Suitable menu for a victorian themed picnic?!
Suitable menu for a victorian themed picnic?
What might be a suitable menu for a victorian themed summer picnic for 4 people?
Answers:
this should help you!
http://www.erasofelegance.com/etiquette/...
Lavender Lemonade
5 cups water
1 1/2 cups sugar
12 stems of fresh lavender
2 1/4 cups lemon juice
Boil 2 1/2 cups of water with the sugar. Add the lavender stems and remove from heat. place on the lid and let cool. When cool, add 2 1/2 cups of water and the lemon juice. Strain out the lavender. Serve the lavender lemonade with crushed ice and garnish with lavender blossoms.
Cucumber Sandwiches:
After cutting off the crusts of the bread and cutting the bread into triangles or shapes, butter both sides of the bread. Cut seedless cucumber into very thin slices, and place between bread slices.
Garnish if desired.
Tuna Sandwiches:
Mix one can of tuna (drained) with tuna seasoning and enough mayonnaise to make a thick spread. Spread on prepared slices of bread. You may add thin slices of cucumber if desired along with garnish.
Salmon Sandwiches:
Spread cream cheese on prepared slices of bread. Place thin slices of smoked salmon (Nova is particularly good) between slices of bread.
Egg Sandwiches:
Mix sectioned boiled egg and mayonnaise (or use store bought egg salad) and season as desired. Spread on slices of prepared bread. Add thin slices of cucumber if desired, along with garnish.
Watercress Sandwiches:
Spread cream cheese on prepared slices of bread. Rinse and dry watercress and lay between slices of bread. Garnish if desired.
Victorian Kisses:
9 eggs
White sugar
Lemon
Beat the whites of nine fresh eggs to a stiff froth. Mix egg white mixture with fifteen spoonfuls of fine white sugar and five or six drops of essence of lemon. Drop mixture on paper with a teaspoon, sift sugar over them, and bake them in a slow oven.
chicken salad deveid eggs
How elegant! Such a lovely idea..........infact it's a great idea for my website:
http://www.gourmet-food-revolution.com/i...
I feature various topical & seasonal menus, but as yet, not a picnic! Yes, that's a lovely idea!
Well, I thought I had ideas, but they have so eloquently already been stated! Bravo for the list prior!
tussie mussies for everyone
sugared violets and rose petals atop delicate petit fours
watercress sandwiches cut ever so small
mint-leaved lemonade