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Does anyone have afternoon tea anymore?

I love a cuppa about 3pm in a china cup and a slice of cake...or preferably the whole cake
or Scones and jam and pronounced the proper way as in tones not tons!!

I hear thru the grapevine that afternoon tea is making a comeback!

but the dilemma I have is what is the official time ? Is it...

When the clock strikes 3 everything stops for tea

or

whatever the score everything stops at four

cant remember the songs but sure there are 2 of em!

I thought 4pm was high tea!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGQASun9d8E

I have tea to wake up, tea for breakfast, morning tea,elevensies, lunch, afternoon, 4.00 ish, dinner & supper and the odd one or two in between
Real tea in a tea pot mostly with real tea leaves

Northern Lass wrote:Does anyone have afternoon tea anymore?

I love a cuppa about 3pm in a china cup and a slice of cake...or preferably the whole cake
or Scones and jam and pronounced the proper way as in tones not tons!!

I hear thru the grapevine that afternoon tea is making a comeback!

but the dilemma I have is what is the official time ? Is it...

When the clock strikes 3 everything stops for tea

or

whatever the score everything stops at four

cant remember the songs but sure there are 2 of em!

I thought 4pm was high tea!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGQASun9d8E

depends if it gmt or bst so it could be 3 and 4 or 4 and 3

Blimey i'm confused now!!

Rob wrote::roll: Blimey i'm confused now!!

there there dear!

Do you go into the dutch cafes Rob?

I love afternoon tea and a nice slice of cake , scone or ginger biscuit, and have it between 3.0pm and 3.30am mid morning always have a coffee latte.

Annie

When i'm in England i always buy myself a pineapple chunks cream cake or a dripping cake.
Not every day of course gotta think of the waistline!!
They don't know how to drink tea over here.
They give you a glass of hot water and a tea bag,whatever taste you fancy,and you can dip it in the hot water.
Is that disgusting or what? No milk and no boiling water!! So i only drink tea in my home.
Coffee's great though.
Oh i do frequent Dutch cafes.Not very often because i prefer to drink at my local football or tennis club,but now and again i go in them.

Rob wrote:When i'm in England i always buy myself a pineapple chunks cream cake or a dripping cake.
Not every day of course gotta think of the waistline!!
They don't know how to drink tea over here.
They give you a glass of hot water and a tea bag,whatever taste you fancy,and you can dip it in the hot water.
Is that disgusting or what? No milk and no boiling water!! So i only drink tea in my home.
Coffee's great though.
Oh i do frequent Dutch cafes.Not very often because i prefer to drink at my local football or tennis club,but now and again i go in them.

Rob what's a dripping cake. I know what a dripping teacake is (known also as Mucky fat teacake) but never heard of dripping cake.


Annie(

Wot is a mucky fat teacake annie?

is it a lardy cake...and wots one of them

Northern Lass wrote:Wot is a mucky fat teacake annie?
is it a lardy cake...and wots one of them

Hi Norther Lass

Mucky Fat is from the roasted joint , if you pour the it in a dish it sets and is a brown colour hence the mucky fat ,used to have it a lot during the war, some butchers round here still sell it , a teacake is made from the bread dough shaped like a flat cake , they also have some with currents in, don't know if those are like a Lardy Cake.

Annie

butcher still do them up north pork or beef dip sarnies wth cracklin

peterd wrote:butcher still do them up north pork or beef dip sarnies wth cracklin

Our butchers don't give crackling with the dripping sarnies.

Annie