high tea

[bubbles4920]

thinking of doing a high tea,any ideas what i could serve my new american friends, ie types of sandwiches, cakes etc.?

[Ice.Maiden]

Hi bubbles. It's a very simple matter really. Do some thinly-cut sandwiches - traditionally with fillings of cucumber, smoked salmon, egg and cress, etc. then serve home-made scones with fresh clotted cream and jam - plus some good pots of tea, of course. That's all you need, hun.

[pastafreak]

Have your table set with a beautiful white cloth,a bowl of fresh flowers, pretty table linen....and your nicest china.

[Ice.Maiden]

This is from my lovely little friend who was going to bed a minute ago - LOL!!!! But she's right - and if you want to do things "properly", high tea's served between 3 and 5 o'clock. Hope it goes down well - literally. x

[Aprilis]

Icey, Pasta, are you the AB branch of the W.I. by any chance? ;-D

[pastafreak]

LOL-I'm american-so I know what they would be suckers for!! All bubbles needs now is a thatched cottage!

[Ice.Maiden]

But that'd be after taking high tea at the Ritz, of course! Our American relatives loved it when we took them there!

Lol, Aprilis - the WI's not my scene for at least another 35 years - but I er.....know all about the high teas I'm afraid! x

[ethandron]

don't forget to cut the crusts off the sandwiches.

[ethandron]

oh yes, and make a victoria sponge cake too.

[heathfield]

The term 'high tea' means different things to different people. In Scotland, a 'high tea' is a full meal taken at the end of the working day, the working family's equivalent of 'dinner', and not simply an expanded 'afternoon tea'.

[ethandron]

i think it's a similar thing in england too. afternoon tea usually eaten around 3pm, whereas high tea usually eaten between 5-6pm. and high tea would contain scrambled eggs, cold ham and a few other savory items, as well as the usual sweet cakes, scones, battenburg, etc.

[spudqueen]

At school we were taught how to make neopolitan sandwiches for a high tea. It is very thin slices of white and brown bread, with the crusts cut off. Start with a slice of white bread, add a thin filling (eg smoked salmon) then add a slice of brown bread then another filling (eg cucumber) then white bread then another filling (eg tomato) then brown bread then maybe some cream cheese then white bread. Cut them into little triangles.