Jadmack25

My late XAH was from England and when my MIL came to visit....for 3 months, she arranged an english afternoon tea that practically blew my head off. I mean til then, afternoon tea for mum, our friends and I had been a cup of tea with a plate of biscuits or some cake for a nibble. I still can see the looks on friends faces, of total shock and stunned amazement, as we gazed in awe at my large old dining room table, with its snowy tablecloth, 4 plates of various dainty sandwiches, and cakes for miles.

I thought that by the time she went back home, I would be the size of a house if this was even a weekly event, as the calorie count was off the scale.

I found a couple of pictures of what a "real" English afternoon tea was then and could still be.



and a menu for High Tea at a Tearoom.



Jenny Craig eat your heart out.

Tally

Mmm, wouldn't mind an English Tea myself...closest I've got is frash cream scones with strawberries and jam. Gorgeous!

Live

oh wow, this is GREAT!

Jadmack, I want to go live with that MIL.

another thing...
y'all (that's southern USA dialect) say chips. I know you don't mean the Lay's potato chips. That's what I have that are called chips.

I have guessed you mean french fries, but I dunno.

and another thing. biscuits.
when we say biscuits it is not something sweet at all. we are talking about totally different things.
I wish I knew how to post graphics, darn it.
Can someone post a southern biscuits and gravy breakfast and/or a breakfast biscuit sandwich?

this is so much fun and I am learning alot!

thanks Kia..who knew it would turn into this but awesome!

I love learning about cultures.

and, yeah, like Kassie said...that everything stops for tea (not a meal) is the impression I have always had.
I am stunned to learn that it sometimes and often means mealtime.

Live

oh, and what the ? are scones?

I was in Germany for awhile and they totally spoiled me when it came to pastries.
They made ours really bad in comparison.

There's were rich in butters and dark chocolates and such and not so much sugary.
God, I still drool and see images of the pastries in the window just thinking about it.

Pelican

Southern biscuits with gravy:



I grew up in South Carolina. I have never eaten biscuits with white gravy (or any gravy).

I grew up eating bisuits made with shortening as dessert. We cut them open and spread them with jelly. It was a real treat to have them with honey!

I even raised my children eating biscuits with jelly as dessert after a meal.

Live

I am having a blast here!

clotted cream, JenT? sounds gross ;(

okay, I was raised in southern Illinois...farmland prairies midwestern. That makes me a Yankee....technically..but the northeasterners wouldn't want to claim me as such.

People always know I am really a Yankee because I talk too fast.
I have been living in the south for a few years.

My biggest lesson in patience is waiting for you southerners to finish a sentence.
Why is that??????????? LOL

Tally

Scones are made with a basic recipe of self raising flour, caster sugar, salt, butter and milk. You can have savoury and add a litte grated cheese to them when cooking and spread them with butter or go sweet and have them with jam, fruit and cream.



Biscuits here are sweet like cookies, savoury biscuits are called crackers. Chips are french fries and chips are crisps.

Clotted cream is gorgeous, especially clotted cream rice pudding! Yum!

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wicked

clotted cream rice pudding!
i love it already, looks rich and creamy. perfect.

used to eat buttermilk biscuits with red eye gravy, sometimes butter and molasses.
yep spent alot of time in the south.


that one plate for tea looked like thanksgiving at my house!
LOL

Jadmack25

Well there goes lunch, looking at this load of food, I feel full already.

I use photobucket for my images, upload image into folder there and can edit it as well, then just copy code and paste in my post here.

This your breakfast of biscuit etc?

TakingCharge999

This is what I would call a biscuit

Tally

Wouldn't mind that for breakfast

Live

littlefish

Heee: reminds me of when my Russian friend invited me for tea.
After that: note to self: never eat anything before Russian tea. (It's a meal...)

Jadmack25

TC I don't know what supermarket you shop at, but your "biscuit" looks tastier than any where I shop.

kia

and it is lush clotted cream god im salivating just thinking about it yummy big style and nice fresh scone the best love it

kia

omg think ill start eating brekkie from now on

kia

im from the north though and u would love clotted cream live everyone does

kia

well yeh but its making me hungry though for scones and clotted cream xx