Foods and Candies
Foods and candies for tea time (both British and other), recipes (with or without tea) original to author.
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Squash Muffins and Tea
Unable to work squash into a recent article on using seasonal produce in herbal infusions, I decided to make squash muffins to pair with tea. The recipe (makes 12 muffins): ½ pound butternut squash (peeled, seeded, and cubed) 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder ½ cup sugar ¼ teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon… Continue reading
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Pairing Tea and Food — Mocha Peanut Butter Brownies and Formosa Oolong Tea
Time for another recipe (the 7th in a baker’s dozen). This is another that goes great with tea. Be adventurous and give her recipe a try with a pot of the tea named and assess the pairing for yourself. The recipe: Mocha Peanut Butter Brownies No picture available — yikes! So, here are the Double-Duty… Continue reading
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The Great Candy Corn Debate
This time of year a confectionary staple appears magically by the ton on store shelves: candy corn. It’s been around since the 1880’s and for some people is a treat not to be missed. For others, though, the very mention of those two little words “candy” and “corn” said together as a single entity sends… Continue reading
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Prepping for the Holidays — Cakes and Puddings
As mentioned in my article Prepping for the Holidays — McVitie’s Madness, we’re heading into a time of year that can be downright frantic. Avoid the rush by a bit of advance prep-work. You can also resort to something store-bought versus homemade when it comes to such traditional treats as holiday cakes and puddings. From… Continue reading
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Prepping for the Holidays — McVitie’s Madness
That time of year is upon us — the time when the pace of our lives keeps going faster and faster, when one holiday follows closely on the heels of another. You can make things go a bit more smoothly by doing a little prepping for the holidays. One step to take is what I… Continue reading
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Celebrating Autumn: Applesauce Tea Loaf
One of the most enjoyable rituals of autumn is apple-picking. Every year around the end of September we choose a day to head over to a local pick-your-own orchard. Then we spend an hour or two out in the fresh, cool sunshine, scouting out our favourite apple varieties, plucking the fruit off the trees and… Continue reading
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Scones, Clotted Cream, and Jam — Oh, My!
Scones, baked fresh and then split open like we would an American-style biscuit, then topped with clotted cream and jam are the quintessence of Afternoon Tea heaven. Yet, there is some discord out there among aficionados about which to plop on that scone first: the clotted cream or the jam! A real dilemma. The operative… Continue reading
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Bees and Teas
Bees and teas just naturally go together. Whether it’s honey in your cuppa or the fact that without bees pollination doesn’t happen and crops don’t grow, bees are a very important part of tea time! Honey Making Honey, a wonder of nature, takes a lot of hard work — not by us, but by bees.… Continue reading
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Cooking with Tea: Late Summer’s Bounty
Many vegetables reach their peak as Summer starts drawing to a close. Amongst these are fresh corn, sweet bell peppers in assorted colours, and various kinds of hot peppers. When vegetables are in season I like to eat them as often as I can in as many ways as I can dream up. One year… Continue reading
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Pairing Tea and Food — Spinach-Stuffed Mushrooms and Nilgiri Tea
Time for another recipe (the 5th in a baker’s dozen). This is another that goes great with tea. Be adventurous and give her recipe a try with a pot of the tea named and assess the pairing for yourself. The recipe: Spinach-Stuffed Mushrooms These are vegetarian/vegan-friendly (just omit the cheese) and quite delicious. And, according… Continue reading
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