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Well since Naughty and I were on the phone discussing the "Arnold Palmer" last night, while I ordered one, I have to weigh in on this...

I had never heard it called anything but iced tea with lemonade until about 2 years ago when one of my friends from Washington, DC called it an Arnold Palmer. That's how I order it now and I hear many others call it the same name. Around here, if you order a "Half and Half" you get 1/2 sweet tea mixed with 1/2 unsweet tea. (That's right--it's not unsweetened, it is just "unsweet".)
 

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This thread is bringing back the cook in me :smile:

Oh dear... I just got reminded of being made to eat spam as a child... :eek: I hated the stuff as much as the cod liver oil.
 

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Well since Naughty and I were on the phone discussing the "Arnold Palmer" last night, while I ordered one, I have to weigh in on this...

I had never heard it called anything but iced tea with lemonade until about 2 years ago when one of my friends from Washington, DC called it an Arnold Palmer. That's how I order it now and I hear many others call it the same name. Around here, if you order a "Half and Half" you get 1/2 sweet tea mixed with 1/2 unsweet tea. (That's right--it's not unsweetened, it is just "unsweet".)


Well, that is because you and your friends are wrong.:biggrin1:
 

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This thread is bringing back the cook in me :smile:

Oh dear... I just got reminded of being made to eat spam as a child... :eek: I hated the stuff as much as the cod liver oil.


OMG I just flinched! That stuff should not be classified as any type of food. I think the feeling is universal or the online name for unwanted solicitation would not hit such a chord! :biggrin1:
 

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This thread is bringing back the cook in me :smile:

Oh dear... I just got reminded of being made to eat spam as a child... :eek: I hated the stuff as much as the cod liver oil.

I saw a documentary a while back about Spam and how much the (fat) Hawaiians loved it. I went out and bought some and it was AWFUL.
 

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OMG I just flinched! That stuff should not be classified as any type of food. I think the feeling is universal or the online name for unwanted solicitation would not hit such a chord! :biggrin1:

Hmm ... I'm afraid not, although in the last 20 years I've eaten it only once that I can recall, if memory serves I quite liked Spam seriously grilled (to expunge the fat) on toast, perhaps it's the fear factor.
 

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Well since Naughty and I were on the phone discussing the "Arnold Palmer" last night, while I ordered one, I have to weigh in on this...

I had never heard it called anything but iced tea with lemonade until about 2 years ago when one of my friends from Washington, DC called it an Arnold Palmer. That's how I order it now and I hear many others call it the same name. Around here, if you order a "Half and Half" you get 1/2 sweet tea mixed with 1/2 unsweet tea. (That's right--it's not unsweetened, it is just "unsweet".)

In my area if you order a half and half, they will ask you why you want to drink coffee creamer.:biggrin1:
 

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OMG I just flinched! That stuff should not be classified as any type of food. I think the feeling is universal or the online name for unwanted solicitation would not hit such a chord! :biggrin1:

I dunno, naughty.
I despise Spam in principle, but my mother made a damn fine fried Spam sandwich.
Mind you, it was a bit like stone soup -- so many things added that the basic element was masked.
 

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I dunno, naughty.
I despise Spam in principle, but my mother made a damn fine fried Spam sandwich.
Mind you, it was a bit like stone soup -- so many things added that the basic element was masked.


There is NOTHING you can do to change my mind on this one. Im sorry Rubi! LOL! I stay of the edge of hurling just talking about it.
 

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There is NOTHING you can do to change my mind on this one. Im sorry Rubi! LOL! I stay of the edge of hurling just talking about it.

Okey-dokey.
As I said, I basically despise Spam myself, so you're talkin' to the converted.
When we were given Spam in childhood (apart from those fried Spam sandwiches, in which Spam was only the first ingredient), it felt like child abuse.
 

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What about Spam's competitor, Treet. I've never eaten either and don't intend to.

I think I'll just drink an Arnold Palmer while you all fry up a mess of Spam. (gag!)

Sounds like golfer Jizz. :biggrin1: