features@ihuxf.UUCP (M.A. Zeszutko) (02/19/85)
I'm planning a formal tea in a little while, and I would appreciate some hints (recipes, etc.) for things like tea sandwiches and little cakes. Also, hints on serving a fairly large number of people in a confined area would be helpful. Thanks in advance, aMAZon @ AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL; ihnp4!ihuxf!features "Love your self's self where it lives." -- Anne Sexton -- aMAZon @ AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL; ihnp4!ihuxf!features "Love your self's self where it lives." -- Anne Sexton
bhs@siemens.UUCP (02/26/85)
Well, as far as I know, the traditional thing for tea parties is the cucumber sandwich. I personally like them, with or without tea, biut they ARE suited for the occasion. Get some darker bread, such as Arnold's Branola, or any jewish Rye bread. Also, get some philly cream cheese, perhaps (optionally) some anchovy paste (at better supermarket or local delicatessen shop), and last, but obviously not least, some cucumbers. Cover the bread with cream cheese, then apply a small dab of anchovy paste, spread it, and then cover with slices of peeled cucumber. Cut the bread into small squares (the size of a cucumber slice) and serve. Sometimes, if not too many people are coming, I will skin a cucumber, slice it, and then apply dabs of cream cheese directly onto the cucumber, and then put a drop of anchovy paste onto the top of this. You must however really press the cheese onto the cucumber, as it will not stick otherwise. Bernard H. Schwab Siemens RTL, Princeton , NJ
garret@oddjob.UChicago.UUCP (Trisha O Tuama) (02/28/85)
I hope you will be wearing a tee-shirt to your tea party? What ever happened to water cress sandwiches--that's what I always serve! Trisha