Real English Conversation - British Culture Afternoon Tea

In today's episode, we are going to talk about a very British tradition

En el episodio de hoy, vamos a hablar sobre una tradición muy británica

- afternoon tea, and I'm very happy to be joined by my very good friend, Charlie.

: el té de la tarde, y estoy muy feliz de que me acompañe mi muy buen amigo, Charlie.

Hello!

¡Hola!

Hello.

Thank you very much for having me.

Hola.

Muchas gracias por recibirme.

You're welcome.

De nada.

I'm really, really pleased that you've decided to join me today.

Estoy muy, muy contento de que hayas decidido unirte a mí hoy.

So, Charlie, how do you feel about afternoon tea?

Entonces, Charlie, ¿cómo te sientes acerca del té de la tarde?

Well, food in general is probably my favourite topic to talk about, and

Bueno, la comida en general es probablemente mi tema favorito para hablar, y el

afternoon tea, I like it very much.

té de la tarde me gusta mucho.

Um, I suppose it's one of those things that I don't have...

Um, supongo que es una de esas cosas que no tengo...

it's a treat for me.

es un placer para mí.

And it's something that perhaps me and a family friend will do

Y es algo que tal vez un amigo de la familia y yo haremos

on a birthday or like I say, is a special treat rather than it being

en un cumpleaños o, como digo, es un regalo especial en lugar de ser

something that I do regularly at home.

algo que hago regularmente en casa.

Um, but I have to say that life has got rather boring for me because

Um, pero tengo que decir que la vida se ha vuelto bastante aburrida para mí porque

I try not to eat too much refined sugar, trying to be healthy.

trato de no comer demasiada azúcar refinada, tratando de estar saludable.

So, that does change afternoon tea a little bit for me.

Entonces, eso cambia un poco el té de la tarde para mí.

Um, but the joy of afternoon tea is that it's not all about the cakes.

Um, pero la alegría del té de la tarde es que no se trata solo de pasteles.

Well, that brings me very, um, nicely onto what afternoon tea actually

Bueno, eso me lleva muy, eh, muy bien a lo que realmente consiste el té

consists of because some people may never have experienced this tradition.

de la tarde porque algunas personas pueden nunca haber experimentado esta tradición.

So, afternoon tea, as the name suggests, obviously has tea as a-- a main component,

Entonces, el té de la tarde, como sugiere el nombre, obviamente tiene té como componente principal,

but it also consists of sandwiches and scones, and pastries or cakes.

pero también consiste en sándwiches y bollos, y pasteles o tartas.

So, let's start with the origins of afternoon tea.

Entonces, comencemos con los orígenes del té de la tarde.

It actually started back in the 1840s with the Duchess of Bedford,

De hecho, comenzó en la década de 1840 con la duquesa de Bedford,

Anna, I believe her name was.

Anna, creo que se llamaba.

She was hungry between lunch and dinner.

Tuvo hambre entre el almuerzo y la cena.

And so, she asked for some sandwiches and some, some cakes, some pastries to be

Y así, ella pidió que le

brought to her and she enjoyed doing this.

trajeran algunos sándwiches y algunos, algunos pasteles, algunos pasteles y disfrutó haciéndolo.

So, she did it again and again, and eventually Queen Victoria dropped in.

Entonces, lo hizo una y otra vez, y finalmente la Reina Victoria se dejó caer.

She would obviously working in high circles back then, um, back

Obviamente, trabajaría en círculos altos en ese entonces, um, en ese

then as if she still survives now.

entonces como si todavía sobreviviera ahora.

Queen Victoria joined her and this then became a tradition because once

La Reina Victoria se unió a ella y esto luego se convirtió en una tradición porque una vez que

the Queen does something, at least in the past, everyone took note.

la Reina hace algo, al menos en el pasado, todos tomaban nota.

So, sandwiches.

Entonces, sándwiches.

Now the sandwiches of an afternoon tea are quite delicate.

Ahora bien, los bocadillos de un té de la tarde son bastante delicados.

Uh, as far as I know, you tend to cut off the crusts and if you are having afternoon

Uh, hasta donde yo sé, tiendes a cortar las cortezas y si estás tomando el

tea in a restaurant or a hotel, they actually serve them as little rectangles.

té de la tarde en un restaurante o en un hotel, en realidad las sirven como pequeños rectángulos.

Is that your experience?

¿Es esa tu experiencia?

That's true.

Eso es cierto.

Yeah.

Crusts cut off and they're meant to be like finger sandwiches.

Sí.

Las cortezas se cortan y están destinados a ser como sándwiches de dedo.

So, it's also meant to be very delicate, very dainty and something that you can

Por lo tanto, también debe ser muy delicado, muy delicado y algo que puedas

hold with one hand and eat in a very ladylike fashion without necessarily

sostener con una mano y comer como una dama sin necesariamente

spilling the contents down your lap or getting your face or fingers all mucky.

derramar el contenido en tu regazo o ensuciarte la cara o los dedos.

Absolutely.

Absolutamente.

Because one thing we haven't mentioned is the afternoon tea really

Porque una cosa que no hemos mencionado es que el té de la tarde realmente

now is a social thing, isn't it?

ahora es algo social, ¿no es así?

It's about spending time with your friends and family, or

Se trata de pasar tiempo con tus amigos y familiares, o

maybe even, uh, a business event.

tal vez incluso, eh, un evento de negocios.

So, you might take your clients out for afternoon tea to discuss business.

Por lo tanto, puede llevar a sus clientes a tomar el té de la tarde para hablar de negocios.

So, you don't want to be there with a mouthful, two hands on your

Por lo tanto, usted no quiere estar allí con un bocado, con las dos manos en su

sandwich, having a mouthful of food and then trying to discuss things.

sándwich, con un bocado de comida y luego tratando de discutir las cosas.

So, all very dainty, very light.

Entonces, todo muy delicado, muy ligero.

Um, savoury part to the afternoon tea.

Um, la parte salada del té de la tarde.

And also because you're gonna have dinner afterwards as well, right?

Y también porque vas a cenar después también, ¿no?

So not eating crust.

Así que no comer corteza.

I mean, that just makes me think of what my mum always used to say

Quiero decir, eso me hace pensar en lo que mi madre siempre solía decir

is that you have to eat your crust because crust make your hair curly.

es que tienes que comer tu corteza porque la corteza hace que tu cabello se encrespe.

Have you heard that?

¿Has oído eso?

I've heard that, or that you'll get hair on your chest.

Escuché eso, o que te saldrán pelos en el pecho.

Oh...

Oh...

If you eat the crust.

Si te comes la corteza.

If you do or you don't?

¿Si lo haces o no?

If you do!

¡Si lo haces!

If you do, you'll get hairs on your chest?

Si lo haces, ¿te saldrán pelos en el pecho?

Yeah. I'm sure I've heard that before.

Sí. Estoy seguro de que he oído eso antes.

I obviously recognise that that was a load of rubbish.

Obviamente reconozco que eso fue un montón de basura.

So, I enjoyed the crust.

Entonces, disfruté la corteza.

I think I'd prefer the crust more than any other part of the bread, to be honest.

Creo que preferiría la corteza más que cualquier otra parte del pan, para ser honesto.

Really?

¿En serio?

Yeah.

Especially if it's, um, like I love the end of the bread as well.

Sí.

Especialmente si es, um, como si también me encantara el final del pan.

I know that's quite controversial.

Sé que eso es bastante controvertido.

Usually people, you know, fight for not having that, the end of the bread,

Por lo general, la gente, ya sabes, lucha por no tener eso, el final del pan,

but I, I like the end of the bread and yeah, a really crusty crust.

pero a mí me gusta el final del pan y sí, una corteza realmente crujiente.

Do you know what the end of the bread is called?

¿Sabes cómo se llama el final del pan?

It has a name?

Tiene un nombre?

I only found this out recently.

Me enteré de esto recientemente.

No?

It's called the heel, the heel of the bread.

¿No?

Se llama el talón, el talón del pan.

I think I've got that right.

Creo que tengo ese derecho.

I'm sure my listeners will now be Googling, “The end of the bread.

Estoy seguro de que mis oyentes ahora estarán buscando en Google, “El final del pan.

Is it called the heel?”

¿Se llama talón?

But yeah, I think it's called the heel.

Pero sí, creo que se llama el talón.

Okay.

Um, yeah, I only have that.

Bueno.

Um, sí, solo tengo eso.

If we are running low on bread and I'm desperate for toast or

Si nos estamos quedando sin pan y estoy desesperado por una tostada o

a sandwich, then I'll have it.

un sándwich, lo tendré.

If that's all there is.

Si eso es todo lo que hay.

But otherwise...

Pero por lo demás...

It also tends to be thicker.

También tiende a ser más grueso.

It tends to be thicker than the rest of the bread.

Suele ser más grueso que el resto del pan.

And I am someone who loves the thick piece of bread.

Y yo soy de los que le encanta el trozo de pan grueso.

I remember my family always used to-- laugh at me and still remind me of

Recuerdo que mi familia siempre se reía de mí y todavía me recuerda

this, of me, of this to this day.

esto, a mí, a esto hasta el día de hoy.

That when I was a little girl, I was a little bit overweight when I was

Que cuando era niña, tenía un poco de sobrepeso cuando era

younger and partly because I loved bread and butter and we would get unsliced

más joven y en parte porque me encantaba el pan y la mantequilla y comprábamos

bread and so I would come in and try and cut myself a slice of bread, and

pan sin rebanar y entonces entraba e intentaba cortarme una rebanada de pan, y

it would start at the top, like a-- a proper slice, you know, quite thin.

eso comenzaría en la parte superior, como una... una rebanada adecuada, ya sabes, bastante delgada.

And then it would just get thicker and thicker and thicker.

Y luego se volvería más y más grueso y más grueso.

