Sandwich Snowdrop Tea
Each year the Thornton Burgess Society runs a fundraiser for their Shirley Cross Wildflower garden in Sandwich, MA. This involves the opening of the private garden of Jonathan and Eugenie Shaw for a garden tour and an afternoon tea. Jonathan is a gardener who has been collecting and growing Snowdrops for 45 years. His garden is an outstanding example of an early Spring garden with lots of hellebores, crocuses, and of course snowdrops.
Here's the link in case anyone is interested. http://capecodmuseumtrail.com/event/snowdrop-tea/
I went on Thursday and although it was cloudy the rain held off and I was able to get some photos. I hope you like them.
This enormous clump started from two bulbs many years ago, these have been dug and divided many many times.. It is a hybrid called S. Arnott, sometimes you will see it listed for sale as Sam Arnott. It's highly fragrant.
This is an Elwesii seedling that Jonathan found and named for the namesake of the Burgess Wildflower Garden. So it's called Galanthus 'Shirley Cross'. I was fortunate enough to win a bulb of this one in the silent auction.
This is the root flare of one of the largest Metasequoia's I've ever seen. As big as the one at the Arnold. A nice companion plant for this large planting of snowdrops.
This is a cultivar called Flights of Fancy.
Iris reticulata 'Harmony' a very blue cultivar.
Hellebore 'Quilty'
A planting of Eranthis hyemalis (Winter Aconite) and early crocus.
A very civilized way to spend an early Spring afternoon.
Steve
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Miscalculated the bread for the tea sandwiches - pics
Comments (6)When you said you were having a "noah's ark cake" I assumed it would be a real cake, not a diaper cake. LOL! Lovely presentation....good thing 30 people didn't show up! You would have been raiding the pantry! Cookies or bars would have been a nice addition and made your sandwiches go farther. Linda C...See MoreHow many tea sandwiches should I make
Comments (11)Nancy, I actually prepared the insides for the sandwiches already and we'll assemble them at 1:00 on Sunday. I read some of the stuff is good for a week in the fridge and some is good up to 72 hours in the fridge. The only thing I'm afraid I made too early is the cream cheese, butter and mint mixture I made that on Wednesday. It smells fine but I don't know if that is going to keep okay for 4 days in the fridge. I'm doing the Salmon and Cream Cheese spread for the bagel chips as late as I can so it can be mixing at least 24 hours but no more than 48 hours in the fridge. That way everything is done since I'm doing most of the work (I have a two year old and am 8 months pregnant) it will be easy because the last thing to do will be assemble the sandwiches. The shower is 20 miles away so I have to transport all of the food and the buffet equipment and decorations over there Sunday morning and I can't do anything from this evening to tomorrow evening because it is Shabbat. Everything starts at 2:00 so I'm hoping 1:00 will give us time to assemble the sandwiches and they won't be soggy by the time guests arrive....See MoreHearty, hot sandwich ideas?
Comments (17)This recipe of Deborah's makes delicious Italian Sausage Sandwiches. Italian Sausage And Pepper Sandwich (Deborah's) 6 Italian Hot sausage (use sweet for less spicy or half of each) 2 large brown onions (I don't know from brown so I use spanish ) cut into 1" slices 3 large garlic cloves, minced 1 red bell pepper cut into 1" slices 1 green bell pepper cut into 1" slices 2-3 roma tomatoes quartered (I remove some of the seeds- also think roasted tomatoes would be excellent) 1/4-1/2 lb. mozzarella sliced thin or shredded (or use provolone) 1 1/2 Cup good red wine Olive oil Salt and pepper to taste 1=loaf French bread or 4-6 small individual rolls In a large lightly oiled skillet, on medium heat, fry the sausages until browned on all sides. Remove, cover with foil to keep warm. Drizzle 1 or 2 tbsp. olive oil into the skillet. On medium high heat fry up the onions, garlic, bell peppers until they become slightly browned on the edges. Add the wine, salt and pepper and cook uncovered for about 15 minutes. Cut the sausages in half (lengthwise) and add to the skillet along with the tomatoes, cooking about 5 minutes more. While peppers and sausage are cooking, cut the french loaf in half. Remove some of the interior bread to make room for the filling. Place bread on a baking sheet and spoon pepper mixture and some juices onto the bread, arranging the sausage halves on the top. Lay mozzarella slices on top and bake in a preheated 425* oven for about 12-15 minutes. Remove from oven and let rest for a few minutes. Cut into 2-3 inch slices and serve immediately....See MoreTea Sandwich Question
Comments (8)Reporting back: I made tea sandwiches yesterday and done the edges with chopped parsley. Today the parsley looked just as fresh, no dark edges or anything. I do know that the parsley had just been put out at the store so it was extremely fresh to begin with. I chopped it with a ceramic knife which also could have made a difference. Beverly...See More
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8 years agoSteve Massachusetts
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