Posted on 04/14/2016 3:24:45 PM PDT by Jamestown1630
Very nice Liz. We are having a block party and I think this will be a great appetizer.
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).
Very easy.......and can be done day ahead.
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.
High Tea at the Worsley w/ champagne....oh my.
I just now found out about Ranch Flavored Sunflower Seeds. Yeah, we’re behind the times here. Anyway, I did a search to see if there were recipes online before having to experiment. Sure enough, here’s some notes and ideas:
spiced sunflower seeds. combining 3 T brown sugar, 1 T chili powder, 1 t ground cumin, 1/2 t cinnamon, pinch of ground cloves, 1/2 t cayenne pepper, 3/4 t salt and 3/4 t dried chili flakes. First toss the hulled sunflower seeds in one beaten egg white (this will help the spices to stick to the seeds) then add the spices and toss to coat. Roast at 350 for 8-10 mins
ranch flavored sunflower seeds. mix 3 T melted butter with 1 1/2 T dry Ranch dressing mix. Toss in 2 C in-shell sunflower seeds to coat, then roast at 350 for 8-10 mins.
lime toasted sunflower seeds. make an excellent addition to salads, noodle dishes and soups. Just toss the hulled sunflower seeds in a mix of 2 T lime juice, 2 T soy sauce, 1 t agave syrup, 1/2 t hot chili powder, 1/2 t paprika powder and 1/2 t canola or olive oil. Roast as normal.
honey roasted sunflower seeds. melt 3 T honey in a small saucepan over a low heat. Add 1 1/2 t sunflower oil and 1/2 t salt. Toss in hulled sunflower seeds to coat and roast as normal.
salt and vinegar sunflower seeds. toss hulled sunflower seeds in 1 Tapple cider vinegar and 1 t salt and roast as normal.
sweet cinnamon sunflower seeds. toss sunflower seeds in 1/4 t cinnamon, 1/4 t coconut oil and 1/4 t artificial sweetener
Maybe sprinkle on popcorn seasoning.
Also, Cajun or Old Bay seasoning.
Chex Mix seasoning?
Ramen Noodle spice packet.
Any salad dressing mix.
Onion soup mix or bullion or chicken stock seasoning.
Really nice post! My husband loves rabbit - his family raised them when he was growing up - and would love to have fresh bay leaves.
My favorite Ogden Nash:
To My Valentine
More than a catbird hates a cat,
Or a criminal hates a clue,
Or the Axis hates the United States,
That’s how much I love you.
I love you more than a duck can swim,
And more than a grapefruit squirts,
I love you more than a gin rummy is a bore,
And more than a toothache hurts.
As a shipwrecked sailor hates the sea,
Or a juggler hates a shove,
As a hostess detests unexpected guests,
That’s how much you I love.
I love you more than a wasp can sting,
And more than the subway jerks,
I love you as much as a beggar needs a crutch,
And more than a hangnail irks.
I swear to you by the stars above,
And below, if such there be,
As the High Court loathes perjurious oathes,
That’s how you’re loved by me.
-JT
That is so wonderful. I’m trying to learn crewel now; I have a pattern I’ve saved for over a decade, and hopefully I’ll learn enough to work it.
-JT
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
I’ve done it. Great restaurant.
Mmmmm....those tomato sandwiches would be good at tea.
Her directions are so specific——even to spreading the bread....fridging it overnight.....then assembling the next day.
I love tomato sandwiches. Since kid-dom, my favorite summer meal is a tomato sandwich on white bread toast, with mayo, salt and pepper. Nothing else.
(A note about Lucile Wright’s name: she appears to have spelled it, herself, with only one ‘l’. But a search on that will bring up first hits on the aviatrix, not our caterer. Probably best to search either way, and include ‘Savannah’ and ‘recipes’.)
-JT
That’s a very interesting recipe! I had never heard of ‘frizelle’ before.
(I followed your links, and saw that frizelle stored well for sailors. My husband is a fan of the Horatio Hornblower books, and is always, wickedly, telling me about ‘tapping the weevils out of hardtack’ :-)
-JT
LOL!
On your suggestion, I looked up ‘thermospodium’. In Google Images, I saw something that looked like a modern day prepper’s ‘rocket stove’.
And then I found this:
COOKERY AND DINING IN IMPERIAL ROME, by Apicius:
https://archive.org/stream/cookeryanddining29728gut/29728.txt
Anyone who has the time will find this a very witty read - though perhaps not very useful for modern cookery. And: The Romans seemed to be into ‘fast food’.
The Hildesheim Roman Treasure, referenced in the book about Apicius, is beautiful:
-JT
Raising a bay tree (Laurus nobilis) is very simple. Unless you leave in a warm climate you will need to keep it inside in the winter.
They don't grow very fast but you will have more bay then you will know what to do with.
I live in Maryland, and could keep it as a container plant outside for about six months during Spring and Summer. What would I do with it during Winter? We don’t have very sunny windows, in Winter.
Thanks,
JT
“For the price of two bottles of bay leaf you can get a live tree.”
I just did this myself two weeks ago, although it was more than the price of two bottles of leaves. But I’ll recoup the cost soon enough.
I’ve got bay, basil and thyme growing. Now I need to find a Piper Nigrum vine.
I am blessed with a nice bay window (no pun intended!)
Never thought of growing that. I have grown my own ginger.
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