Like a wedge.

Como una cuña.

A wedge.

Un trozo.

We used to call it a doorstop, and then I'd put butter on it and I was happy.

Solíamos llamarlo tope de puerta, y luego le ponía mantequilla y estaba feliz.

In heaven.

En el cielo.

Absolutely.

Absolutamente.

In bread heaven.

En el cielo del pan.

Bread heaven, white bread, butter..

Cielo de pan, pan blanco, mantequilla...

Wow!

..massive wedge.

¡Guau!

.. cuña masiva.

Very happy.

Muy feliz.

Do you eat much bread now?

¿Comes mucho pan ahora?

No.

No.

I think in order to, in order to maintain a weight, I suppose I recognise that

Creo que para, para mantener un peso, supongo que reconozco que

for me, and this is purely personal, bread, I, I can't enjoy too much bread.

para mí, y esto es puramente personal, pan, yo, yo no puedo disfrutar demasiado pan.

I love it.

Me encanta.

And I have it again as a special treat, but I do enjoy gluten free bread.

Y lo tengo nuevamente como un regalo especial, pero disfruto el pan sin gluten.

Mm-hmm.

There are so many varieties out there, actually that brown bread.

Mm-hmm. Hay tantas variedades por ahí, en realidad ese pan integral.

Uh, so I don't allow myself to have too much, but when I do have it, I am reminded

Uh, así que no me permito tener demasiado, pero cuando lo tengo, recuerdo

of, yeah, good times when I was younger.

, sí, los buenos tiempos cuando era más joven.

So, if you are enjoying afternoon tea, what kind of, uh, filling

Entonces, si está disfrutando del té de la tarde, ¿qué tipo de relleno

would you expect in a sandwich?

esperaría en un sándwich?

So generally you can expect things..

Entonces, en general, puede esperar cosas ...

It depends on where you are going, but usually you'd have,

Depende de a dónde vaya, pero generalmente tendría, ¿

was it salmon and cream cheese?

salmón y queso crema?

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

You'd have maybe egg mayonnaise, cucumber sandwiches.

Quizá tendrías mayonesa de huevo, sándwiches de pepino.

Oh, cucumber sandwiches.

Oh, sándwiches de pepino.

Cucumber sandwiches.

Sándwiches de pepino.

It sounds, it sounds so wrong, but it's so good.

Suena, suena tan mal, pero es tan bueno.

Mm-hmm

Mm-hmm

But you've gotta have them fresh.

Pero tienes que tenerlos frescos.

You've gotta have them at the time that you're making them 'cause

Tienes que tenerlos en el momento en que los estás haciendo porque de

otherwise the liquid, the, the moisture from the cucumber gets into

lo contrario el líquido, la humedad del pepino se mete en

the bread and it makes it soggy.

el pan y lo empapa.

And we don't want..

Y no queremos...

Yeah. We don't want soggy sandwiches.

Sí. No queremos sándwiches empapados.

We don't want soggy sandwiches.

No queremos sándwiches empapados.

Coronation chicken.

Pollo adobado.

That's another one I've seen quite a few times.

Ese es otro que he visto bastantes veces.

Yeah, that's kind of like a curried chicken, isn't it?

Sí, eso es como un pollo al curry, ¿no?

That was actually invented for the Queen's coronation.

Eso en realidad fue inventado para la coronación de la Reina.

Yeah.

Yeah, absolutely.

Sí.

Si absolutamente.

With apricots in it.

Con albaricoques en ella.

Dried apricots – it's delicious.

Albaricoques secos – es delicioso.

I'm a vegetarian, but I can still enjoy it with fake chicken.

Soy vegetariano, pero aún puedo disfrutarlo con pollo falso.

But yeah, so delicious.

Pero sí, tan delicioso.

It's definitely worth a try.

Definitivamente vale la pena intentarlo.

Yeah, and prawn mayonnaise.

Sí, y mayonesa de gambas.

Of course. Yep.

Por supuesto. Sí.

Prawn mayonnaise. Yeah.

And with the egg, you mentioned egg mayonnaise.

Mayonesa de gambas. Sí. Y con el huevo, mencionaste mayonesa de huevo.

And that could be like egg and cress.

Y eso podría ser como huevo y berro.

Yeah.

It would be egg mayonnaise with crest or egg mayonnaise with tomato sometimes.

Sí. Sería mayonesa de huevo con cresta o mayonesa de huevo con tomate a veces.

Yeah.

Sí.

Yeah.

And then you might have a ham and mustard.

Sí.

Y luego podrías tener jamón y mostaza.

Just basic, straightforward or a cheese sandwich.

Simplemente básico, sencillo o un sándwich de queso.

Cheese sandwich.

Sándwich de queso.

Cheese and tomato.

But again, it's I suppose it's also making sure that same with the egg, you've got

Queso y tomate.

Pero nuevamente, supongo que también se está asegurando de que lo mismo con el huevo, tienes

to have the mayonnaise and things like that to make sure that binds together.

que tener la mayonesa y cosas así para asegurarte de que se unan.

So, again, when you're eating it, it's not all falling out all over your lap.

Entonces, nuevamente, cuando lo estás comiendo, no todo se cae sobre tu regazo.

No.

Now thinking about cucumber sandwiches.

No.

Ahora pensando en sándwiches de pepino.

I for a very short time, I don't know if you know this, Charlie,

Yo por muy poco tiempo, no sé si lo sabes, Charlie,

I worked at Buckingham Palace.

trabajé en el Palacio de Buckingham.

I didn't know that.

no sabia eso

You didn't know this?

¿No sabías esto?

So, this was actually after we were at uni together.

Entonces, esto fue en realidad después de que estuviéramos juntos en la universidad.

And when I first moved to London, I was very poor.

Y cuando me mudé a Londres por primera vez, era muy pobre.

I'd been a student for years and had no savings – moved to

Había sido estudiante durante años y no tenía ahorros; me mudé a

London to come and do my masters.

Londres para venir a hacer mi maestría.

And I just took all the work that was available to me which involved

Y acabo de tomar todo el trabajo que estaba disponible para mí que involucraba

you know, doing waiting on jobs.

, ya sabes, hacer trabajos de espera.

So, being a waitress and, and a hostess and things like this.

Entonces, ser camarera y anfitriona y cosas así.

And I ended up working for a company that supplied the waitstaff

Y terminé trabajando para una empresa que proporcionaba los camareros

for the Queen's Garden Parties.

para las Fiestas en el Jardín de la Reina.

Wow!

So, I spent a summer serving, you know, some very important people in

¡Guau!

Entonces, pasé un verano sirviendo, ya sabes, a algunas personas muy importantes en

the in Buckingham Palace Gardens, and they served cucumber sandwiches

los Jardines del Palacio de Buckingham, y servían sándwiches de pepino

there and it had like a mint, kind of like, like dressing on it as well.

allí y tenían como una menta, como un aderezo también.

It was absolutely delicious.

Fue absolutamente delicioso.

And the thing with cucumber sandwiches is they have to be on white bread.

Y lo que pasa con los sándwiches de pepino es que tienen que estar en pan blanco.

It's definitely a white bread sandwich.

Definitivamente es un sándwich de pan blanco.

Well, at least that's how the Queen has it.

Bueno, al menos así lo tiene la Reina.

Really?

Yeah, yeah.

¿En serio?

Sí, sí.

And it was so structured as well for the Queen when she would come out they'd

Y también estaba tan estructurado para la Reina cuando salía que

be saying right, “The Queen will appear at the door at 12:05.” so, that's when

decían bien: "La Reina aparecerá en la puerta a las 12:05". Entonces , ahí es cuando

the tea must the-- the pots must be boiled, and then she will make her way

el té debe... las ollas deben hervirse, y luego ella se abrirá paso

through the crowd talking to people.

entre la multitud hablando con la gente.

“And by 12:13 she'll be taking her seat,” and this is when her tea bag

“Y a las 12:13 ella estará tomando su asiento”, y aquí es cuando su bolsita de té

must go in and it must sit in her in her tea cup for I don’t know.

debe entrar y debe sentarse en su taza de té porque no sé.

She probably didn't have bags actually I didn't prepare her

Probablemente no tenía bolsitas, en realidad yo no le preparé el

tea, but it was very rigid.

té, pero era muy rígido.

The schedule for serving her tea and-- and food.

El horario para servirle el té y... y la comida.

Wow.

So, yes, that's what I think of when I think of cucumber sandwiches, is royalty.

Guau.

Entonces, sí, eso es lo que pienso cuando pienso en sándwiches de pepino, es realeza.

Yeah, it's definitely seen as a very posh, you know, people would

Sí, definitivamente se ve como muy elegante, ya sabes, la gente

say, “Well, that's quite posh.”

diría: "Bueno, eso es bastante elegante".

Yeah.

Cucumber sandwiches.

Sí.

Sándwiches de pepino.

Yeah.

And you take the skin off the cucumber, don't you?

Sí. Y le quitas la piel al pepino, ¿no?

So that's Yeah, at least that's how we did it there.

Entonces eso es Sí, al menos así lo hicimos allí.

And moving on after our little selection of sandwiches, you move on to the next

Y después de nuestra pequeña selección de sándwiches, pasas a la siguiente

part, which is ‘scone’, or ‘scone’?

parte, que es 'scone' o 'scone'.

There's a lot of controversy about how you pronounce this word.

Hay mucha controversia sobre cómo se pronuncia esta palabra.

Is it ‘scone’?

¿Es 'bollo'?

Or is it ‘scone’?

¿O es 'scone'?

How do you pronounce it?

¿Como se pronuncia?

Well, to be honest with you, I think I've said it both ways, several

Bueno, para ser honesto contigo, creo que lo he dicho en ambos sentidos, varias

times in my life, but I think ‘scone’ is what I tend to go with.

veces en mi vida, pero creo que 'scone' es lo que tiendo a elegir.

