It was time for
"The Royal Court of Tea Sister's"
"The Royal Court of Tea Sister's"
Valentine's Day Tea.....
We had delayed it a week past Valentine's
because of time/date conflicts with all of us.
because of time/date conflicts with all of us.
It was held at Marsha's house this year.
We had the table set for 6...and had invitations out for
all 4 of the Royal Court members,
and for two extra invited guests.
The two guests canceled....so we invited two more at the last minute...
they couldn't come.
So we decided to just
"press onward like good Tea soldiers."
Then several hours before our gathering...our good friend Diane,
couldn't come because of issues at home
with her husband who has been so ill.
Sad, as we were about her not being there....
"We marched on."
Marsha, had made us up little
"Tea Menus"
for each of us to pick our flavors of tea
from that we would choose to drink that day.
She's always a great hostess.....
Tricia,
urging us to
"pick our favorite teas"
from Marsha's
"Magical Tea Hutch"
where she keeps all her special Teas.
She blends them herself!
Marsha the "Tea Baroness"
as I call her.
Saying......"Please don't take my photo!"
Too bad....it's happening my friend.
But I made it small so you wouldn't fuss to much!
Marsha pouring and Tricia supervising......
Joyce (moi) "enjoying" it all.
We served.........
"Roast beef w/a horseradish spread on a dark Pumpernickel."
Not exactly your typical tea bread but I was in a
German mood when I prepared them.
Tricia's "Cold, Crisp, Blanched, Asparagus"
Fresh, and tasty to the pallet!
And lastly,
Marsha's, WORLD CLASS Cucumber Sandwiches
(Even Lord Wedgewood himself said so...more on this later!)
This is our most favorite Tea food,
that we must have at EVERY single Tea
we hold and we eat them nearly until we are sick,
(from stuffing ourselves like country.... errrr, nevermind)
Because we just love them so MUCH!
I know, I know, that is not very
Ladylike
AT all.
But we can't help ourselves!
Scones, and a special "Tea Bread" with green tea in it that Marsha made.
More scones.
I mean really, can one ever get enough of scones?
These were
"Cranberry and Lemon Scones"
I had found a new recipe (new to me) using
WHO knew there was such a huge difference in Lemons, but these Meyer's Lemons were AMAZING!
You just wanted to eat the Lemon all by itself!
It was not tart, and was flavorful.
I squeezed one into a glass and DRANK the juice and did not have to sweeten it at all.
Tricia being very sweet as usual. She's the sweetest one in the bunch.
Marsha, "The Lady in Red"
A Princess visiting from a Far Away Land.
Whoops...I mean Joyce.
Time for Biscuits!
I brought two types of Belgium Biscuits....say that 5 times fast.
Belgium,
is a wonderful little country,
(that I have been to for 6 hours, so I am a bit of an "expert" on all things Belgium)
that has really great "cookies"
as we Americans call them.
And Belgium is FAMOUS for it's Chocolate.
And when you can get them both together it's even better.
Of course,
I call them
"Biscuits"
so that people will think I am European.
Sadly it doesn't work though.
Having no European accent gives me away every time.
(It's late and I am in a very sarcastic mood tonight for some reason.
Can you tell???
I think it's called "lack of sleep.")
"Finalmente, Infine, לבסוף, Schließlich, Окончательно, Finally,"
(OMGosh..I LOVE "The Online Translator"...who doesn't? I use it all the time!)
We have Tricia's,
"Hand Dipped, Fresh Strawberries, in Chocolate!"
Fabulous....
After all of this....
we took a nap.
No!
Not really.
Don't we wish though.........
However, what we DID really do was this:
You might be shocked so hold with me.
WE did clean up the table.
We did clean up the kitchen.
Then we went to
"T.J. Maxx" for a little shopping.
Then onto
"Books a Million!"
I'm serious.
We are "always" on the hunt for new "Tea" items.
Hey, besides, it's like this:
"Great food, Great Fun, Great Friends.......
Let's Shop!!"
And OF COURSE......
"A great time was had by all."
All three of us.
In the end...
Sometimes,
"Less is More"
you know.
Even if there had only been two of us..
it still would have been a great
Tea party!
I think sleep is very needed for me at this point.
It's never really a good thing to write really late at night.
Yawn......ZZZzzzzz
Good night for now...
Cheers!
