English Chick/Jamie Oliver question

[MissPrissy]

Looks like we need a tea party

Lawn dresses, afternoon hats and gloves please, ladies.

 

[wendy]

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No, I have not seen that! I will have to check that out. I am not a big movie buff

Thanks for telling me about it, that is something I have to watch.

I could just listen to the accents forever

 

[Backyard Buddies]

OK, I finally got a chance to sit down and watch the Jamie Oliver show from this morning. It was a repeat from earlier, but I didn't at all mind watching it again!

The cottage cheese he used in this recipe looked like large curd cheese similar to what we have here in the states. He described it as bland, then proceeded to add all kinds of things to make it more flavorful for his BBQ'd roast beets and steak.

I'm there with you gals - I love my English tea as well. I have a cup of Earl Grey or Lady Grey every afternoon. Yum!

Every once in a while we do what we call English Breakfast. It usually involves soft boiled eggs and homemade scones with cream and jam.

And, yes. I've been corrected and am working on it.
Scone. Rhymes with 'On' not 'Own.'

 

[Henrietta23]

Come to Connecticut on the 10th. Our vicar's wife will be holding her annual tea!

 

[kstaven]

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Now your DD and I would get on a treat!!

I love afternoon English Tea in the summer on the lawns......

especially scones with clotted cream and topped with fresh strawberries.....and cucumber sandwiches (no crusts) .....roll on the summer

This thread is really making me hungry! Keep it up and I'm going to have to buy a couple more cows just for making personal stock.

 

[country lady]

Wendy, you really must see "Tea with Mussolini." I love languages, especially the Italian language. This movie has gorgeous scenery. We are not much on movies either. I'm embarrassed to say that the last movie DH and I saw in town was a summer matinee, "The Truman Story."

The group of English ladies included Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, and Joan Plowright, along with Cher and Lily Tomlin. The English ladies were referred to as "the scorpionas." They were sort of quirky and bohemian types. Have you seen the movie, English Chick? They carried on their afternoon tea-time even in Italy. Where I live, hot tea is not the usual--iced tea is, but in the winter I use my teapots a lot, especially when I have company--which isn't often. I think it is civilizing to use teapots.

A sad note: My neighbor is from Florida of Italian parents. Her grandparents were immigrants. Three years ago, she and her two sisters took their 83 year old mother to Italy. They realized their mother was in the early stages of Alzheimer's when she woke from a nap and said that "everybody is speaking Italian." Sad but funny in a way.

 

[English Chick]

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Lets have an Edwardian Ladies Tea Party.....so elegant and my favourite period in history...even down to the furniture...ahhhh bliss....

 

[English Chick]

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Bonjourno Bella.....my hubby is Italian...but loves our English ways....

I insist that tea is served from a china teaport into china cups....no mugs......it tastes different...I adore the age of elegance and refinement.....(((SIGH)))

 

[country lady]

You are right, English Chick, about tea-time being the age of elegance and refinement. Maybe that is why some of us enjoy the British films and miss the likes of John Thaw. We still get an occasional Masterpiece Theatre-- the mysteries, on PBS but not the others like Midsommer mysteries or Hercule Poirot. I love that series.

 

[MissPrissy]

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The water should be boiled from the kettle and not in a microwave too. It tastes better when boiled from the kettle.