Mm-hum.

Mm-hum.

Yeah.

From what I'm told that is the majority rule.

Sí.

Por lo que me han dicho, esa es la regla de la mayoría.

So, the majority of people do say ‘scone’ and that's considered the most

Entonces, la mayoría de la gente dice 'scone' y esa se considera la

correct way to say it, but some people do, say ‘scone’, and that's okay, too.

forma más correcta de decirlo, pero algunas personas dicen 'scone', y eso también está bien.

Now, with your ‘scone’, you will have jam and cream.

Ahora, con tu 'scone', tendrás mermelada y nata.

That's the custom, you can't have a scone without jam and cream.

Esa es la costumbre, no puedes comer un bollo sin mermelada y crema.

But the question is, in what order?

Pero la pregunta es, ¿en qué orden?

Do you put the jam and cream onto your scone?

¿Le pones mermelada y crema a tu bollo?

It's definitely different, isn't it?

Definitivamente es diferente, ¿no?

Is it Devon and Cornwall, they're the ones that determine, you know,

¿Son Devon y Cornwall, ellos son los que determinan, ya sabes,

some will say in Devon, it's one way in Cornwall, it's the other?

algunos dirán en Devon, es una forma en Cornwall, es la otra?

And I don't know the answer to that.

Y no sé la respuesta a eso.

But I would probably say, I don't have the cream, I have to say.

Pero probablemente diría, no tengo la crema, tengo que decir.

But if I was, I’d probably put that on first because it's like the butter.

Pero si lo fuera, probablemente lo pondría primero porque es como la mantequilla.

Right?

¿Derecha? Y en un sándwich le pones primero la mantequilla y luego la nata.

And you put the butter on a sandwich first and then the cream.

So, that's what, that's what I would do.

Entonces, eso es lo que, eso es lo que haría.

But I think it's personal preference.

Pero creo que es una preferencia personal.

I'm really impressed that you know about the Devon and the Cornwall thing there.

Estoy realmente impresionado de que sepas lo de Devon y Cornualles.

But um, the answer to your question is Devon, they say that you

Pero um, la respuesta a tu pregunta es Devon, dicen que

should put the cream on first.

primero debes ponerte la crema.

So, anyone in Devon would suggest cream goes first and then jam goes on last.

Entonces, cualquier persona en Devon sugeriría que la crema se ponga primero y luego la mermelada se ponga al final.

But if you're in Cornwall, they say that the jam goes on first

Pero si estás en Cornualles, dicen que primero se pone la mermelada

and the cream goes on afterwards.

y después la crema.

I think I'm like you.

Creo que soy como tú.

I think I’d put the cream on and then the jam.

Creo que le pondría la nata y luego la mermelada.

Yeah.

Sí.

Yeah.

Do you spread it or do you use a spoon?

Sí.

¿Lo untas o usas una cuchara?

I use a spoon.

Yo uso una cuchara.

Yeah.

But then I do flatten it out with the spoon.

Sí.

Pero luego lo aplano con la cuchara.

So, it's not too messy.

Entonces, no es demasiado desordenado.

It's funny because I don't like cream.

Es gracioso porque no me gusta la crema.

And I will not have cream with anything else.

Y no voy a tener crema con nada más.

It has to be a part of the scone.

Tiene que ser parte del bollo.

Yeah, okay.

Si, vale.

Yeah.

Sí.

Yes. see I'm just a jam, straight jam...

Sí. Mira, solo soy una mermelada, mermelada pura...

And the scone has to have raisins.

Y el bollo tiene que tener pasas.

It has to have raisins none of the plain...

Tiene que tener pasas nada del llano...

A fruit scone.

Un bollo de frutas.

None of the plain stuff.

Nada de cosas sencillas.

Yeah.

So, you can have a fruit scone, which’s got raisins, currents in it or a savoury

Sí.

Entonces, puede tener un bollo de frutas, que tiene pasas, corrientes en él o un

scone, I think it's referred to if it isn’t-- if it isn't a fruit scone.

bollo salado, creo que se refiere si no lo es, si no es un bollo de frutas.

It's a savoury scone.

Es un bollo salado.

Or you have cheese scone.

O tienes bollo de queso.

Oh, I've never had....

Oh, nunca he tenido...

Oh. Yeah.

There's scones with cheese now.

Oh. Sí. Ahora hay bollos con queso.

So, what do you do with those put butter on them?

Entonces, ¿qué haces con esos que les ponen mantequilla?

Butter or you can have a-- a sort of cream cheese and chive spread.

Mantequilla o puedes tener una especie de crema de queso y cebollino para untar.

Oh, very nice.

Oh, muy bien.

And do you like your scone warm?

¿Y te gusta tu bollo caliente?

I do.

Hago.

Yes.

Sí.

Yeah.

I mean, I will accept a cold scone.

Sí.

Quiero decir, aceptaré un bollo frío.

But if it can be warmed – delicious.

Pero si se puede calentar, delicioso.

Yeah, 'cause they can be quite dry I think it can dry your mouth out.

Sí, porque pueden estar bastante secos, creo que te pueden secar la boca.

But if they're warm, it's-- they're just a bit softer and they melt

Pero si están tibios, son... son un poco más suaves y se derriten

a little bit more in your mouth.

un poco más en la boca.

Yeah.

Sí.

I'm getting hungry now.

Estoy teniendo hambre ahora.

I know me too.

Yo también me conozco.

So, after that, if you're not completely full by this point, then you're going

Entonces, después de eso, si no está completamente lleno en este punto, entonces

to move onto the cake or the pastries.

pasará a la torta o los pasteles.

I think traditionally it was just cake.

Creo que tradicionalmente era solo pastel.

So, you'd have a Victoria sponge.

Entonces, tendrías una esponja Victoria.

If it was summertime.

Si fuera verano.

And you'd have a fruit cake some form of fruitcake if it was wintertime.

Y tendrías un pastel de frutas, algún tipo de pastel de frutas si fuera invierno.

But from experience when you go and have afternoon tea these days, they

Pero por experiencia, cuando vas a tomar el té de la tarde en estos días,

will have a selection, a variety of all sorts of different pastries or

tienen una selección, una variedad de todo tipo de pasteles o

cakes and they're usually quite small little delicate things very beautiful.

tortas diferentes y generalmente son cositas muy pequeñas, delicadas y muy hermosas.

Very hard to finish at all.

Muy difícil de terminar en absoluto.

So, I always need a doggy bag to take away the leftovers.

Entonces, siempre necesito una bolsa para perros para llevarme las sobras.

It's funny that it's called a doggy bag, for those of you listening who

Es divertido que se llame doggy bag, para aquellos de ustedes que escuchan y

have no idea what I'm talking about.

no tienen idea de lo que estoy hablando.

If you're eating at a restaurant, or a cafe and you haven't finished your

Si está comiendo en un restaurante o en una cafetería y no ha terminado su

food, but you-- you're done and you need to go because you're full or

comida, pero ha terminado y necesita ir porque está lleno o

because time is pressing, you can ask for a doggy bag and this means that

porque el tiempo apremia, puede pedir una doggy bag y esto significa que

they'll take the food and place it into a takeaway box or bag so that you can

tomarán la comida y la colocarán en una caja o bolsa para llevar para que puedas

take it home and finish it off later.

llevártela a casa y terminarla más tarde.

And it's called a doggy bag but it's not for dogs.

Y se llama doggy bag pero no es para perros.

No, and it makes it sound horrible.

No, y lo hace sonar horrible.

I know.

Lo sé.

But it's a very nice thing.

Pero es algo muy bonito.

Very nice thing, because the food is so delicious.

Cosa muy agradable, porque la comida es tan deliciosa.

And sometimes it's even better the next day or cold.

Y a veces es aún mejor al día siguiente o frío.

And plus, you don't feel like you're insulting the restaurant

Y además, no sientes que estás insultando al restaurante

by not finishing your meal.

al no terminar tu comida.

Yeah, absolutely.

Si absolutamente.

And usually, you pay a lot of money for-- for the afternoon tea, so

Y por lo general, pagas mucho dinero por el té de la tarde, así

you don't want to waste anything.

que no quieres desperdiciar nada.

But do you have...

Pero tienes...

you're a really good baker actually, aren't you?

eres realmente un buen panadero, ¿no?

You bake your own cakes?

¿Horneas tus propios pasteles?

I do.

Hago.

I like baking, I wouldn't say I'm great.

Me gusta hornear, no diría que soy genial.

There are some things that I'm better at than other things.

Hay algunas cosas en las que soy mejor que otras.

I feel like I'm known for my Christmas cake.

Siento que soy conocido por mi pastel de Navidad.

And I have orders now, at...

Y tengo pedidos ahora, en...

as I'm coming up to Christmas, people put their orders in for my Christmas

cuando me acerco a la Navidad, la gente hace sus pedidos para mi

cake, which is a very heavy fruit cake, with then a layer of marzipan

pastel de Navidad, que es un pastel de frutas muy pesado, con una capa de mazapán

and a layer of icing over the top

y una capa de glaseado sobre el encima

of that.

But with a very special ingredient.

de eso.

Pero con un ingrediente muy especial.

Yes, brandy.

Sí, brandy.

There's quite a little bit of..

Hay un poco de...

and I think that's probably why mine is so popular is because I'm a little

y creo que esa es probablemente la razón por la que la mía es tan popular porque soy un poco

heavy handed with the branding.

torpe con la marca.

So, you're not allowed to drive, when you have a slice of my Christmas cake?

Entonces, ¿no puedes conducir cuando tienes un trozo de mi pastel de Navidad?

So, I really enjoy making that.

Entonces, realmente disfruto hacer eso.

Sponge?

¿Esponja?

I'm not so bad with.

No soy tan malo con.

