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Teatime With Friends

1/28/2013

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hat a lovely time we had at tea yesterday!  Spending time with friends that I haven't seen in a very long time, catching up, and laughing, enjoying tasty tea time treats and good tea was such bliss.  The morning started out gloomy and rainy, a good day for tea, but by noon time the dark drizzly clouds parted and gave way to the warm sunlight that graciously poured down, which made it still a good day for tea!  I realize I had said in my last blog entry that I would make a conscious effort to take pictures, which I started out doing, really I did.  I managed to get a few snap shots of the tea table, but only two turned out decent enough to use- I'm a much better cook and baker than a photographer. 

But then, as the time drew nearer for my guests to arrive, I completely forgot to take a few more pictures of the finished tea table and the sandwich plate.  I am so sorry I forgot, because they were quite lovely.  Oh well, I will do better next time, because I have decided that  I will have a tea party every month this year, Lord willing, to get back into practice, it has been a very long time since I hosted a tea party- much too long.

The Menu

I did manage to get some pretty good pictures of the desserts:
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Cherry Winks
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Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Choc. Almond Tassies
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Lemony Spice Cremes
but the rest of the day's tea menu will have to be left to my descriptions and your imagination!
The scones were pistachio chocolate chip, with a slight hint of amaretto.  Still warm from the oven, their buttery flakiness was only rivaled by their moist tender interior, which was slathered with Devon styled cream, lemon marmalade, and  I will have to thank Kyle's aid at school, Miss Chris, for making the most delicious strawberry/raspberry jelly ever to cross my lips!  Even my guests were making requests for their own jar!

I served a lovely creamy potato cheese soup, garnished with a dollop of sour cream and  a sprinkle of grated cheese that melted into the piping hot soup.  The finger sandwiches were as follows:

        Egg salad on dill rye bread, cut into wedges
        Olive creme on wheat bread, cut into "fingers"
        Ham and pineapple on white/wheat bread, cut into squares
        Open faced cucumber w/ dill & lemon cream on white bread,
                cut into rounds

Since egg salad and cucumber sandwiches seem to be so closely associated with English tea time, I have found that if I don't serve them, there is a certain amount of disappointment from my guests.  So that means I can only introduce two new types of finger sandwiches at a time to the tea party menu.

And what is a tea party without the tea?  We had two teas, a wonderful peach flavored oolong, and a spicy black tea called:  Noel a Paris - just lovely.  In retrospect, I should have pulled out the tea warmers, as the tea chilled a little too quickly, I don't really like using tea cozies, because they hide the beautiful tea pots.

I would also like to thank my love - Robert- for being such a big help to me in preparing for the party.  All and all, it was a delightful afternoon, spent with delightful friends, and I can't wait for next month!
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    My name is Heather. I'm the wife of Robert Zubiate and mother of Timothy and Kyle. We live in this cute little house in Whittier Ca. which is now the home of Heatherlea Tea Time Treats!

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