~~ TEA and CRUMPETS~~

CRUMPETS !!
"A crumpet is a savoury/sweet bread snack made from flour and yeast. It is eaten mainly in the United Kingdom and other nations of the Commonwealth."
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I've never even TASTED a crumpet,
much less know how to MAKE them.
OH... BUT I WANTED TO TRY...
I really do want to be a cook when I grow up !

Well, I found a recipe on the net...just google CRUMPETS...

and also found out I needed

CRUMPET RINGS....

not having any and NOT going to buy any and didn't know WHERE to buy them even if I wanted to..

I used  CANNING JAR  RINGS.

...a little small...but they at least kept the batter in a round shape, more or less...:))

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By: Carol Craig  (TAKEN FROM THE NET)

"I save clean water chestnut and pineapple cans so I can make crumpets whenever my family requests them. (You can also use a circle cookie cutter or mason jar rings.)

The recipe makes about a trillion crumpets...

especially when they are this small.

By the time I got the kilzillion tiny crumpets finished,

I was beside myself to have a really pretty

TEA AND CRUMPETS AFFAIR.

I THOUGHT these looked a little strange and probably not at ALL like they are supposed to look...

but I found the following photo of crumpets on the net....

and mine do look quite like these.

I just need more experience and mainly...

REAL CRUMPET RINGS..or large canned chicken or tuna cans....

Well....anyway, I am happy with the ones I made...

so lets have tea now.

I am joining in with LAURA at DECOR TO ADORE

for HIGH TEA..

How fun this is..

I love to PLAY tea...

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"High tea (also known as meat tea is an early evening meal, typically eaten between 5pm and 6pm. It is now largely followed by a later lighter evening meal.

High tea would usually consist of cold meats, eggs or fish, cakes and sandwiches."

I have set two tables,

as is sometimes proper for HIGH TEA.

(Do you like this little golden lantern I found for 50 cents at the thrift?

I first thought I'd spray it Oil Rubbed Bronze...and probably will, later.

but when I got it home...I decided I love the golden color.

Will use it like this until I am ready to do something different.)

It looks pretty on the tea table.

SOUTHERN COUNTRY HAM ROLLS

with

BOAR'S HEAD PEPPERHOUSE GOURMAISE 

served in another of my mother's crystal bowls... 

Beautiful and highly delicious are these little

CHEESE and SPINACH PASTRY PUFFS.

You can find these in the freezer section of your grocery store.

My first time to try these and they are very good..

(not as good as that ham dipped in the savory dressing..:))

 

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 NOW that you have your plate full..

let's eat and visit...

THEN,

we can move into the other room for our

TEA AND CRUMPETS..
First time, homemade Crumpets..
ooo, I am PROUD...:)

I am also still very proud of my thrifted
tea set...
Why would anyone give this away to ♫♪♪ GOODWILL ♪♫

?

I don't have tea cups that match my pretty

red and cream tea set that I bought from

♫♫♪ GOODWILL ♪♫♪

for $7.00 for the set...

but I think these CREMEware cups and saucers look really nice with it.

This is the beautiful little lace TEA cloth my sweet, deceased sister-in-law

bought for me several years ago.

I surely would rather have my MARILEE back than this ole tea cloth. :((

The STRAWBERRY FREEZER JAM  tasted really good...

I am going to make MORE of this jam as soon as the strawberries

are large, sweet and juicy again.

I hope YOU will give it a try...

it is SOOO easy and quick and you won't believe how fresh tasting

and full of fruity goodness.

I think I was supposed to split and toast the crumpets.

Well, I'll do it the next time.

OOO....the silverness of it all.

I noted that crumpets were served with something called clotted cream...

"Clotted cream (sometimes called Devonshire cream or Clouted cream) is a thick cream made by indirectly heating unpasteurised cow's milk using steam or a water bath and then leaving it in shallow pans to cool slowly. During this time, the cream content rises to the surface and forms 'clots' or 'clouts', hence its alternative name 'Clouted cream'.
It is produced by many dairy farms in South West England, and is an essential part of a cream tea."

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The closest thing I had was sweetened whipped cream
and it tasted FABULOUS with the strawberry jam and slightly irregular crumpets..:))

...see that little butterfly inside the creamer...SWEET !

O, and that pretty silver tray was a gift

from my daughter on a trip to MEXICO...

back when it was safe to GO THERE.

Good grief..what a mess down there....

DRUGS are going to be the ruination of our beautiful country...
but...I digress...
back to an enjoyable tea...

Thanks so much for stopping by for

HIGH TEA and CRUMPETS...

with so many in my freezer,

next time we will have a

blueberry tea

and THIS time, I WILL split and toast the little crumpets to a golden brown...

with lots and LOTS of buttah.....

and even tho my crumpets are

small AND irregular,

they really are delicious....

especially with all the goodies we can pile on.

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I am ALSO linking with

TEA TIME WITH THE LADY

TABLESCAPE TUESDAY

TEA FOR TWO

TEAPOT AND TEA THINGS

3 OR MORE TUESDAY (3 trillion crumpets)

2ND TIME AROUND TUESDAY

NIFTY THRIFTY TUESDAY

TEACUP TUESDAY

RUBY TUESDAY

TEMPT MY TUMMY TUESDAY

REDNESDAY WEDNESDAY

WHITE WEDNESDAY (cups and dessert plates)

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Thank you to all these lovely hosts..and

thanks again to YOU.

So sorry this is such a LONG post with so many photos..

I have a hard time deleting any of my photos..*sigh