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Tea Time in the U.K.?

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Look what I found in our local grocery store! It took me back to tea time in England. jimeka HeidiK and angelite , what time should we all be there? I'll order a raisin scone-with clotted cream, of course! And a cup of tea with cream and sugar. (I'll worry about the calories later πŸ˜‰)

But it's the company I'm most looking forward to! Ah, what a great time we would all have.

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Please forgive me if I left any of our other U.K. friends off the list! Any others out there?

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jimeka

Forget the tea just the scone, clotted cream and jam will do. Oh and of course the company. Lol πŸ˜‚ blessings Jimeka followed by 🍫Of course x

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WAshingtongirl in reply to jimeka

How about a Costa coffee? Maybe a mocha with whipped cream on top? πŸ«πŸ˜‹

Ideally, with strawberry preserve, Earl Grey tea, and a little Elgar in the background :-)

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WAshingtongirl in reply to

Yes! Strawberry preserves! I've never acquired a taste for the orange marmalade usually served there.

You're all making me hungry!

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What is Elgar, Hidden ?

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youtube.com/watch?v=R2-43p3... He's one of Englands finest and most loved composers.

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Thanks! Great background music. Let's ask them to play it softly so we can still hear ourselves chat. 😊

Are you from the U.K. too?

in reply to WAshingtongirl

I am afraid so, Tutu. But now I call Virginia home and have been over here for a long time. How about you, are you in Hawaii?

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Happy to have you here in the πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ! Lived in HI for 20yrs. Moved to Washington (state) 10 yrs ago. ☺️

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erash

Count me in for tea time WAshingtongirl ⏰

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WAshingtongirl in reply to erash

😁 β˜•οΈ

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jennie62

Thank goodness my sister-in-law is from England (by way of Ireland) we BOTH love clotted cream! Oh and strawberry preserves on our scones!

Not sure why I love making orange marmalade. Must be the smell my house has afterwards.

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WAshingtongirl in reply to jennie62

I bet it smells good jennie62 . I think we're going to need LOTS of clotted cream and strawberry preserves for our tea time get-together.

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agapepilgrim

jennie62 LOVE orange marmalade! Used to eat it on everything until my tongue acquired "Burning Tongue Syndrome", and now it burns my tongue! We shall not dwell on what foods can no longer eat but be thankful for what we are able to eat, but I do love orange marmalade!

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jennie62

LOTS of CLOTTED CREAM WAshingtongirl LOL! Oh yeah, where can I find some in Upstate New York?

I know exactly how you feel with burning tongue syndrome agapepilgrim ! Too many times I wind up with that because of the foods/drinks I fall in love with - oranges being one.

Wish I could make some marmalade just for the smell!

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Y'all are making me hungry. And I wish I could still make marmalade, strawberry jam, and other sweets.

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WAshingtongirl in reply to Eleyne92

Me too Eleyne92 .

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Amore55

I want it on all the goodies, but mostly the wonderful company! What a time we would have chatting, I don't know if we would get to the eating!

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WAshingtongirl in reply to Amore55

😁

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jimeka in reply to Amore55

We would all have to be in polite in that we all talked with our mouths full!! Lol πŸ˜‚ blessings Jimeka

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WAshingtongirl in reply to jimeka

I'd call that multitasking jimeka . 😁

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Wow, didn't think you could get clotted cream in the US.. I made some scones the other day (nothing like what you can get in the UK) and really missed the clotted cream.

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WAshingtongirl in reply to pmbevac

I found it at Jenson's, a nice/specialty grocery store, in California. How about you make the scones and I bring the clotted cream?

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pmbevac in reply to WAshingtongirl

Sounds like fun. I need to find out the proper British recipe. If anyone in the UK has a good one I'd like to try it. The best place we had for scones was Betty's Tea Room in Harrogate. I'm sure they wouldn't give away theirs.

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pmbevac in reply to WAshingtongirl

Actually my wife has challenged me to make my own clotted cream... I might just have to do it.

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WAshingtongirl in reply to pmbevac

You'll have to let us know how it goes. I tried a recipe for Devonshire cream years ago. I think it had cream cheese in it. Nothing like the real thing!

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jackiesj

I have wanted to be British for awhile now....what is high tea, what is the difference between grey tea and green tea besides the color and what on earth is Clotted Cream?I guess I should google...all seems so yummy!

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