For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Hello everyone and welcome to a new series here at Steve’s Country! I am actually reprinting this from an old post so I can add it to this new series and decided to make it the first one. There will likely just be one post each week for this new series and I hope you will enjoy it. Please let me know. So, let’s get started!
It’s time for tea…
Raspberry leaf tea, to be exact. I like herbal tea. Almost as much as coffee! But not quite. Except after supper, then it’s definitely tea time. Even afternoon is a great time for tea. Next to coffee, a hot cup of tea is great on a cold winter day. And it’s nice and healthy. Anyway, some of you wanted to know how I make this. Very simple really. I like simple. That way I can actually accomplish it.
First of all…
You need to pick some raspberry leaves. If you can get wild ones even better, they do have even more flavor. But any will do. I pick them off my landlord’s raspberry plants. Yes, I do have permission. And, you should use scissors to keep it nice a neat and that way you won’t hurt the plants. Also, don’t take the leaves off just one plant, just take 3 or 4 from each plant, that way it won’t be noticeable or hurt the plant. Best time to pick will vary a bit, depending on where you live, but generally I think July is best. The flavor is at it’s peak then. Make sure the leaves are nice and green and healthy looking. You can also dry some raspberries to go with it. Dry the same way, but keep them stored in a different container than the leaves.
And next…
Comes the drying part. Very important. Put a layer on a baking sheet, not too many, and put in the oven set at 150F, or up to 200F but no higher. This will dry them slowly enough to retain good flavor. Check on them about every 10 minutes, ‘fluff’ them up a bit and back in the oven. Make sure they are dry enough to crumble nicely, they must be DRY. Let them cool completely. After that store them in an air tight container, such as glass or metal, they just need a good tight fitting lid, not something loose. You could also use plastic containers.
The best part now is…
Making a cup of tea. I use a stainless steel tea ball. Fill half full for a cup, stuff them in good. Use boiling water. Not hot. Boiling. And pour it in the cup, not on your foot.😲 It hurts when you pour it on your foot.😳 Trust me on that one.😬 Sigh. I think Muffin will have something to say about that soon.😹🙄
This tea…
Is soothing for an upset stomach. Also great if you have a cold or sore throat. You can also add just a little honey with it.
And so…
There you have it, nice and simple. You don’t even need to live in the country to enjoy this one. Just find some raspberry plants.🤔🙄
I hope you enjoy your day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
© 2019 Steve McLeod.
Very cool!
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Thanks Lydia!
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No problem!
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Way to go. Tea is my favorite. Wonderful post Steve.
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Thanks so much Yonnie! Glad you liked it.😁😸☕
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Very cool. 😊 I have a mint plant I need to try this with. Cheers! 🍵
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Yep, just do mint the same way, I used to do it when I had a garden and grew mint. Thanks for reading Peregrine!😃😺
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Thank you! Exciting; I’ll have to try it.
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I nominated you for the Barnabas award
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Thank you so much Mrs. Holliman!
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Your awesome
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Hi Steve! That was really nice, My favourite drink is TEA😍😍😍 cant deny tat.😜 Wonderful post Steve, Enjoyed it as well! Have a beautiful day✨🤗✍️
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Thanks so much Simon! I enjoy tea as well, but only later in the day, morning it’s COFFEE!!🤪☕🤪☕🤪☕Have a great evening!😃😺🌙
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What a nice share, Steve! This sounds wonderful for a cold day and when one is not feeling up to par. ☕️ 🍵
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Thanks so much Eugenia! It really is a very soothing tea. Have a great day!😃😺☕
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😊
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Now if I only had a raspberry bush someplace close by…… hmmmmm 🤔🤔🤔
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Ask the squirrels.😂😂🤣
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Yeah… they hid them along with the acorns!! Let’s see them dig holes in my yard now with 10 inches of snow on it! ahahahahaha 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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You have that much snow????hahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
😂😂😂😂😂😹😹😹😹😹🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🥳🥳🤸♂️🤸♂️🎆🎆🎇🎇🎉🎉👌👌
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Yeah!!! Laugh it ip you!! Your turn’s coming!!
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Nothing much in the forecast. But it would be good to have that 10 inches here with the cold weather coming. Still…😂😂😂😹😹😹
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😝❄❄❄😳😲🤪
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😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🌨🌨☃☃
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you have no idea how badly I wanted to be in Texas this morning!🤠🤠🤠🤠
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What? With all that sun and warm temps?😲☃☃☃☃
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Yeah!!!!!
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How strange, when you can enjoy all that cold and snow instead.😀😀😀😀😀😀⛄☃☃🌲
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ahahahahaha… Who said I could enjoy it?? I enjoy the part where it melts the best!!🌞🌞🌞🌞😁😁😁😁😁😎😎😎😎
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You can watch the squirrels jumping through the snow, making little snowsquirrels, having acorn fights.😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
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That’s fine as long as they break any of my windows in the process!!😤😲😂😂😂😂
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You want them to break your windows????😳😳
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No!!! They better not!!
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Make up your mind.🤔🤨
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They’ll be looking for new tress to live in if they do!
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😂😂😂😂😂😂😹😹😹😹😹
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I might need to send the Bird Police to your apartment!!😲😋
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😂😂😂🦉🦉🦉🐦🐦🐦🦆🦆🦆🦅🦅🦅🐧🐧🐧
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hahahahaha 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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All set for 🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃?
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Yeah I guess so.. I don’t need to do much.. I was asked to bring some pop for the youngster to drink. So Yep I’m all set!
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Good for you. Eat some extra turkey for me. I remember how good it tastes. Sigh.
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I’m afraid I won’t be having much though.. My system is finally starting to settle down now so i’m going to be very particular what and how much I have!
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Turkey chicken.
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Yeah I don’t know what is menu though. I’m guessing the traditional items! They are pretty set on that…☺😁
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Are you encouraging them??!!! Stop it!! They do enough damage the way it is!!😮🤫🤫🤫🤫
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😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀Would I do that?
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Hmmmm…. let me THINK🤔🤔YEAH!!!!
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You had to think???😏😏😏😉😉😉🤔🤔🤔🙄🙄🙄
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NO! NOT REALLY!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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I didn’t not never think so!!🤨🤨😒😒😲😲😠😠🤪🤪🤯🤯🙄🙄
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Well I don’t like to say it but it kinda shows!!😲😲😲😲😲😲😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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Maybe if I wear sunglasses.😎
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