Meringues?

Merengues?

I've never mastered the art of meringues.

Nunca he dominado el arte de los merengues.

Ever.

Alguna vez.

Really?

What do they do?

¿En serio?

¿Qué hacen?

They just end up sticky or not rising properly?

¿Simplemente terminan pegajosos o no suben correctamente?

Burning them!

¡Quemándolos!

Oh!

Just yeah, not—not-- but I think out of cooking and baking, so making more

¡Vaya! Solo sí, no, no, pero pienso en cocinar y hornear, así que hago más

savoury things and baking sweet stuff.

cosas saladas y horneo cosas dulces.

I definitely prefer the sweet stuff.

Definitivamente prefiero las cosas dulces.

I think it's my decoration at the end that perhaps is a little lacking.

Creo que es mi decoración al final la que quizás falta un poco.

The taste-- the flavour’s, good.

El sabor... el sabor, bueno.

The decoration...

La decoración...

I remember I tried one year to make my sister a cake.

Recuerdo que un año intenté hacerle una torta a mi hermana.

And I was going to decorate it like Hansel and Gretel.

Y lo iba a decorar como Hansel y Gretel.

And so, what I wanted was to make a roof out of cereal.

Entonces, lo que yo quería era hacer un techo de cereal.

So, say like Weetabix or shredded wheat or something to make

Entonces, digamos como Weetabix o trigo triturado o algo así para

it look like a thatched roof.

que parezca un techo de paja.

Then I was going to have sweets, around the window frames all of these things.

Luego iba a tener dulces, alrededor de los marcos de las ventanas todas estas cosas.

And I had this perfect idea in my head, what it was going to look like.

Y tenía esta idea perfecta en mi cabeza, cómo iba a ser.

And it looked nothing like that.

Y no se parecía en nada.

The cereal kept on falling off the roof.

El cereal siguió cayendo del techo.

Oh, no.

Oh, no.

Yeah.

And just everything that I had in mind.

Sí.

Y todo lo que tenía en mente.

You know, it just it looked like a mess.

Ya sabes, parecía un desastre.

It looked like an absolute mess.

Parecía un desastre absoluto.

So..

But tasted good?

Entonces... ¿

Pero sabía bien?

It tasted good.

Sabía bien.

Yes.

Sí.

So, we enjoyed the taste.

Entonces, disfrutamos el sabor.

And Harriet sort of raved about how good it tasted.

Y Harriet se entusiasmó con lo bien que sabía.

But there were no photos of it.

Pero no había fotos de eso.

Oh bless.

Bendito sea.

I I made Jacob's, my son Jacob's first birthday cake, because he

Hice el primer pastel de cumpleaños de Jacob, mi hijo Jacob, porque

has a dairy allergy, as you know.

tiene alergia a los lácteos, como saben.

And I wanted to make the most delicious cake.

Y quería hacer el pastel más delicioso.

But because of the dairy allergy, I had to, I think I used

Pero debido a la alergia a los lácteos, tuve que hacerlo, creo que usé

banana to bind it or something.

plátano para unirlo o algo así.

And-- I put it in the oven and the instruction said you need to put a

Y... Lo puse en el horno y las instrucciones decían que necesitabas ponerle un

knife into it when the time is done.

cuchillo cuando el tiempo haya terminado.

And then if the knife comes out clean, it means the cake

Y luego, si el cuchillo sale limpio, significa que el pastel

is cooked all the way through.

está completamente cocido.

So...

I know where this is going, I know where this is going.

Entonces... sé a dónde va esto, sé a dónde va esto.

Okay.

Bueno. Seguí metiendo el cuchillo y sacándolo.

I kept putting the knife in and pulling it out.

And then it kept coming out sticky.

Y luego siguió saliendo pegajoso.

And I was like, “Oh no!” So, I kept putting it back in the oven for a little

Y yo estaba como, "¡Oh, no!" Entonces, seguí volviendo a ponerlo en el horno por un poco

more time, a little more time until eventually it had been in the oven for

más de tiempo, un poco más de tiempo hasta que finalmente estuvo en el horno el

twice as long as its original bake time.

doble de su tiempo de horneado original.

And I thought this can't be right.

Y pensé que esto no puede estar bien.

And it was starting to go black and hard around the outside.

Y estaba empezando a ponerse negro y duro por fuera.

So, I thought this is just burning.

Entonces, pensé que esto solo se estaba quemando.

So, I took it out and I cut it in half.

Así que lo saqué y lo corté por la mitad.

And I let some cool and I tried some and it was it was delicious.

Y dejé enfriar un poco y probé un poco y estaba delicioso.

And then I realised the reason it was sticky is because of the banana.

Y luego me di cuenta de que la razón por la que estaba pegajoso era por el plátano.

And it was always going to be sticky.

Y siempre iba a ser pegajoso.

But I'd now burnt the entire cake.

Pero ahora había quemado todo el pastel.

So, what I had to do was like carve a wedge off the top and off the sides just

Entonces, lo que tuve que hacer fue tallar una cuña en la parte superior y en los lados solo

to save the softer stuff on the inside.

para guardar las cosas más blandas en el interior.

And then I think I used green icing to decorate it because , or green you know

Y luego creo que usé glaseado verde para decorarlo porque, o verde, ya sabes,

the kind of softer not the hard icing.

el tipo de glaseado más suave, no el duro.

Oh.

Vaya.

You know, like you mix with butter, but I'm used like a ma-- yeah, it was a mess.

Ya sabes, como si lo mezclaras con mantequilla, pero estoy acostumbrado como un ma-- sí, fue un desastre.

It was a mess.

And so, I bought a cake to go alongside it for the guests.

Fue un desastre.

Y así, compré un pastel para acompañarlo para los invitados.

And lo and behold, hardly anyone tried my cake.

Y he aquí, casi nadie probó mi pastel.

Oh, I would have tried it.

Oh, lo hubiera intentado.

I love banana cake and actually not eating sugar.

Me encanta el pastel de plátano y en realidad no comer azúcar.

Bananas naturally sweeten the cake without adding any sugar in it – amazing.

Los plátanos endulzan naturalmente el pastel sin agregar azúcar, increíble.

Yeah.

Plus, you know-- and you can hide a multitude of sins with

Sí.

Además, ya sabes, y puedes ocultar una multitud de pecados con

icing so I would have tried it.

glaseado, así que lo habría probado.

Oh, thank you.

Oh gracias.

I tell you what is great, actually, that we've recently discovered is putting

Te digo lo que es genial, en realidad, que hemos descubierto recientemente es poner

a mashed banana in your porridge.

un puré de plátano en tu papilla.

Have you ever done that?

¿Alguna vez has hecho eso?

No.

Yeah, it's great.

No.

Sí, es genial.

When you're cooking the porridge mash up a banana.

Cuando estés cocinando las gachas, tritura un plátano.

Throw it in, mix it in as you're warming the porridge through and

Tíralo, mézclalo mientras calientas la papilla y

it just is absolutely amazing.

es absolutamente increíble.

We did it once just by chance the other day 'cause we always experiment

Lo hicimos una vez por casualidad el otro día porque siempre experimentamos

with flavours of our porridge.

con los sabores de nuestra papilla.

And now I don't like porridge without a banana mashed into it.

Y ahora no me gustan las gachas sin puré de plátano.

It's lovely.

Es encantador.

Plus it's a good

Además, es bueno

thing to do with bananas that are going quite brown.

hacerlo con plátanos que se están poniendo bastante marrones.

Yeah.

You know when on-- if you [were] just to cut it up it would be a bit...

Sí.

Sabes cuando está en-- si [fueras] solo para cortarlo sería un poco...

gross

asqueroso

Yeah.

But, mashing up is great.

Sí.

Pero, machacar es genial.

The other thing you can try as well is mashing a banana

La otra cosa que puedes probar también es machacar un plátano

with an egg and frying it.

con un huevo y freírlo.

As a pancake.

Como un panqueque.

That's really good too.

Eso es muy bueno también.

Yeah, yeah, we do that sometimes.

Sí, sí, hacemos eso a veces.

We tend to have very messy breakfasts, lots of cooking and mixing goes on.

Tendemos a tener desayunos muy desordenados, se cocina y se mezcla mucho.

Anyway, we're digressing.

De todos modos, estamos divagando.

Let me pull us back.

Déjame tirar de nosotros hacia atrás.

And to the most important part of afternoon tea, which is – tea, of course.

Y a la parte más importante del té de la tarde, que es el té, por supuesto.

Now, some people will serve Earl Grey and, in most places, you would

Ahora, algunas personas servirán Earl Grey y, en la mayoría de los lugares,

also expect English breakfast tea.

también esperaría té de desayuno inglés.

But what do you like English breakfast or Earl Grey?

Pero, ¿qué te gusta el desayuno inglés o Earl Grey?

I am definitely an English breakfast or builder's tea kind of girl.

Definitivamente soy una chica del tipo desayuno inglés o té del constructor.

I do like Earl Grey but I just feel it a little bit too fragrant for me.

Me gusta Earl Grey, pero lo siento un poco demasiado fragante para mí.

I-- Yeah.

Yo-- Sí.

English breakfast all the way.

Desayuno inglés todo el camino.

Yeah.

Sí.

Absolutely.

Yeah.

Absolutamente.

Sí.

English breakfast is definitely the most commonly consumed tea in the UK.

El desayuno inglés es definitivamente el té más consumido en el Reino Unido.

It's funny you said builder’s tea because when people say builder's tea to me,

Es gracioso que hayas dicho té de construcción porque cuando la gente me dice té de construcción,

I think about how strong the tea is.

pienso en lo fuerte que es el té.

A builder's tea is when the tea bag has been in for a very long time and

Un té de construcción es cuando la bolsa de té ha estado dentro durante mucho tiempo y

it's almost like the spoon is standing up on its own because it's so thick.

es casi como si la cuchara se mantuviera de pie por sí sola porque es muy gruesa.

