http://www.girldetective.net/?p=103 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Tue, 12 May 2026 06:17:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=103&cpage=1#comment-784 Girl Detective Wed, 02 Mar 2005 20:03:14 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=103#comment-784 I can only imagine that the need for such a thing is magnified in places with little sun. We're lucky here in MN. It may be cold, but the sun usually shines. We're partial to tea cups rather than mugs, usually, ever since I realized that they have a physical advantage over mugs--they let the tea cool sooner, since there's greater surface area and a shallower volume. But yesterday we used mugs, because I'd picked up stroopwaffels at the grocery. They are maple waffle cookies that you set over the mug of steeping tea, making them warm and gooey. Yum. I can only imagine that the need for such a thing is magnified in places with little sun. We’re lucky here in MN. It may be cold, but the sun usually shines. We’re partial to tea cups rather than mugs, usually, ever since I realized that they have a physical advantage over mugs–they let the tea cool sooner, since there’s greater surface area and a shallower volume. But yesterday we used mugs, because I’d picked up stroopwaffels at the grocery. They are maple waffle cookies that you set over the mug of steeping tea, making them warm and gooey. Yum.

]]> http://www.girldetective.net/?p=103&cpage=1#comment-779 pek Wed, 02 Mar 2005 13:00:05 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=103#comment-779 we do this in our household too. we call it 'a mug up' which is derived from a similar tradition our friends from Alaska share. we do this in our household too. we call it ‘a mug up’ which is derived from a similar tradition our friends from Alaska share.

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