Will their children mock them for reusing tea bags and counting pennies as if this paycheck were the last?And what, may I ask, is wrong with reusing tea bags? They're good for at least two cups when used immediately. Why is waste exciting and thrift necessarily boring? Thrift is a lot more challenging than waste. It requires more creativity. In this particular moment, it is even more revolutionary. Thrift wins. Pass the used tea bag.
Sunday, March 08, 2009
The NYT clearly doesn't get thrift
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Quoting from the article: "But when it comes to raising their children, the pendulum has swung. Today’s youngest children — the recession babies — are being raised in the same kind of protective bubble as the Depression babies. (When Mr. Howe’s Web site did a contest to name this next generation a few years ago, the winner was “the homelanders,” as in security). They stroll in sidewalk versions of sport utility vehicles, learn to swim in U.V. protective full-body suits."
From what I've heard from people who grew up in the 30s (including my parents), kids either had chores to do or they were told to go outside and play and to be home for dinner. I've also heard horror stories about the way some teachers ruled their classrooms during the 30s and 40s. Kids may have been safer from pedophiles then, but I've never heard of any Depression-era child-protective bubble.
Loose tea is the way to go. Also tastes better.
Also reusable.
I have not found tea, loose or in bags, to be reusable, much as I've tried. What kind of tea are you using?
Any black tea works. Just use the bag again in the second cup immediately after you used it in the first cup. (This works for tea for two, not so much for making yourself serial cups of tea, though it can if you drink fast.) It doesn't work if you let it get cold or dry again.
"immediately"
OK, that's where I went wrong.
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