Well then that's not me 'cause I like my tea quite milky.

Bueno, entonces ese no soy yo porque me gusta mi té bastante lechoso.

Right.

Derecha.

Yes, I know we have a friend who - it was..

Sí, sé que tenemos una amiga que - era...

it’s from Yorkshire, a mutual friend, and I remember getting into a lot of

es de Yorkshire, una amiga en común, y recuerdo haber tenido muchos

trouble with her once because when we went to the theatre together, we were

problemas con ella una vez porque cuando íbamos juntas al teatro,

going to share a cup of tea 'cause we didn't have time to have one each.

íbamos a compartir una taza . de té porque no tuvimos tiempo de tomar uno cada uno.

And you know those little packets of milk, you can get, the little

Y sabes, esos paquetitos de leche que puedes conseguir, los

pots that-- that come sealed.

potitos que... que vienen sellados.

I put the whole thing in.

Puse todo dentro.

I put, you know, this whole tiny little pot of milk into the tea.

Puse, ya sabes, toda esta pequeña tetera de leche en el té.

She went crazy at me.

Ella se volvió loca conmigo.

She was so cross with me because typically up north in Yorkshire they like their tea

Estaba tan enfadada conmigo porque normalmente en el norte de Yorkshire les gusta el té

like builder's tea – very, very strong.

como el té del constructor, muy, muy fuerte.

And I-- It wasn't even strong and like weak enough for me.

Y yo... Ni siquiera fue lo suficientemente fuerte y débil para mí.

But my-- she got really crossed with me so I vowed never to share a

Pero mi-- ella realmente se enojó conmigo así que prometí no volver a compartir una

cup of tea with anyone ever again.

taza de té con nadie nunca más.

But, it’s-- it is personal preference, isn’t it?

Pero, es... es una preferencia personal, ¿no?

Everyone likes their tea differently.

A todos les gusta su té de manera diferente.

I don't like my tea bag to stay in the cup for too long once the water’s in

No me gusta que mi bolsita de té permanezca en la taza por mucho tiempo una vez que el agua está adentro

because I don't like it strong at all.

porque no me gusta nada fuerte.

I can taste when the tea bag has been in for too long.

Puedo saborear cuando la bolsita de té ha estado dentro por mucho tiempo.

Um, if the tea bag stays in for a very long time we call the tea stewed.

Um, si la bolsa de té permanece por mucho tiempo, llamamos al té guisado.

So, if the tea is stewed then for me, it's quite bitter.

Entonces, si el té está guisado, para mí es bastante amargo.

And in fact, there's a brand of tea called Yorkshire tea.

Y de hecho, existe una marca de té llamada Yorkshire tea.

So, we have things like PG Tips, Tetley Tea and Yorkshire tea.

Entonces, tenemos cosas como PG Tips, Tetley Tea y Yorkshire tea.

And Tetley Tea tends to be naturally stronger, they might use a different

Y Tetley Tea tiende a ser naturalmente más fuerte, pueden usar un

type of tea leaf or maybe they put more tea in the bag, but it is a

tipo diferente de hoja de té o tal vez ponen más té en la bolsa, pero es un

stronger tasting tea, isn't it?

té de sabor más fuerte, ¿no es así?

Um, but when you're having afternoon tea, they tend not to use tea bags.

Um, pero cuando estás tomando el té de la tarde, tienden a no usar bolsitas de té.

If you're somewhere really posh, they'll have loose leaf tea.

Si estás en un lugar realmente elegante, tendrán té de hojas sueltas.

And this is where it's not in a bag.

Y aquí es donde no está en una bolsa.

It's, um, well what is it?

Es, um, bueno, ¿qué es?

It's like in a strainer, isn't it, that you-- you put the loose

Es como en un colador, ¿no es así? Pones las

leaves into a strainer and you pour the water through the strainer.

hojas sueltas en un colador y viertes el agua a través del colador.

Yeah, so the loose-leaf herb, the tea, is put into the tea, but

Sí, la hierba de hojas sueltas, el té, se pone en el té, pero

into the tea pot with the water.

en la tetera con el agua.

And then you have your tea cup and you take this strainer that you place

Y luego tienes tu taza de té y tomas este colador que colocas

over your tea cup then you pour your tea and then the water obviously goes

sobre tu taza de té, luego viertes tu té y luego el agua obviamente pasa

through the strainer into your cup and then the loose leaf, the tea, is

a través del colador hacia tu taza y luego la hoja suelta, el té, queda

then caught in a strainer, but you have to make sure that you definitely

atrapada en un colador, pero tienes que asegurarte de

do that because there is nothing worse than taking a mouthful of tea

hacerlo porque no hay nada peor que tomar un trago de té y

realising that the loose, the herb, the loose-leaf tea is still in the cup and..

darte cuenta de que el té suelto, la hierba, las hojas sueltas todavía están en la taza y...

Floating around.

flotando.

Yeah, that's not.

Sí, eso no es.

That's not good.

Eso no es bueno.

Not nice.

Yeah.

No está bien.

Sí.

When you accidentally split a bag..

Cuando accidentalmente divides una bolsa...

Oh, yeah.

...when making yourself a cup of tea.

Oh, sí.

...al prepararte una taza de té.

That's just not nice.

Eso no es agradable.

It's very upsetting.

Es muy molesto.

Yeah.

Sí.

Now, um, some people like to have milk, obviously, you'd like a lot of milk.

Ahora, um, a algunas personas les gusta tomar leche, obviamente, te gustaría mucha leche.

So, you'd have milk in your milk jug, and then you'll have a little bowl of sugar.

Entonces, tendrías leche en tu jarra de leche, y luego tendrás un pequeño tazón de azúcar.

I'm assuming you don't have sugar in your tea..?

¿Asumo que no tienes azúcar en tu té...?

I don't have sugar.

no tengo azucar

No you can have sugar or sugar cubes.

No, puedes tener azúcar o terrones de azúcar.

That's always cute and they give you that ,little the metal tongs to take

Eso siempre es lindo y te dan esas pequeñas pinzas de metal para sacar

your cubes out of the little sugar pot and then plop it into your tea.

los cubos de la pequeña olla de azúcar y luego echarlos en tu té.

Yeah...

So yes, and in some places, they might say, “One lump or two?”

Sí...

Entonces sí, y en algunos lugares, podrían decir: "¿Un bulto o dos?"

Yeah.

Sí.

So, it could be a lump of sugar, a lump of sugar or a cube of sugar.

Entonces, podría ser un terrón de azúcar, un terrón de azúcar o un terrón de azúcar.

Yeah.

Sí.

Um, I don't have sugar either.

Um, yo tampoco tengo azúcar.

We're both quite healthy in that respect.

Los dos estamos bastante sanos en ese sentido.

Now, we actually both worked in the same place, didn't we?

Ahora, en realidad ambos trabajamos en el mismo lugar, ¿no?

We both worked as the dental receptionist for a dentist in London when we when

Ambos trabajábamos como recepcionista dental para un dentista en Londres cuando

we both lived in central London, which I always think it's quite unusual.

ambos vivíamos en el centro de Londres, lo cual siempre pienso que es bastante inusual.

I think you maybe put me onto the job when you were leaving?

Creo que tal vez me pusiste en el trabajo cuando te ibas.

Yeah, I think so.

Sí, eso creo.

Yeah.

Sí.

But I think when you work in a dental setting, you can't help but

Pero creo que cuando trabajas en un entorno dental, no puedes evitar

become hyper aware of what things are really good for your teeth and

volverte hiperconsciente de qué cosas son realmente buenas para tus dientes y qué cosas

what's really not good for your teeth.

realmente no son buenas para tus dientes.

Yeah, plus, you get bad looks from the from staff and the dentist,

Sí, además, recibes malas miradas del personal y del dentista,

if you're sitting there eating sweets or chocolate or something.

si estás sentado allí comiendo dulces o chocolate o algo así.

Yeah, yeah, absolutely.

Sí, sí, absolutamente.

So, some people might have lemon in their tea.

Entonces, algunas personas pueden tener limón en su té.

Have you ever experienced afternoon tea, where they brought out

¿Alguna vez has experimentado el té de la tarde, donde trajeron

slices of lemon for you to have?

rodajas de limón para que las comieras?

That's usually with an Earl Grey.

Eso suele ser con un Earl Grey.

Right.

Derecha.

So, I think-- I don't know-- I don't know if it's more or less common, but

Entonces, creo... no sé... no sé si es más o menos común, pero

usually you would have Earl Grey tea without milk, and a slice of lemon in it.

por lo general tomarías té Earl Grey sin leche y una rodaja de limón.

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

I've had it, it's refreshing.

Lo he tenido, es refrescante.

It's nice.

Es agradable.

But I think I'm programmed to think sort of tea should have milk.

Pero creo que estoy programado para pensar que el tipo de té debe tener leche.

Apart for I do like a peppermint tea, or, or a green tea, so I

Aparte de que me gusta un té de menta o un té verde, así

wouldn't have milk in those.

que no tendría leche en esos.

Mm-hmm.

But, but I'm not a fan of Earl Grey with lemon.

Mm-hmm.

Pero, pero no soy fan de Earl Grey con limón.

No.

No.

Peppermint Tea is my bedtime drink.

El té de menta es mi bebida antes de acostarme.

So, once I've got the children to sleep, we try not to eat after six o'clock.

Entonces, una vez que tengo a los niños a dormir, tratamos de no comer después de las seis.

So, we eat dinner with the children between 4:30 and 6:00.

Entonces, cenamos con los niños entre las 4:30 y las 6:00.

And then we take the children up and start the bedtime routine.

Y luego levantamos a los niños y comenzamos la rutina de la hora de acostarse.

