Posts Tagged ‘mother’s day tea’
Mother’s Day Tea with a Southern Twist
We had a lovely Mother’s Day Tea with a Southern Twist. Menu Savories Pimiento Cheese – every good southern party must have pimiento cheese. Cucumbers with fresh, local strawberries, Belle Chevre goat cheese, and watercress. Watercress is an herb that grows in the wild throughout the South. Shrimp and Grits – This was an experiment…
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The theme for our annual Mother’s Day Tea this year was roses so we had my sister’s roses for the flowers, rose teapots, rose-colored dishes, linens and food. Once you have a theme it becomes easier to put the party together. We bent the rules of formality in favor of fun. Good food, wonderful family!…
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Once again, my sister and I pulled off another Mother’s Day Tea. It was our best tea yet due to practice and to Pinterest. Both of us have been pinning tea recipes like crazy. Click here if you’d like to see my Pinterest board called “The Happy Tea Drinker.” You’ll see where some…
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We continued our afternoon tea tradition for Mother’s Day. Our theme this year was locally-made food! Up front on the left are the requisite crumpets served with toppings of lemon curd and locally-made Queen Bee Blueberry Lemon Jam. My sister made beautiful open-face cucumber sandwiches (front right, bottom tier) and olive nut sandwiches (front right, top tier).…
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For the last few years we’ve had afternoon tea on Mother’s Day. Last year’s menu included: Savories: Pimento cheese sandwiches, chicken salad in mini phyllo cups, cucumber sandwiches, olive and nut sandwiches. Crumpets with lemon curd and strawberry jam. Sweets: Petit fours, Nutella and raspberry jam sandwiches (a refined version of peanut butter and jelly),…
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