At 12:02 PM 9/25/2011, you wrote:
>I'd always assumed buttered tea was a source of calories
>in a cold climate.
>
>No yaks handy, but a bit of grocer's butter in hot tea is not
>bad...

It could also keep the tea hot!

In South-West China (Yunnan province) there's a local dish called "crossing
the bridge noodles*" (guo4 qiao2 mi3 xian4 - literally cross bridge=20
rice noodle)

It has a layer of oil floating on top that prevents evaporation, which is t=
he
major source of heat loss for a hot bowl of noodles ... or tea).

* There's a legend involving a scholar, his wife and her invention to keep
his lunch hot whilst delivering it-- I'm sure Google has the details.

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