And I tend to emerge at like 8:30 or 9 o'clock after they're down and then have

Y tiendo a salir como a las 8:30 o 9 en punto después de que están abajo y luego tomo

a cup of, a large cup of peppermint tea.

una taza de té de menta.

Just to, you know, have something soothing, but that's not got any fat or

Solo para, ya sabes, tener algo calmante, pero que no contenga grasas ni

calories in so that I'm kind of on this like, like this intermittent fasting.

calorías, así que estoy en este tipo de ayuno intermitente.

I need to get 14 hours of no, no calorie intake.

Necesito obtener 14 horas sin ingesta de calorías.

And that yeah, it's really nice.

Y eso sí, es muy agradable.

I love peppermint tea.

Fresh mint tea as well.

Me encanta el té de menta.

Té de menta fresca también.

That's quite nice.

Eso es bastante bueno.

I like having that when you're away.

Me gusta tener eso cuando estás fuera.

And they bring you the-- the peppermint tea, fresh mint tea.

Y te traen el té de menta, té de menta fresca.

And then when they pour it so like if you're in..

Y luego, cuando lo vierten como si estuvieras dentro...

I think it's Moroccan—the Moroccan thing, Turkey, where they lift the water up high.

Creo que es marroquí, la cosa marroquí, Turquía, donde levantan el agua muy alto.

They lift the teapot high as they're pouring the liquid into your cup.

Levantan la tetera en alto mientras vierten el líquido en tu taza.

It's seems

like aerates or something.

Parece

que se airea o algo así.

Yeah, but it's just so-- it's just very cool watching, you

Sí, pero es tan... es muy divertido verlo, ya

know, and that’s the tradition.

sabes, y esa es la tradición.

The way that they have their tea.

La forma en que toman el té.

It's very cool.

Es muy genial.

Yeah, yeah.

Sí, sí.

I did watch something yesterday about the etiquette of stirring your tea.

Vi algo ayer sobre la etiqueta de remover el té.

So, we tend to just turn our teaspoon in a circular motion.

Por lo tanto, tendemos a girar nuestra cucharadita con un movimiento circular.

But apparently, if you're following proper etiquette, very posh etiquette.

Pero aparentemente, si estás siguiendo la etiqueta adecuada, una etiqueta muy elegante.

I think you do something like 6/12.

Creo que haces algo como 6/12.

So, you're almost running the spoon across the cup rather than spinning it around.

Entonces, casi estás pasando la cuchara por la taza en lugar de girarla.

And that's supposed to be good to help the sugar dissolve and not to spill.

Y se supone que eso es bueno para ayudar a que el azúcar se disuelva y no se derrame.

I don’t know.

No sé.

Sounds unusual.

Suena inusual.

Then you have to take the spoon out and then glide it, like, along the rim of

Luego tienes que sacar la cuchara y luego deslizarla a lo largo del borde de

the cup in order to get rid of any drips.

la taza para deshacerte de cualquier goteo.

Right.

And then place the spoon on the saucer rather than just pull it out

Derecha.

Y luego coloque la cuchara en el platillo en lugar de simplemente sacarla

and drop it down onto the saucer obviously taking excess tea with you.

y dejarla caer sobre el platillo, obviamente llevándose el exceso de té.

You just slide it-- slide the-- the spoon along the the-- rim of the

Simplemente deslice... deslice la... la cuchara a lo largo del... borde de la

cup to get rid of those extra drips.

taza para deshacerse de esas gotas adicionales.

Place it down.

Colócalo abajo.

When you have a cup and saucer because it's not typical now in-- in a British

Cuando tienes una taza y un plato porque no es típico ahora en... en un

Home to drink tea with a cup and saucer.

hogar británico beber té con una taza y un plato.

We drink tea from a mug, which we just refer to as a cup.

Bebemos té de una taza, a la que simplemente nos referimos como una taza.

But it's a mug technically.

Pero es una taza técnicamente.

But when you do have a cup and saucer, do you hold the saucer

Pero cuando tienes una taza y un plato, ¿te

up to your-- to your face?

acercas el plato a la... frente a la cara?

Up to your chest and then lift the cup off the saucer so, you

Levanta la taza hasta tu pecho y luego levanta la taza del platillo para que

have it close in case of a drip?

la tengas cerca en caso de que gotee.

Or do you just lift the cup off the saucer leaving the saucer on the table?

¿O simplemente levantas la taza del plato y dejas el plato sobre la mesa?

It's really interesting actually.

Es muy interesante en realidad.

Now you're saying that, I think what I do, depending on who I'm with and where

Ahora que dices eso, creo que lo que hago, dependiendo de con quién estoy y dónde

I am will depend on my demeanour, do you know what I mean, and how I hold myself.

estoy, dependerá de mi comportamiento, ¿sabes a qué me refiero y cómo me comporto?

If I feel like I'm in a rather posh place, then I probably will-- I will

Si siento que estoy en un lugar bastante elegante, entonces probablemente... Cambiaré

change the way that I eat to be more...

la forma en que como para ser más...

Refined.

refinada.

More refined, more ladylike, shall we say?

Más refinado, más femenino, ¿digamos?

So, in that case, I probably would bring the saucer up as

Entonces, en ese caso, probablemente traería el platillo

well and-- and hold the, um...

también y... y sujetaría el, um...

Handle.

Handle, thank you, with my finger, fingertips and then

mango.

Manejar, gracias, con mi dedo, yemas de los dedos y luego

bring it up to my mouth.

acercarlo a mi boca.

And then...

Pinky?

Y luego...

¿Pinky?

Little pinky showing?

¿Pequeño dedo meñique mostrando?

No, apparently you shouldn't do that apparently.

No, aparentemente no deberías hacer eso aparentemente.

I know.

It’s the opposite yeah, of what you think it means, but yeah.

Lo sé.

Es lo contrario sí, de lo que crees que significa, pero sí.

So, I do that I do do that.

Entonces, hago eso, hago eso.

But if I'm with friends, or I'm just having a coffee somewhere and they

Pero si estoy con amigos, o simplemente estoy tomando un café en algún lugar y me lo

brought it to me in a cup and saucer then I will probably even stick my fingers

trajeron en una taza y un platillo, entonces probablemente incluso mete los dedos

through the handle, grab the mug or grab the cup and then drink it that way.

por el asa, agarro la taza o agarro la taza y luego bebo. de esa manera.

So, it completely depends on where I am.

Entonces, depende completamente de dónde estoy.

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

And what I'm doing and what’s expected of me.

Y lo que estoy haciendo y lo que se espera de mí.

Yeah, what version of yourself you're portraying to the world?

Sí, ¿qué versión de ti mismo estás mostrando al mundo?

Yeah, absolutely.

Si absolutamente.

Yeah.

I'm not trying to be not myself but I just recognise in certain

Sí. No estoy tratando de no ser yo mismo, pero solo reconozco en ciertos

places and situations, there should be a level of like they say the

lugares y situaciones, debe haber un nivel de como dicen las

etiquette and things like that.

etiquetas y cosas así.

Mm-hmm. And a--

There's an expectation of behaviour, isn't there?

Mm-hmm. Y a-- Hay una expectativa de comportamiento, ¿no?

Um, I think that the cup and saucer is ideal for holding a biscuit.

Um, creo que la taza y el platillo son ideales para sostener una galleta.

So, if you-- and actually particularly if you are not sat at a dining table if you

Entonces, si usted, y en realidad particularmente si no está sentado en una mesa de comedor, si

are maybe sitting on a lounger or a couch or in chairs, but there's no, maybe you

tal vez está sentado en una tumbona o en un sofá o en sillas, pero no hay, tal vez

just have a side table, but if you have-- if you're holding your-- your little

solo tenga una mesa auxiliar, pero si tiene... - si estás sosteniendo tu-- tu

saucer and you've got your little biscuit on the side, and then you can dunk your

platito y tienes tu galletita a un lado, y luego puedes sumergir tu

biscuit, if that's allowed, into your tea.

galleta, si eso está permitido, en tu té.

Did you see the Queen do it at Buckingham palace?

¿Viste a la Reina hacerlo en el Palacio de Buckingham?

Did she?

Oh, I thought you’re saying, “Did you see the Queen do it?” Oh,

¿Hizo ella?

Oh, pensé que estabas diciendo: "¿Viste a la Reina hacerlo?" Oh,

you're asking did I see the Queen?

estás preguntando si vi a la Reina?

No, I wasn't really able to watch the Queen eat and drink.

No, realmente no pude ver a la Reina comer y beber.

That was—she-- she would go to her own kind of marquee that was only she would

Eso era... ella... ella iría a su propio tipo de marquesina, solo que tendría

have special vetted servants, waiters and people to look after her and I

sirvientes, camareros y personas especiales para cuidarla y yo

was looking after people like Margaret Thatcher and other VIPs but not her.

estaba cuidando a personas como Margaret Thatcher y otros VIP, pero no a ella.

Okay.

So, I didn't see whether she dunks her biscuit.

Bueno.

Entonces, no vi si moja su galleta.

I'm sure she probably does in private.

Estoy seguro de que probablemente lo hace en privado.

Did Margaret?

Did Margaret Thatcher dunk a biscuit?

¿Margarita?

¿Margaret Thatcher mojó una galleta?

Well, we didn't serve biscuits with the tea.

Bueno, no servimos galletas con el té.

They had their-- they had their cucumber sandwiches and their-- their pastries.

Tenían sus... tenían sus sándwiches de pepino y sus... sus pasteles.

And maybe that's why.

Y tal vez por eso.

You can't dunk a pastry.

No puedes mojar un pastel.

That would just be messy.

Eso sería desordenado.

No, no.

No no.

That's too far, Anna, too far.

Eso es demasiado lejos, Anna, demasiado lejos.

