On New Years Eve we had a tea for our daughters. They had gone their separate ways for Christmas, so this was our Holiday Celebration, and it was wonderful to cook together and linger over tea.
I set the table with the Spode Pink Tower dishes that we inherited from hubby's grandmother. For a while in the 2000s, these dishes were being manufactured again and I was able to add to our collection. And over the years I have found different items online and at estate sales and antique shops.
The glassware is Heisey Orchid that was given to me by my sister. We rarely use these glasses, mainly because we have so few, but our guest list was short for this tea. The silver, inherited from MIL, is Rogers "Heritage" pattern, probably from the 1960s. I used a red tartan table cloth to bring in a Scottish theme, and greenery and pine cones decorated the center of the table.
Also, to carry the Scottish theme, I made a Scottish tart, and we served Scotch whiskey!
I had never made a Scottish tart before, but it's got lots of nuts, currants, cranberries, and Scotch! of course in a typical tart crust.
Our tea menu was broccoli soup with cheese scones, then roast beef sandwiches with onion marmalade on croissants, mushroom tartlets, deconstructed scotch eggs, cinnamon coffee cake, and cucumber sandwiches.
This tea brought back memories of other teas with our daughters, like this one from 1997.
