Thought it would be nice to have a "tea party" around the end of January.
I plan to make some finger sandwiches - egg salad, chicken salad, cucumber and shrimp, and a cream cheese spread. I also plan to make scones, and I found a recipe for Devonshire Cream.
I would like to serve one or two other sweet treats, aside from the scones. Searching on google with the keywords "traditional English tea" or "afternoon tea" or "serve English tea" has not helped too much. I am wishing and hoping to find a site that has some really neat ideas about serving an English tea - with some yummy recipes!
Have any of you ever done this sort of thing before? I have some frou-frou glass serving platters and I got a nice tablecloth for Christmas. Need to buy a vase or two so I can add some flowers to the table. We have plenty of tea pots and tea cups! I'm just drawing a blank when it comes to deciding on two other sweets to serve. I thought about chocolate covered strawberries, but I have never had much luck melting chocolate.
If anyone has a link to a site that is dedicated to "Afternoon Tea", please lead me to it!
I even checked the BBC site, but didn't see too much information there.
Thanks!
I plan to make some finger sandwiches - egg salad, chicken salad, cucumber and shrimp, and a cream cheese spread. I also plan to make scones, and I found a recipe for Devonshire Cream.
I would like to serve one or two other sweet treats, aside from the scones. Searching on google with the keywords "traditional English tea" or "afternoon tea" or "serve English tea" has not helped too much. I am wishing and hoping to find a site that has some really neat ideas about serving an English tea - with some yummy recipes!
Have any of you ever done this sort of thing before? I have some frou-frou glass serving platters and I got a nice tablecloth for Christmas. Need to buy a vase or two so I can add some flowers to the table. We have plenty of tea pots and tea cups! I'm just drawing a blank when it comes to deciding on two other sweets to serve. I thought about chocolate covered strawberries, but I have never had much luck melting chocolate.
If anyone has a link to a site that is dedicated to "Afternoon Tea", please lead me to it!

Thanks!