Now afternoon tea, drink wise, obviously tea.

Ahora el té de la tarde, bebida sabia, obviamente té.

You would never really see people drink coffee.

Realmente nunca verías a la gente beber café.

But how about alcohol?

Pero, ¿y el alcohol?

Have you ever-- Have you ever drunk like champagne or some sort of

¿Alguna vez...? ¿Alguna vez has bebido champán o algún tipo de

sparkling wine with afternoon tea?

vino espumoso con el té de la tarde?

Yes!

¡Sí!

Yes, absolutely.

Si, absolutamente.

It's, oh, it's lovely.

Es, oh, es encantador.

It's because again, like I say it's often for a special occasion, a

Es porque de nuevo, como digo, a menudo es para una ocasión especial, un

birthday or something like that.

cumpleaños o algo así.

So, to have a glass of Prosecco.

Entonces, para tomar una copa de Prosecco.

Now, I'm maybe controversial, but I'm more of a Prosecco

Ahora, tal vez soy controvertido, pero soy más

fan than I am a champagne fan.

fanático de Prosecco que de champán.

So, yeah, a glass of Prosecco when you first sit down and that can be quite

Entonces, sí, una copa de Prosecco cuando te sientas por primera vez y eso también puede ser bastante

nice as well before the—sandwich-- the food comes out is to sit in enjoy a

agradable antes de que salga el sándwich, la comida es sentarse y disfrutar de una

glass of Prosecco first and have a ch....

copa de Prosecco primero y tener un ch ....

Loosen you up.

Relajarse levantate

Loosen me up.

Suéltame.

Absolutely.

Absolutamente.

Yes.

Sí.

I think they call it-- Is it high tea?

Creo que lo llaman... ¿Es merienda?

The different name when you have alcohol..

El nombre diferente cuando tienes alcohol...

Oh, right.

Ah, claro.

I mean, I've heard of high tea.

Quiero decir, he oído hablar del té.

But actually, that's something for me to look up.

Pero en realidad, eso es algo que debo buscar.

I don't know the difference.

No sé la diferencia.

Yeah, yeah.

Sí, sí.

You’re gonna have that idea of different versions.

Vas a tener esa idea de diferentes versiones.

Interesting, you mentioned about being controversial with Prosecco.

Interesante, mencionaste sobre ser controvertido con Prosecco.

But I think actually, Prosecco is everyone's go to in the UK,

Pero creo que en realidad, Prosecco es el favorito de todos en el Reino Unido,

because it's cheap-- it's cheaper.

porque es barato, es más barato.

And you know, unless you can afford to buy champagne on a whim and have

Y ya sabes, a menos que puedas permitirte comprar champán por capricho y tomarlo

that as part of your afternoon tea.

como parte de tu té de la tarde. El

Champagne is reserved for very special occasions, otherwise,

champán se reserva para ocasiones muy especiales, de lo contrario,

because it's so expensive.

porque es muy caro.

And actually, I think someone of an average palate, who doesn't taste

Y, de hecho, creo que alguien con un paladar promedio, que no se gana

wine for a living wouldn't really be able to tell the difference

la vida con el vino, no sería capaz de notar la diferencia

between champagne and Prosecco.

entre el champán y el Prosecco.

I might be saying something very controversial here.

Podría estar diciendo algo muy controvertido aquí.

But for most people Prosecco it hits the spot.

Pero para la mayoría de las personas, Prosecco da en el clavo.

It does the job.

Hace el trabajo.

Two very common phrases there.

Dos frases muy comunes allí.

And, um, yeah, it's much more affordable.

Y, um, sí, es mucho más asequible.

So, Prosecco all the way.

Entonces, Prosecco hasta el final.

And obviously, as we know, Prosecco from Italy and champagne from France.

Y obviamente, como sabemos, Prosecco de Italia y champagne de Francia.

But I always like to have a piece of fruit in my Prosecco.

Pero siempre me gusta tener una pieza de fruta en mi Prosecco.

So, a strawberry or raspberry just to offset the sharpness sometimes.

Entonces, una fresa o frambuesa solo para compensar la nitidez a veces.

Yeah.

I love it when the fruits been in there for a while and you finish a drink.

Sí.

Me encanta cuando las frutas han estado allí por un tiempo y te terminas un trago.

And then I'm very unladylike, and I grab a spoon or a fork, I scoop out the fruit

Y luego soy muy poco femenina, y agarro una cuchara o un tenedor, saco la fruta

or if no one's looking at use my finger to scoop the fruit out and then eat that.

o, si nadie está mirando, uso mi dedo para sacar la fruta y luego me la como.

Yeah. I use my fingers it all the way.

Sí. Uso mis dedos todo el camino.

Yeah, so our afternoon tea, obviously very yummy, very sweet.

Sí, entonces nuestro té de la tarde, obviamente muy delicioso, muy dulce.

And also because of the-- like the pomp and the-- the event that is

Y también debido a la... como la pompa y el... el evento que es el

afternoon tea, you have to have a very nicely presented table.

té de la tarde, tienes que tener una mesa muy bien presentada.

So, you would often have like a nice clean white tablecloth, which

Entonces, a menudo tendrías un buen mantel blanco limpio, lo cual

is always a worry with me because I tend to make a bit of a mess.

siempre es una preocupación para mí porque tiendo a ensuciar un poco.

And you might have a placemat or one of those large dining plates,

Y podrías tener un mantel individual o uno de esos platos grandes para comer,

and then your actual plate on top, which I never really understood, but

y luego tu plato real encima, lo cual nunca entendí realmente, pero

actually that large dining plate is acting like the placemat, isn't it?

en realidad ese plato grande para comer actúa como el mantel individual, ¿no es así?

And then you'll have your napkin which would be a cloth

Y luego tendrás tu servilleta, que sería una

napkin, not a paper napkin.

servilleta de tela, no una servilleta de papel.

And that will be nicely folded.

And that will be nicely folded.

It may be held with a napkin ring, which is just a ring of metal to hold it nicely.

It may be held with a napkin ring, which is just a ring of metal to hold it nicely.

My mum used to do the paper napkins but she would fold them in like a fan, you

My mum used to do the paper napkins but she would fold them in like a fan, you

know design and have it in the glass or put it out on the, on the plate.

know design and have it in the glass or put it out on the, on the plate.

I remember at Christmas or on Sunday lunches sitting there for ages folding

I remember at Christmas or on Sunday lunches sitting there for ages folding

all these napkins to make them into fans.

all these napkins to make them into fans.

That was always fun.

That was always fun.

I've never been round to yours and had a fan napkin I think I'm going to make

I've never been round to yours and had a fan napkin I think I'm going to make

sure that you did that from now on.

sure that you did that from now on.

Well, now the children are getting older I'm getting in control again,

Well, now the children are getting older I'm getting in control again,

and we can have nice meals once more.

and we can have nice meals once more.

And then we talked about these-- these cups and saucers, and it would

And then we talked about these-- these cups and saucers, and it would

be the best crockery would come out.

be the best crockery would come out.

It's the stuff that gathers dust in the cupboard most of the time.

It's the stuff that gathers dust in the cupboard most of the time.

But if you're hosting a meal or afternoon tea at home, then you'd

But if you're hosting a meal or afternoon tea at home, then you'd

get your fine china out of the cupboard, dust it off and show it off.

get your fine china out of the cupboard, dust it off and show it off.

And then it's always nice to offset everything with a

And then it's always nice to offset everything with a

bunch of flowers, isn't it?

bunch of flowers, isn't it?

I love flowers.

I love flowers.

Yeah, always, always got to have fresh flowers and fresh ones as well.

Yeah, always, always got to have fresh flowers and fresh ones as well.

Beautiful.

And I think people are going crazy now for table decorations.

Beautiful.

And I think people are going crazy now for table decorations.

I know that whenever I'm having a dinner party or having a party of any

I know that whenever I'm having a dinner party or having a party of any

description, I will pay particular attention to how I dress the table.

description, I will pay particular attention to how I dress the table.

Because I want it all to look just look really pretty and it to be

Because I want it all to look just look really pretty and it to be

part of the experience as well.

part of the experience as well.

And I think when you go to a restaurant or a special place to have an afternoon

And I think when you go to a restaurant or a special place to have an afternoon

tea, it-- it is part of the experience, is how the tables dressed and also how they

tea, it-- it is part of the experience, is how the tables dressed and also how they

deliver the food comes in tiers as well.

deliver the food comes in tiers as well.

You have plates for your sandwiches at the bottom.

You have plates for your sandwiches at the bottom.

And then the next tier tends to be the scones.

And then the next tier tends to be the scones.

Or nowadays you can have things like savoury muffins and things like that.

Or nowadays you can have things like savoury muffins and things like that.

So, well add an extra-- extra level so that, then you can

So, well add an extra-- extra level so that, then you can

have the cakes on top of that.

have the cakes on top of that.

And again, they come up beautifully presented and..

And again, they come up beautifully presented and..

Yeah.

These are called cake stands with multiple tiers.

Yeah.

These are called cake stands with multiple tiers.

So, you have the plates layered up on these lovely cake stands.

So, you have the plates layered up on these lovely cake stands.

Yeah.

Sí.

Yeah, fantastic.

Yeah, fantastic.

And you talked about, you know, different places that you

And you talked about, you know, different places that you

might experience afternoon tea.

might experience afternoon tea.

We've already spoken about restaurants.

We've already spoken about restaurants.

But some hotels also offer this experience as well.

But some hotels also offer this experience as well.

So, even if you're not staying at that hotel, you can book in

So, even if you're not staying at that hotel, you can book in

to go and have this experience of afternoon tea in their restaurant.

to go and have this experience of afternoon tea in their restaurant.

And notable places in London for those of you visiting the

And notable places in London for those of you visiting the

capital are Claridge’s, the Ritz, Selfridges, Harrods and the Savoy.

capital are Claridge's, the Ritz, Selfridges, Harrods and the Savoy.

