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Question
Why does the author say that it is important to include a tea recipe in cookery books?
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Solution
It is important to include tea in the cookery book because tea is one of the mainstays of civilization in England, Eire, Australia, and New Zealand. Besides, the nicest manner of making tea is a subject of violent disputes among tea-loving nations.
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on the horizon. To the west, we could
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