Can you give me some 'Tea Party Ideas & Recipes'?

craftyshe

15 years ago

My sister & I are going to have a "Tea Party",For my mom.Would love to have some ideas & recipes.Thanks :-)

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Happy_Go_Lucky_Gayle
15 years ago
OK Food my favorite subject! LOL!

I just had a Tea Party!

Banana Nut Bread served w/Cream Cheese on the side
With a nice fruit tray of blue berries, strawberries, grapes, and melon balls.

Try Pop Over's with Spinach Dip. (I actually just hollowed out a round bread and put the Spinach Dip in that.)

A veggie tray.

A variety of Teas

Ice with Eatable Flowers frozen in a Mold floating in Punch Bowl with Punch.

We went to Party Warehouse and got heavy duty plastic plates that looked like crystal. Really Pretty! Served with a pretty floral napkins on pink tablecloths.

We had a mixed Rose Floral centerpiece.

Gayle
sue_va
15 years ago
I live in an Independent Retirement Community and we have a Tea each month. It is tied in with a holiday if possible, so food and decorations are themed. St. Patrick's Day we had a variety of scones, shamrock cookies, and of course tea, We had the DD of a resident to tell us about the trip she and her DM recently took to Ireland, and she played and sang.

April was a "Fashion Show" with residents dressing up such as Toast of the Town, with toast clipped to her clothes; a bag lady had plastic grocery bags attached; one wore a "slip-over sweater: a nice lacy slip over a sweater. Get the picture? Refreshments were fancy little cheese biscuits, veggie bites, little wrapped smokies, etc.

You may want more formal teas. Here is a recipe for Veggie sandwiches:

Vegetable Party Sandwiches

1 medium onion
1 cucumber
1 firm tomato
1 carrot
1 green pepper

Peel and clean the veggies and run through a food chopper.

1 envelope Knox gelatin dissolved with 2 Tbs hot water.
Mix with veggies and one pint mayo or salad dressing.*
*Depending on how juicy veggies are, may use less.
Season to taste and chill until congealed.

Use various breads and cut into squares, circles, triangles, rectangles.

Hint: Make the sandwiches and then trim off the crusts. Makes a neater, filled to the edge sandwich.

Have fun!

Sue
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Happy_Go_Lucky_Gayle
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This site has some beautiful Plastic Dishes.

This is the one I used for the Tea.
Gayle

Here is a link that might be useful: Pretty Plastic Dishes
glenda_al
15 years ago
Definitely cucumber and cream cheese finger sandwiches.
Scones are great!
liz
15 years ago
Scones with clotted cream and strawberry preserves! If you have a cost plus nearby...you can pick up boxed "SCONES"...clotted cream with them would be divine...I know you can order it some places online...any kind of strawberry preserves will do!! MMMMM...makes my mouth water!!
wanda_illinois
15 years ago
Curry chicken salad with fruit in it
Lemon poppy seed muffins
Rasberry or peach flavored tea
rthummer
15 years ago
When I found you asking for ideas I had to call my friend from church, as she host some of the most fun tea parties in her home in the summer, this is what she e-mailed me back. She says she gets her ideas off of different forums she belongs to-

Girlfriend Tea-

What's a GIRLFRIEND tea? The invitation (sent on a beautiful stationery teacup) said, "Bring a best girlfriend." The proper morning tea started at 10:25 A.M. Wearing a pretty hat was optional, but not necessary (and about half of the ladies wore one). We started with orange-tangerine tea and scones (including lemon curd and clotted cream) on the back porch (I planned on having it in the back yard, but it rained too hard the night before!) Then we adjourned to the dining room where we had Orzo-Asparagus Salad, Ham salad on a thick slice of cucumber, Fruited chicken salad on a small piece of crescent roll, Cucumber fruit salad, a square of broccoli-cheese quiche and a bumblebee that was nestled beside a Brown-eyed Susan. The bumblebee was a mixture of graham cracker crumbs, dried milk, peanut butter and honey. I used a small tube of black icing to make the stripes and eyes. Slivered almonds made the wings. Dessert was a Strawberry-cheese pie in a graham cracker crust. And everything (except the scones) was made the day before.
I introduced "my friends" and told how we met and became friends, and then each of them introduced their "friend" and explained how they became friends. We talked for hours. About such things as our favorite childhood toy, our first kiss(!), a memorable event that happened during our wedding, the way our mothers cleaned house -- way back then...

We remembered songs we used to sing and sang several "rounds" of White Coral Bells and Make New Friends but Keep the Old. Oh, yes! On one particular tea, the electricity went off during the afternoon, but we lit a few oil lamps and kept on talking. It was a wonderful time -- one we'll cherish a long time, this is one of my favorite Teas to host.

I will host this tea for my co-worker friends as well as my church friends and neighbor friends as well.
wildchild
15 years ago
If you make tea (finger) sandwiches always use the best quality bread you can find and butter both sides with real softened butter no matter what the filling. Even peanut butter and jelly tastes special this way.

One of my fillings I get the most raves about is simply grated baby carrots blended into whipped cream cheese. I use block cheese and my food processor but you can use the tub if you want.Add a bit of sweet ginger paste if you have some available. It's optional but a nice addition.
gillian_41
15 years ago
If you lived closer I would have DD to make the birthday cake.
{{!gwi}}

Gillian.
sheilajoyce_gw
15 years ago
Gillian, so darling!!!!!
Happy_Go_Lucky_Gayle
15 years ago
I love your Daughter's cakes Gillian! I remember that one.

Gayle

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