HIGH TEA

I am getting ready for a little get together to celebrate the beginning of summer, and I have been inspired by our anglophile gatherings of late, including the Netflix shows The Crown and Victoria. Needless to say, there was much talk of Harry and Meghan's wedding, and some perusing of Hello magazine.

So I have decided to have tea. It frightens me to call it high tea, because any one I have every been to was spectacular, and served in the most elaborate of settings. I think this is most of my foodie friends experiences too.

This high tea, though, will be much more humble. I don't have the proper tea cups, all unique and fine bone china. I will have a set of matching ones from a wedding gift, and that will be a gift to use them to serve such fine friends. I have a humble home, but I love the art on the walls and the comfortable setting, and if it is a nice afternoon, I hope we can do it outside in my garden. It will be at 5, which may even be the time the Queen would celebrate high tea. So now all that remains is the menu to be finalized.

Today, lacking currents, milk powder, whole wheat flour and an iron skillet, I had to reject Martha's cookbook recipes, but I did have butter and cranberries, so I made a first attempt at oven baked scones. Had I been able to watch (my oven light is burnt out), I would have taken these out a couple minutes earlier, because they are a little dark but they were still delicious. I'll let you know more as I continue to test recipes for the next two weeks.

Here is a taste of what is to come!

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