Thoughts and Quotes: There is no sincerer love than the love of food.
George Bernard Shaw
Accompanied by tea and good company. Me
Tea in Grand Edwardian Style: I've posted this link before, but it's worth watching again. I'm totally hooked on the music. I promise this will make you smile. Everyone is having such a happy time. Watch for the tea which changes color. It's pea flower tea and you can order it at Victoria's Cafe and Tea in Springfield, Missouri, which I shall show you later. Edwardian Tea (you'll need to back it up to the beginning at the bottom).
Tea at Victoria's as promised: Niece Terri and I went to Victoria's for the first time on Tuesday, then I went again on Thursday with Mim and Bev. I'm hooked. Can't wait for my next visit. You'll love all the attention to detail.
The waiting area
The little pink teapots are take-home gifts for little girls.
The little sign in front of the cake covers says, "Cherish yesterday, dream tomorrow, and live today."
Thankfully, these things are not for sale.
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Each table has a little covered box which contains mints, and they're turquoise!
Restrooms are behind the shelves.
The table from my visit with Terri. The small menu is tea only, and the mints are in the heart-shaped dish.
The food menu follows the same design.
We chose Lavender Lady tea, which was so good, I had to order some from www.theteaspot.com where it's described as "Earl Grey with a sprinkle of lavender, vanilla, orange peel & other citrus. One hot cup will whisk you away to a relaxing day at the spa or romantic getaway en Provence. Try Lady Lavender on ice. She’s not shy in the cold. You’ll likely find that's where she shines."
We both had Tortilla Soup since we ordered salad plates.
My plate had chicken salad, potato salad, fruit salad, veggies with dip, and notice that the dip is served in an upside-down candle stick.
Terri had broccoli-cheese quiche, chicken salad, and fruit. Most meals come with a croissant.
My table with Mim and Bev.
I had the plate which Terri had on Tuesday, but my quiche was "meat lovers."
The pastry cart. I chose coconut cream pie. YUM!
End of tour, but if you're still in a tea room mood, click on this link to the English Rose Tearoom in Carefree, Arizona. I subscribed to her newsletter just because I love the photos. Click HERE.
Talent I admire: One of the best auditions I've ever seen. Forte.
Tasting: Though I was very skeptical about this salad, I decided to try it anyway. Glad I did.
Sauerkraut
Salad
1 14-oz can of sauerkraut, Bavarian style
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
3 Tbs finely chopped red onion
2 Tbs sugar
1/2 tsp salt
4 Tbs Italian or vinegar and oil dressing
Rinse the sauerkraut and gently squeeze out the excess
moisture.
Mix with all the other ingredients.
Cover and chill at least one hour before serving.
Tasting: The success of the salad gave me courage to try a soup I'd been considering: Onions, dried beef, beef broth, creamstyle corn, and evaporated milk. Very salty. I made potato soup with Yukon Gold potatoes yesterday, and wasn't impressed, so I scooped out the potatoes, gave them a rough mash with my bean masher, and added them to the soup to act as a thickener and tame the salt. Still not impressed. The soup part was good, but eating the dried beef was like chewing rubber bands. Another recipe in the "Can't win 'em all" category.
Tasting: Here's a recipe for a quick little cookie you can make with ingredients you probably have in your pantry.
BUTTERSCOTCH QUICK COOKIES
3/4 cup shortening
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup chopped nuts
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
Heat oven to 400°.
Put the shortening in a large mixing bowl.
Gradually beat in the brown sugar.
Add egg, vanilla, and nuts, and beat well.
Add flour and salt.
Shape dough in small balls and place on an ungreased baking sheet.
Flatten in a crisscross pattern with a fork.
Bake 8-10 minutes.
Note: Correct that this recipe has no baking powder or soda.
Tasting (again): Here's the converted recipe for the Apple-Blackberry Crumble from the Jacquie Lawson ecard. If you're not on my ecard list and want the card, let me know. I have NOT tried this recipe.
APPLE-BLACKBERRY CRUMBLE
1 lb (3 medium) cooking apples
4 oz blackberries (about 7/8 cup)
Zest and juice of 1 orange
1/4 cup brown sugar
Butter for greasing baking dish
Topping:
1-1/3 cups flour
1/3 cup butter
1/3 cup white sugar
1/4 cup chopped hazelnuts
1/2 tsp crushed cardamom (1/8 tsp ground)
Heat oven to 400°.
Peel, core, and slice the apples and place them in the baking dish.
Scatter the blackberries over the apples, then orange juice and zest, followed by brown sugar.
Make the topping by mixing flour, white sugar, hazelnuts and cardamom; then rubbing in butter with your fingers until it resembles coarse breadcrumbs.
Spread the topping over the fruit, pressing around the edges to seal in the juice.
Bake 30-35 minutes.
Serve hot with custard. Easy custard recipe HERE.
Teaching and Learning: Perhaps our schools could take a lesson from the Japanese. Click HERE. Very sweet.
The Question: McCarthyism* is remembered as a joke, but was he correct and just overly zealous?
*In the early 1950s, American leaders repeatedly told the public that they should be fearful of subversive Communist influence in their lives. Communists could be lurking anywhere, using their positions as school teachers, college professors, labor organizers, artists, or journalists to aid the program of world Communist domination. This paranoia about the internal Communist threat—what we call the Red Scare—reached a fever pitch between 1950 and 1954, when Senator Joe McCarthy of Wisconsin, a right-wing Republican, launched a series of highly publicized probes into alleged Communist penetration of the State Department, the White House, the Treasury, and even the US Army. During Eisenhower’s first two years in office, McCarthy’s shrieking denunciations and fear-mongering created a climate of fear and suspicion across the country. No one dared tangle with McCarthy for fear of being labeled disloyal.
HAPPY GRANDPARENTS DAY
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ORGANIZE A LADY LUNCH AND INVITE THE GENTLEMEN
OR HAVE ONE AT HOME
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