What did you eat or cook today (December 2024)?

[karadekoolaid]

Mom loves everything British and was just beside her self today.

And that is a spectacular English tea! I'm in awe. Perfect sandwiches.
I'd just love to get hold of a teapot like that, even though I haven't eaten a "classic" English tea sine I took my students out on the late 1970s.

 

[JAS_OH1]

This made me think of TastyReuben:
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[JAS_OH1]

Did you use a water bath?

No, I never have done that.

 

[Morning Glory]

My Mother's birthday is tomorrow and we have this adorable little place just opened up about a year.
A month ago they decided to open for Sunday afternoons and only offer High Tea or Afternoon Tea, lovely!
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Mom loves everything British and was just beside her self today.

I spy cucumber sandwiches which have been under discussion in another thread. But I am betting they had mayonnaise them. I hope not. If they did this is not how they would.ever be served for a proper afternoon tea. It would be butter.and only butter.

 

[JAS_OH1]

I spy cucumber sandwiches which have been under discussion in another thread. But I am betting they had mayonnaise them. I hope not. If they did this is not how they would.ever be served for a proper afternoon tea. It would be butter.and only butter.

It's an Americanized version so it might have both butter and mayo!

 

[Barriehie]

It's an Americanized version so it might have both butter and mayo!

Here in the deep South it would definitely be mayo.

 

[JAS_OH1]

Here in the deep South it would definitely be mayo.

That's how I grew up (in Florida). My mother hated mayonnaise and tried to get us to use mustard instead, but thankfully my dad was a mayo guy and like him, I like both mayo and mustard on a burger (and ketchup) or sandwich (except obviously peanut butter and jelly). When I was young it was Hellman's but one day I discovered Duke's and never looked back. Honestly, I had never heard of butter on sandwiches in lieu of mayo until I joined this forum a few years back--I thought it was odd, but it's really common in the UK, Europe, and other countries. I was surprised to find out that some Americans do use butter on sandwiches and I never have done that, personally, but there are some US citizens who do!

 

[Barriehie]

I used to, when I made sandwiches for work, put a light smear on the bread the tomatoes were going on to keep it from getting soggy. Pack it butter side up to be sure. All else under the tomatoes. Blue Plate is the one around here; it's a NOLA thing.

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

Morning Glory you are correct madam!
This was a proper English Tea ... no mayonnaise involved! (well, except for the Egg Salad I suppose, oh and no butter either)
Mother and Missus Next Door Neighbor, whom I invited along because they're good buddies, had Egg Salad and Turkey with Cream Cheese, where I had the Cucumber, Fresh Dill and Cream Cheese - very good!
Mom had a pot of Tetley Black Tea and Mrs. ND and I had a glass (two really) of sparkling wine instead.
I don't necessarily care for Scones, but MAN! Those were excellent!
Clotted Cream, Lemon Curd and Strawberry Jam, all good.
I think we'll do Sunday Tea again.
For supper, I had another glass of wine

 

[karadekoolaid]

I was invited to the British Embassy in Caracas at the beginning of November.
Cucumber sandwiches. White bread (well it wasn't Holsum or Sainsbury's Special, but it was close), butter, sliced cucumber. No Mayonnaise, no ketchup, no sriracha, no garlic salt.
Actually, I'm rather partial to a cucumber sandwich with cream cheese and dill.

 

[TastyReuben]

I spy cucumber sandwiches which have been under discussion in another thread. But I am betting they had mayonnaise them. I hope not. If they did this is not how they would.ever be served for a proper afternoon tea. It would be butter.and only butter.

I’ve had cucumber sandwiches with cream cheese more often than not when we’ve had afternoon tea in England.

Then again, I’ve also had cheese and pickle sandwiches for afternoon tea there, which raised some disapproving eyebrows here, and since we were talking about toasted sandwiches earlier, I probably should mention the afternoon tea we had in London in…2009?…where some of the first layer contained egg mayonnaise…served on toast points!

It’s a new world nowadays. Anything goes!

 

[JAS_OH1]

I used to, when I made sandwiches for work, put a light smear on the bread the tomatoes were going on to keep it from getting soggy. Pack it butter side up to be sure. All else under the tomatoes. Blue Plate is the one around here; it's a NOLA thing.

I vaguely remember Blue Plate mayonnaise. I spent a good bit of time in Louisiana (my dad was born there), but over in NW Florida it wasn't a thing.

 

[JAS_OH1]

We had chicken and bacon topped dinner salads. Mine had letthce, spinach, avocado, tomato, dried cranberries, cashews and shredded parmesan cheese on it. DH had lettuce, spinach, fresh mushrooms, tomato, and blue cheese on his.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I know it looks a little browned around the edges but it's not overcooked, I promise. And it tastes really good!

That looks spot on to me

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Way too got today for anything other than a minute session on the airfryer so hubby gets some protein.

I drank my protein at lunchtime