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Sunday, February 2, 2014

Making Time for Tea

Things have been a little hectic since our four day holiday in London over the Columbus Day weekend.  I've mostly been cooking pots of soup or baking chicken and fish.  One thing that I have managed to do consistently is Afternoon Tea.

My daughter and I had tea at the Orangery at Kensington Palace and I think it was the highlight of our trip...now even a simple cup of tea is anything but simple.  At least once monthly we have a full afternoon, either with company, on our own, or with our fellow London Fanatics.  One thing for certain is afternoon tea is quite a bit of work when you're doing everything from scratch.  On New Year's Day, we added spinach quiche to the menu.
We have put together an eclectic tea service that actually looks quite lovely and have preparations down to a science - she makes the scones and tea cakes, I make the sandwiches (cucumber mint and egg mayonnaise) and set the table.

Today she wanted to make scones so of course I thought we should prepare an Elevenses...we scaled back to just two tiers (no tea cakes) and as usual thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.  Making time for tea is a great way to stop and smell the roses.