup of tea but the touch of some kind of normalness. They had just come from Gettysburg: they were absolutely exhausted and (almost certainly) heart-sick. The reminder of the way life had been brought a hope that it could be that way again--if they just held on.

 

[donna]

Wonderful story. Tea is good for your nerves and is calming.

 

[Seduzal]

Wonderful story. Tea is good for your nerves and is calming.

Sorry but the only time that I drink Tea is when I am sick and in bed. Hot tea with honey in it..

 

[Fairfield]

Sorry but the only time that I drink Tea is when I am sick and in bed. Hot tea with honey in it..

You may be drinking the wrong tea--the kind that you can only consume when you are too weak to protest.

If its from a tea bag, try loose tea. If its a genteel blend, try a heartier type. You might also try "silvering" it (that is, adding milk--or even cream). Give tea another chance--you're probably been missing out!

 

[DaveBrt]

One of my hobbies, when I was in the Navy, was to buy a variety of local teas in each country I visited. My wife and I enjoyed probably 30 different teas during those years. While I still enjoy tea (hot and without anything else in it), my wife is a coffee drinker -- and I rarely spend the time to brew a pot when she has already made the coffee.

 

[Fairfield]

One of my hobbies, when I was in the Navy, was to buy a variety of local teas in each country I visited. My wife and I enjoyed probably 30 different teas during those years. While I still enjoy tea (hot and without anything else in it), my wife is a coffee drinker -- and I rarely spend the time to brew a pot when she has already made the coffee.

I drink both. I've often said that should my heart be opened, the word caffeine would be inscribed (shades of Queen Elizabeth and Calais) . Yes, a cup of good, black coffee is wonderful--but when one needs bucking up, there is nothing like a mug of brewed Halmari with cream!

 

[Mrs. V]

Well, I am home "sick"..actually recovering from surgery, so I've been drinking tea as an alternative to the extra water I am drinking. And it does warm you up after having the ice-pack on!