One of the events I look forward to at Christmas time is the Afternoon Tea my friend Laura, her mother and sister host. It feels like a real treat in the middle of a busy time.
Drinking tea is like a national past time in Ireland and Afternoon Tea as an event has its roots in British culture. It really is a lost custom. It's much more than tea, sandwiches and pastries it's an opportunity to take a relaxing break and enjoy some wonderful company. I can certainly say that today's Tea was all that. The teas and foods were exceptional.
Some brief highlights were:
A selection of tea sandwiches: chicken salad, pimento, cucumber and strawberry cream cheese (more about that one later)
Lemon poppy-seed, pecan and lemon pistachio scones
Lime and lemon curd
Gingersnap cookies, shortbread, brownie/peppermint thumb nail cookies
Rum cake
Tea selection included:
Glad Tidings, Blackberry Sage, Harrods Strawberry tea, Apple cider tea, and a few others.
Now as I mentioned Laura makes the most amazing Strawberry Cream cheese tea sandwiches! They are so simple, mix some cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla, spread it on bread, top with sliced strawberries and add another slice of bread. Remove the crusts and cut into tea sandwich size and oh my goodness pure delight! Who knew that three of my favorite things could be combined in such an delicious way!
It was a wonderful afternoon with the fellowship of some very amazing woman. I think we all need to make a little more time for Afternoon Tea. I am adding it to my New Year's resolution list!
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