The "This Might Be A Stupid Question, But...." Thread

[Betelnut]

...what is this and what would you call it? Trying to sell it online but haven't got a clue how to describe it!

The picture is too small to tell.

[camlan]

...what is this and what would you call it? Trying to sell it online but haven't got a clue how to describe it!

Could you post a larger picture, and maybe a few more from different angles? I can't tell anything from the picture you have. Or maybe describe it a bit, what it is made of, measurements, that sort of thing.

[pwy a wyr]

Umm, I can try. It took me a while to figure out how to get this far. May have to pose another stupid question first. It's a square glass flat plate, made by a company called Sia (there's a sticker on it), with pretty floral pattern in white. Hope that helps while and try and figure out the size issues. Thanks! x

[pwy a wyr]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hhl4a4gd6q114qo/381258_10152100348625455_1657907147_n.jpg Is this better?

[Outdoor Girl]

Etched mirrored tile?

[Virg]

pwy a wyr wrote:

"what is this and what would you call it?"

It's an etched glass display tray.  It's made to put under a lamp or candle to spread the light around better, or to put a glass decoration or vase on it to give the decoration/flowers an extra dimension.  Sia is a very high end home decor company, and a lot of their stuff is very artsy like that tray.

Virg

[hobish]

Where does the term "latchkey kid" come from?  Why "latchkey"?

Aside from general civility, do we all get along on this forum because we all watch the same TV shows, read the same web sites and comics?  I've noticed a lot of similarities from other peoples' posts.

Frog

I have noticed that, too

[Isometric]

I didn't want to start a whole new thread in the knowledge exchange folder, so I hope it's ok to put it here.

When posters mention the food and drink they're supplying for a party, I see "Iced Tea" a bit.
The iced tea we have here (Aust) is brown, and very sweet - it really doesn't taste like cold black tea at all. Is that the case in the US? Or is it a packet mix? Just cold black tea?

Also, when we were in Hawaii, DH asked at a cafe for a "iced coffee" - and got chilled black coffee with iced cubes. Is this usual? Ice/d Coffee here is a milk drink mildly flavoured with coffee, sold in cartons, or, at a cafe you'd get a fancy glass, with maybe some ice cream/cream on top.

[newbiePA]

In the south, iced tea is strong black tea, chilled. Sweet tea is the same, with lots of sugar.  I have only seen iced coffee as, well, coffee on ice.  The other drink you describe sounds like a dessert. 

[Bluenomi]

I notice a lot of people here commenting on something being British. My question is, if you are British do you identify as that or rather English/Scottish/Irish/Welsh? My husband is Scottish and I don't think he thinks of himself as a Brit, but as a Scot. (and now an Aussie).

DH is an Scottish Aussie as well as are his parents and they think of themselves at Scottish. All his Scottish relatives think of themselves as Scottish and if you accidently call them British or English you get corrected and given death stares. Any Northern Irish person I've met is the same.

My English relatives are perfectly happy to be called either British, English or Poms 

[guihong]

We went to a Japanese "steakhouse" tonight for DD's birthday .  This was the kind of place where several parties of people sit around a hibachi, and the chef puts on a "show" with flying knives, chopping and tossing food around, and setting fires.  The food was good, but the main draw of the place is the preparation.  How authentic is the "show" in Japan, or is it purely theater?

[Elfmama]

When posters mention the food and drink they're supplying for a party, I see "Iced Tea" a bit.
The iced tea we have here (Aust) is brown, and very sweet - it really doesn't taste like cold black tea at all. Is that the case in the US? Or is it a packet mix? Just cold black tea?

Yes to all of the above, depending on the area and the person drinking it.  *I* prefer cold black tea, unsweetened.  DH prefers cold black tea with a couple of teaspoons of sugar. My Oklahoma kinfolk prefer sweet tea - boil a gallon of water, dissolve two cups of sugar into it, and add 8 teabags.  Refrigerate this tea-flavored syrup after cooling and serve over ice.  There are also packet mixes, which are also sweetened but not as much as sweet tea, and most grocery stores will also have sweetened iced tea or sweet tea in gallon jugs. The packet mixes usually also have lemonish flavoring.  You can also get sweetened iced tea in 12 ounce cans or 20 ounce bottles, like Coke.  There is no real consistency about what you get in a restaurant.  Better ask first.

[Isometric]

Thanks NewbiePA and Elfmama!

It sounds like the iced tea I'm familiar with is more like "sweet tea". It often does come flavoured - peach or lemon usually.

[pwy a wyr]

pwy a wyr wrote:

"what is this and what would you call it?"

It's an etched glass display tray.  It's made to put under a lamp or candle to spread the light around better, or to put a glass decoration or vase on it to give the decoration/flowers an extra dimension.  Sia is a very high end home decor company, and a lot of their stuff is very artsy like that tray.

Virg

Virg, you are a font of knowledge! Thank you so much! pwy a wyr

[StarFaerie]

When posters mention the food and drink they're supplying for a party, I see "Iced Tea" a bit.
The iced tea we have here (Aust) is brown, and very sweet - it really doesn't taste like cold black tea at all. Is that the case in the US? Or is it a packet mix? Just cold black tea?

Yes to all of the above, depending on the area and the person drinking it.  *I* prefer cold black tea, unsweetened.  DH prefers cold black tea with a couple of teaspoons of sugar. My Oklahoma kinfolk prefer sweet tea - boil a gallon of water, dissolve two cups of sugar into it, and add 8 teabags.  Refrigerate this tea-flavored syrup after cooling and serve over ice.  There are also packet mixes, which are also sweetened but not as much as sweet tea, and most grocery stores will also have sweetened iced tea or sweet tea in gallon jugs. The packet mixes usually also have lemonish flavoring.  You can also get sweetened iced tea in 12 ounce cans or 20 ounce bottles, like Coke.  There is no real consistency about what you get in a restaurant.  Better ask first.

I've often wondered, how do you stop it from going bitter and yucky? If I make a cup of hot tea and let it go cold, it's not very nice. Actually it happens to me practically every day at work and I just tip it out. No-one I know is happy to drink hot tea that went cold accidentally. So how do you make it different? Is it in the teas used, the chilling process or maybe in the brewing temperature?