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| Cream Scones with Dried Cranberries |
Today’s post celebrates our 300th blog entry at Catering By Teatime, also known as Teatime Delicacies, Inc. And what better menu to reflect the caterer is our Tea Menu featuring Cream Scones with Dried Cranberry.
When I created my company 33 years ago, the name reflected my love of everything Alice and Wonderland, including the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party (…”it’s always teatime!”). It was after the fact that I realized I needed to put together a tea menu. We are one of the very few caterers in the Washington DC and Northern Virginia community that offers a catered tea menu. It’s a perfect menu for multiple events – everything from wedding reception to memorial service. Last week we provide two separate memorial services with our Tea Menu.
Memorial services are especially sensitive events. Family members do not necessarily want a full meal, they want to provide refreshments after a service. It’s a time to gather and remember. Our tea menu is a utensil free menu that works very well in a setting where there is limited table seating for guests. It sets up easily, doesn’t require cooking or reheating. You can nosh a little or a lot.
Our cream scones are famous, light – buttery – slightly sweet. And addictive.
We typically provide three different sandwich bites: Chutney Chicken Salad on Potato Bread,
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| chutney chicken salad on potato bread |
Smoked Turkey Breast on Wheat Bread,
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| smoked turkey tea sandwich |
The third sandwich is generally a cucumber and butter on white bread. As a sidebar, for my own personal dinner I reinvented those little turkey sandwiches. Dipped in an egg-milk mixture then pressed into crushed corn flakes and sauteed in butter…omg:
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| smoked turkey sandwich rolled in corn flakes |
Accompanying the sandwiches and scones is a Fresh Fruit Arrangement with Seasonal Fruits, along with Assorted Cheeses and Crackers including a wedge of Brie topped with our Raspberry-Cranberry-Walnut topping. Eat, Drink and Be Merry.
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| Assortment of Domestic and Imported Cheeses |
No tea menu would be complete without an assortment of bite sized desserts. Saturday we had a special request for something chocolate, so I prepared our Chocolate Fudge Truffles Three Ways: rolled in cocoa, crushed almonds, and chopped coconut.
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| Chocolate Fudge Truffles |
Also providing Apple Bavarian Torte, Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies with Dried Cranberries and Russian Teacakes also known as Mexican Wedding Cakes. The menu is rounded out with a selection of herbal and regular teas.
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| Assorted Bite Sized Desserts |
The above photos are from the memorial service held at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington VA. It’s a lovely church venue in North Arlington VA. The venue works closely with the neighboring community and has rental options available. www.uucava.org
Contact us for your next event and let us work out the perfect menu.
www.cateringbyteatime.com