So, these places do very posh, and probably very expensive afternoon tea.

So, these places do very posh, and probably very expensive afternoon tea.

Have you ever been to any of these places?

Have you ever been to any of these places?

Have I?

Have I?

I feel like I...

I feel like I...

Do you know, it's awful.

Do you know, it's awful.

I can't remember, I feel like I have been to one place, but I can't remember.

I can't remember, I feel like I have been to one place, but I can't remember.

The other thing to say is that you have to dress appropriately.

The other thing to say is that you have to dress appropriately.

If you go in jeans, and you're looking quite scruffy, they will

If you go in jeans, and you're looking quite scruffy, they will

turn you away, which I think in some sense, it's quite nice.

turn you away, which I think in some sense, it's quite nice.

Because I think it's nice to have a sense of occasion.

Because I think it's nice to have a sense of occasion.

And it's nice to make an effort and have standards and things like that.

And it's nice to make an effort and have standards and things like that.

So, I think I'm-- I'm a fan of that.

So, I think I'm-- I'm a fan of that.

So formal attire, or is it like semi formal?

So formal attire, or is it like semi formal?

Semi, semi formal, so you don't have to obviously go in a ball

Semi, semi formal, so you don't have to obviously go in a ball

gown and top hat and tails.

gown and top hat and tails.

But you'd have to wear nice trousers.

But you'd have to wear nice trousers.

And I think you can actually wear jeans but you know, smart ones, where you're,

And I think you can actually wear jeans but you know, smart ones, where you're,

they're tailored and you've got the rest of your outfit is put together.

they're tailored and you've got the rest of your outfit is put together.

So, you have to look presentable.

So, you have to look presentable.

Gosh!

Gosh! It can be embarrassing to be turned away, wouldn't it?

It can be embarrassing to be turned away, wouldn't it?

It would be.

It would be.

I think they do it very, I think my brother has been turned away.

I think they do it very, I think my brother has been turned away.

Oh, really?

Oh, really?

Yes.

Sí.

And I think they do it very nicely.

And I think they do it very nicely.

They're very kind about it, but they say perhaps it's not appropriate or do you

They're very kind about it, but they say perhaps it's not appropriate or do you

have something else and I think trainers you're not allowed to wear trainers.

have something else and I think trainers you're not allowed to wear trainers.

They may have changed things now but I know traditionally, and years ago

They may have changed things now but I know traditionally, and years ago

when I perhaps would have gone, you did have to present yourself accordingly.

when I perhaps would have gone, you did have to present yourself accordingly.

But one of the best places...

But one of the best places...

actually I'm gonna say two places that I've been to, the best for afternoon

actually I'm gonna say two places that I've been to, the best for afternoon

tea, and this will tell you a lot about me, you already know what I'm like,

tea, and this will tell you a lot about me, you already know what I'm like,

but my sister and I went to the place called Lady Dinah's Crazy Cat Emporium.

but my sister and I went to the place called Lady Dinah's Crazy Cat Emporium.

Right.

Where you have afternoon tea surrounded by cats.

Derecha.

Where you have afternoon tea surrounded by cats.

Now some people will be sitting there going that's very unsanitary and

Now some people will be sitting there going that's very unsanitary and

that sounds gross, but it's right up mine and my sister's street and

that sounds gross, but it's right up mine and my sister's street and

you walk in and you get a table.

you walk in and you get a table.

And then all around you is decorated purely for cats.

And then all around you is decorated purely for cats.

So, you'll have a tree in the middle of the room that has branches that the

So, you'll have a tree in the middle of the room that has branches that the

cats can walk along and then you've got loads of cat beds all over the place.

cats can walk along and then you've got loads of cat beds all over the place.

And I remember Harriet and I getting there and being all fussy about the cats

And I remember Harriet and I getting there and being all fussy about the cats

like, “Oh so cute!” and just wanting to stroke them all the rest of it.

like, “Oh so cute!” and just wanting to stroke them all the rest of it.

But then the food came out and we were like, right, forget the cats.

But then the food came out and we were like, right, forget the cats.

Let's concentrate on what's important.

Let's concentrate on what's important.

And it was a delicious afternoon tea, really delicious, not just because of

And it was a delicious afternoon tea, really delicious, not just because of

the cats, but the food was really yummy.

the cats, but the food was really yummy.

That's interesting.

That's interesting.

I wonder how much of your positive experience and the positive environment

I wonder how much of your positive experience and the positive environment

actually informed your tastebuds and your perception of the food because it

actually informed your tastebuds and your perception of the food because it

can be altered by you know, your mood and your experience of the surroundings.

can be altered by you know, your mood and your experience of the surroundings.

Yeah, this is-- this true, it's true, but I do think the sandwiches

Yeah, this is-- this true, it's true, but I do think the sandwiches

were extra specially delicious.

were extra specially delicious.

It also gave you a choice.

It also gave you a choice.

So, I think I chose all vegetarian options, and they had lovely

So, I think I chose all vegetarian options, and they had lovely

things that I've not had before, like sun-dried tomato and hummus.

things that I've not had before, like sun-dried tomato and hummus.

It was really, really yummy.

It was really, really yummy.

And they came in little rolls as well rather than just the slices of bread.

And they came in little rolls as well rather than just the slices of bread.

So, it's just a little bit different.

So, it's just a little bit different.

And I think we had a few more savoury-- savoury treats as

And I think we had a few more savoury-- savoury treats as

well, but it was really yummy.

well, but it was really yummy.

And then the other place that I went to was up north again,

And then the other place that I went to was up north again,

Yorkshire visiting a friend.

Yorkshire visiting a friend.

And the reason I think I like this afternoon tea because there was

And the reason I think I like this afternoon tea because there was

nothing delicate about it at all.

nothing delicate about it at all.

The sandwiches were full on huge sandwiches.

The sandwiches were full on huge sandwiches.

Like doorsteps.

Like doorsteps.

Yeah, you then got the choice of a quiche, or a pie.

Yeah, you then got the choice of a quiche, or a pie.

And then you had a slice of cake.

And then you had a slice of cake.

So, you absolutely needed a doggy bag by the end, but I just thought,

So, you absolutely needed a doggy bag by the end, but I just thought,

“Now I'm getting my money's worth.

“Now I'm getting my money's worth.

This is -- This is amazing.” But you certainly wouldn't

This is -- This is amazing.” But you certainly wouldn't

want your dinner afterwards.

want your dinner afterwards.

It wasn't afternoon tea in that sense.

It wasn't afternoon tea in that sense.

No.

No.

No.

No.

Well, I am certainly feeling hungry now after talking about all this food and

Well, I am certainly feeling hungry now after talking about all this food and

especially when you mentioned pie, because I am a northern girl at heart and you can

especially when you mentioned pie, because I am a northern girl at heart and you can

take me out of the North but when you-- when you bring up the subject of pie,

take me out of the North but when you-- when you bring up the subject of pie,

I just-- my stomach’s just like “Rrr.

I just-- my stomach's just like “Rrr.

Give me some pie.”

Give me some pie.”

What's your favourite?

What's your favourite?

What's your favourite pie?

What's your favourite pie?

Well, my-- Well, I mean I am-- what's the phrase I was a vegetarian.

Well, my-- Well, I mean I am-- what's the phrase I was a vegetarian.

And then I wasn't a vegetarian.

And then I wasn't a vegetarian.

And now I'm trying to be a vegetarian again, but taking small steps.

And now I'm trying to be a vegetarian again, but taking small steps.

So, I'm trying to cut out red meat for example, and any processed

So, I'm trying to cut out red meat for example, and any processed

meats like or smoked meats like bacon and hams and things like that.

meats like or smoked meats like bacon and hams and things like that.

So, just eat chicken and fish at the moment but phasing that out.

So, just eat chicken and fish at the moment but phasing that out.

But my favourite pie is like steak and ale pie, or meat and potato

But my favourite pie is like steak and ale pie, or meat and potato

which they don't do down here.

which they don't do down here.

We don't have meat and potato pies in the South.

We don't have meat and potato pies in the South.

But they, I think they're just really rich and filling pies.

But they, I think they're just really rich and filling pies.

I mean pies generally a quite, you know, filling they're

I mean pies generally a quite, you know, filling they're

quite comforting heavy meals.

quite comforting heavy meals.

But yeah, the-- the richness of, of a steak, steak and kidney or steak and ale

But yeah, the-- the richness of, of a steak, steak and kidney or steak and ale

pie with the gravy is just delicious.

pie with the gravy is just delicious.

They call it comfort food, don't they?

They call it comfort food, don't they?

Because it's traditionally something you'd have on a cold day to warm you up.

Because it's traditionally something you'd have on a cold day to warm you up.

And like you say, it's the hug in a food.

And like you say, it's the hug in a food.

You know, it's a way of feeling comforted as you said.

You know, it's a way of feeling comforted as you said.

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

Well, Charlie, thank you so much for joining me and talking to me about food

Well, Charlie, thank you so much for joining me and talking to me about food

and tea and in particular afternoon tea.

and tea and in particular afternoon tea.

We'll have to get together and do it together.

We'll have to get together and do it together.

Absolutely, definitely.

Absolutely, definitely.

Yeah, I'll take you to Lady Dinah's Crazy Cat Emporium.

Yeah, I'll take you to Lady Dinah's Crazy Cat Emporium.

I would love to go.

I would love to go.

I'd love to go.

I'd love to go.

I actually saw it on the news and, um, remember thinking how

I actually saw it on the news and, um, remember thinking how

wonderful an idea that was?

wonderful an idea that was?

So yeah, I'd love to do that.

So yeah, I'd love to do that.

We'll do that.

We'll do that.

Fantastic.

Fantastic.

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