Hot tea in a charming pot, butter curls, and warm scones, spread w/ strawberry jam and
Devonshire cream. Brits enjoy their tea w/ a spot of cream. (High tea is something else, again).
Hot tea in a charming pot, butter curls, and warm scones, spread w/ strawberry jam and
Devonshire cream. Brits enjoy their tea w/ a spot of cream. (High tea is something else, again).
That’s what started my weight problem! My husband and I used to order up tea every year we went to London. The results are not pretty and we’re still trying to fight off the fat!!!
Thanks a lot, Liz, lol!
If you go to a chic hotel or even Richoux of London, you’ll be rewarded with the most wonderful food. English food at its finest. Try the Worsley.
Great for tea: Lucille Wright, famous Savannah caterer, made these tomato sandwiches that were featured in the book and film of ‘Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil’; I think the secrets were patting the tomatoes very dry, and the VERY finely minced touch of sweet onion:
http://mercadoslifelessons.blogspot.com/2013/08/miss-luciles-tomato-sandwich.html
http://savannahnow.com/stories/051800/LOCpolly.shtml#.VxF3N3ry_m4
(There’s some confusion as to how she spelled her first name; in Berendt’s book, it’s with two ‘l’s)
-JT