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11-26-2011, 08:49 PM
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Recipes for a Ladies Tea. Help??
We are having our annual Ladies' Tea this coming Friday night. I have to make 5-6 dozen tea sandwiches, as well as anything else I can think of that would fit in.
Sooooo.......... anybody have any highly recommended recipes? I would ask for the recipes for oarderves but I don't know how to spell it. LOL Tea Sandwich recipes would be great!! Small finger foods. Whatever you have! Help quick tho, please!!
Thanks soooo, sooo, much!
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11-26-2011, 09:11 PM
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Re: Recipes for a Ladies Tea. Help??
Margie,
You know, just my experience, but it seems when I keep things simple, people enjoy it more. So, for sandwiches I just do the traditional chicken salad, tuna salad and ham salad. Sometimes I might throw in pimento cheese, cucumber and egg salad.
I always cut the crust off, which I am sure you already do. It makes everything look so much more elegant.
Also, and you probably already do this as well, put the green leaf lettuce leaves on the platters and then place the sandwiches.
Make sure if you use crackers, they don't compete with any dip you might serve.
AND serve that awesome punch you listed. I have used it, at least, six times since! 
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11-27-2011, 05:28 PM
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Re: Recipes for a Ladies Tea. Help??
Thanks, PO, that's all great advice. Anyone else??
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11-28-2011, 12:54 PM
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11-28-2011, 12:55 PM
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11-28-2011, 12:58 PM
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11-28-2011, 01:04 PM
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Re: Recipes for a Ladies Tea. Help??
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Originally Posted by Pressing-On
Margie,
You know, just my experience, but it seems when I keep things simple, people enjoy it more. So, for sandwiches I just do the traditional chicken salad, tuna salad and ham salad. Sometimes I might throw in pimento cheese, cucumber and egg salad.
I always cut the crust off, which I am sure you already do. It makes everything look so much more elegant.
Also, and you probably already do this as well, put the green leaf lettuce leaves on the platters and then place the sandwiches.
Make sure if you use crackers, they don't compete with any dip you might serve.
AND serve that awesome punch you listed. I have used it, at least, six times since! |
I knew that. 
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11-28-2011, 01:07 PM
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Re: Recipes for a Ladies Tea. Help??
Found this in my December Food & Wine magazine. I haven't tried them, but it looks like a great holiday recipe.
Chocolate-Espresso Snowballs
Active: 30 min. Total: 2 hr
Makes about 3 dozen cookies
2 sticks unsalted butter, softened (plus more for greasing)
1/2 cup sugar
2 t. pure vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 t. instant espresso powder
1/2 t. salt
2 cups finely chopped pecans (I like to toast any nuts I use in cookies)
Confectioners' sugar, for coating
1. In large bowl, mix the butter, sugar and vanilla until smooth. Stir in the flour, cocoa, espresso power and salt until thoroughly blended. Stir in the pecans. Cover the dough and refrigerate for 1 hour.
2. Preheat the over to 324. Lightly butter 2 cookie sheets. Working in batches, roll the dough into tablespoon-size balls and place about 2 inches apart on the prepared cookie sheets. Bake in the upper and lower thirds of the oven for 15 minutes, until the tops are dry and the cookies are slightly firm to the touch. Let the cookies cool on the sheets for 10 minutes, then transfer to a rack to cool completely, roll in confectioners' sugar to coat.
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11-28-2011, 01:08 PM
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Re: Recipes for a Ladies Tea. Help??
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LOL! You're such a chefy kind of guy!
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11-28-2011, 01:13 PM
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Re: Recipes for a Ladies Tea. Help??
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LOL! You're such a chefy kind of guy! |
Oh yeah. That's me! I can stir fry, make grilled cheese sandwiches, hamburgers, and heat up soup. That's about the extent of my culinary repertoire.
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