Comments on: A High Tea Menu and A Tea Party Girl Challenge

By: Ginger

Ginger — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:02:07 +0000

I forgot to post about making the peppermint scones from the holiday edition of Tea Time Magazine. They are great, if you like peppermint. I would make them again. The only thing I would add is the recipe says it will make 6 scones. I cut the dough into 8 equal portions and the scones were about the size of a hamburger bun. Next time I would make smaller scones, maybe 12 from the recipe.

By: Tea Party Girl

Tea Party Girl — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:16:26 +0000

Welcome, Tom! Good to hear your perspective. I may have to try their rooibos.

By: tom

tom — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 04:16:21 +0000

I like a couple of Celestial Seasoning’s teas.

In the morning I like the “Morning Thunder”. It is a yerba mate and black tea mix.

At night I like the Madagascar Vanilla Red. Naturally sweet since it’s rooibos and not a true tea.

My wife likes their licorice tea. She just likes licorice tea. It also has a sweet flavor and helps her tummy calm down.

By: MzRita

MzRita — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:14:16 +0000

Suggestion in the form of a question…

Why isn’t there a category titled “Tea Party Recipes”?

Rita

By: Tea Party Girl

Tea Party Girl — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:37:10 +0000

Kim, Great to “meet” you. Thanks for your comment and I’m sure Celestial Seasonings thanks you,too.

I agree. I’ve been reading Semi-colon and Mental Multivitamin from the first days of my blogging exploration.

By: Tea Party Girl

Tea Party Girl — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:32:50 +0000

Ah, Ginger, a girl after my own heart or taste buds! Yep, the Trader Joe Joe-Joe’s were bought a few weeks ago and tucked away. I can’t believe I haven’t got into them yet!

Let me know how those scones turn out~

By: Ginger

Ginger — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:17:03 +0000

I love anything peppermint. I did quite a bit of baking last Saturday and will do more this Saturday. I plan to make the peppermint scones from the holiday edition of Tea Time Magazine. If you don’t like to bake, don’t. Go to Trader Joe’s a buy a package of their candy crunch peppermint Joe-Joe’s (like Oreos but better).

By: MzRita

MzRita — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:25:23 +0000

If I could only make one holiday cookie, I would make Ginger cookies. I feel I have the best ginger cookie recipe out there, and I am going to share it here with all of you. They are divine. If you really want to dress this up, place a bowl of canned lemon pie filling in the center of your cookie platter,and place the ginger cookies around it. A ginger cookie dipped in lemon pie filling is soooo good!

GINGER COOKIES

Beat well:

3 sticks margarine melted
1/2 cup dark molasses
2 eggs
2 cups sugar

Sift and add:

4 cups flour
4 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. ginger
1 tsp. cloves

Cover and refrigerate 24 hours.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Take out chunk of dough. Roll small balls in sugar. Place 2″ apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Cook 8 - 12 minuntes, depending on size. Allow to set 2 - 3 minutes before removing with sharp spatule. Cool on counter. Store in cookie tins or sealed containers. Makes 12 dozen small or 8 dozen medium.

By: Kim in ID

Kim in ID — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 14:58:47 +0000

I’ve been reading your blog for awhile now and thoroughly enjoy it!

I do buy some Celestial Seasonings herbals, but their little book gimmick wouldn’t make them any more attractive to me. I prefer to get reading suggestions from the experts: M-mv and Semicolon to name a few. For black teas, I order from the teacaddy.com.

My favorite Christmas cookie? Oh dear, that’s a hard one. Anytime you start putting butter and sugar together…A couple of my favorites that I am making today are Andes mint cookies and chocolate dipped melting moments. I love to bake, but even more I love to eat!

By: Anonymom (Tara)

Anonymom (Tara) — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 04:06:49 +0000

Bold packaging may look very pretty and catch my eye on the shelf, but it isn’t going to make me buy tea. I’ve been doing looseleaf almost exclusively for almost two years now and bags have become a reserve parachute for me–to be used only in the case of an emergency.

Only one holiday cookie? It would have to be the gingersnaps my sister-in-law just brought me. I don’t have much of a sweet tooth, but these had such a lovely, soft and melty texture and depth of flavor. You are reminding me that I need to bug her for the recipe.

While I have your attention, can you answer a question for me? I adore tennis sets (china or ceramic teacups with a matching saucer/plate combination). Why are they called tennis sets? Do you know the origin of this term? Is it simply because they are for “serving”? I’d be interested in learning anything you know about them. Thank you!