Planning a Victorian Tea Party?!
Planning a Victorian Tea Party?
A group of elderly ladies out to tea. What is expected from the hostess.Food etc.
Answers:
Little cucumber sandwiches in triangles (crustless), fairy cakes, battenburg, french fancies.
tiny triangle shaped sandwiches and of course, tea.
maybe a light dessert idk.
but when i picture a tea party, i see a group of women sitting around a round table in the middle of a garden, discussing a book :P
don't forget the fancy china!
best china sandwiches with crusts off white bread if you are going for a poor persons tea then bread and jam works or bread with sugar
Arrange it at a nice hotel or tea room, and leave it to them. Traditionally, the host/hostess pours the tea, but if waitstaff is available, they do it.
Dainty food, no more than 2 bites per piece. You dont' serve a big honking hoagie at a tea party, but instead small 1?" square open-faced sandwiches.
Scones are also popular
So are cookies and little sweets like small Lemon Bars or Brownies or baby Cheesecakes.
You eed to provide a selection of sandwiches, cakes, scones etc. Nice tea served in a china teapot and propper cups and saucers.
Take them to Fortnum & Masons, gorgeous teas, a real treat.
Or Harrods Food Hall has lots of delicious breads and cakes and a good delicatessan for items to accompany the latter.