Supersize Tea
Giles Coren, the host of the latest in British reality TV, Edwardian Supersize Me, weighed in (har har) on the trials and tribulations of a week of Edwardian eating. Most interesting to afternoon tea-takers and modern day caffeine junkies alike are the menus for Edwardian tea parties. Ridiculous amounts of food accompany everyone’s favorite drink; scones made out of potatoes, Madeira cake, coconut rocks, and toast is one afternoon’s worth of teatime. Miraculously, Giles has not yet succumbed to cardiac arrest, nor has he given up on Edwardian eating. There must be something in that tea…
Actually, tea may be the reason the Edwardians survived their own diets. A recent study shows that tea inhibits the absorption of carbohydrates and fat. This corroborates at least one friend’s opinion that the copious amounts of tea drunk during Chinese food feasts prevents us from reaping the full caloric benefits of a plateful of General Tso’s chicken.
All this to say: eat up and drink down!
Photo from Times Online.
