Mumsnet Village Show - An Afternoon Tea Tray for One

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So here we are again.

So far the rules are:

Tea tray for one

Can include anything you want suitable for a summer high tea (sandwiches, scones, cake, biscuits etc) with suitable cutlery and crockery and the like. (Silver service if you are terribly posh)

Five quid budget (on top of what you already have in your larder).

SlightlyMadScientist is the judge (heaven help us...is she properly qualified???)

Oh and all entries will be anonymous this time (A, B, C etc).

Time limit is 9pm next sunday so we can be judged before bed time.

The rules will obviously be bent or completely ignored but so long as its tea ish then anything goes.

Ruddy hell that scone of E looks nice

LOL at the licked clean plate

Just done and eaten mine :yummy: am absolutely stuffed now though

Oh and the sun has decided to come out now I've cleared away

Not posting pics till later

I'm not joining in this one as I have a major deadline and a mad weekend looming but I'm really enjoying everyone's efforts so far. My afternoon tea tray atm would be a mug of tea and a penguin which couldn't compete.

Could Entrant E please attend the marquee.....?

May I ask a couple of questions about your Scone

1. Does it contain any ellicit ingrediants of any kind?
2. Was it homebaked?
3. If not - where did you get it...it looks rather delicious?

Mine are up.

A very polite question for madamme judge.

Is it still OK for my DC to do an entry tomorrow? Perleeeeeeeeeeeeese?
They are very anxious to have a go, and they have a little tea set they would like to display upon.

Thank you.

May I also add that your ankles look very slim with that apron on.

OF course...so long as your DC uploads his entry prior to jusging that is absolutely fine.

If your DC would kindly use an alternative entrance ticket (e.g. Entrant H) that would be kindly appreciated.

My entry will be slightly delayed, the homemade jam is still bubbling, and the homemade champagne still fermenting. I am just in the process of finely crocheting my homemade teabags for my homegrown organic tea leaves. I will have my handknitted tablecloth ready to iron in a moment after it has come through my mangle. It smells of the aromatic scent of my garden grown rosepetals which was used in the final rinse.
My entry will be uploaded as soon as I can get it all ready.

Entrant F is my kind of gal

now that's a decent portion of food at last

shame she has the berserk idea of putting mint in sandwiches

Well mint is far better than peanut butter!!!

Oh and just so as you all know I have had an emergency request to judge at the NetMums village show on Sunday. Although I will in all likelyhood be back on home turf by late evening to judge the entries it does mean that I shall be unavailable to endorse any requests of me.

Don't you just love men?

Whe he brings home the pay packet yes

Very surprised to see people put jam on top of clotted cream, looks weird to me! Surely the jam goes on first, then the cream can be piled on top?
And of course milk should go in tea after it's been poured.

What if I like my tea black?

Oh no Mrs Tweedy I'm with F, cream is the substitute for butter, and therefore goes on first.

In my world milk goes in 2nd.

This comment may well cause a kick off I know. I will alert the popcorn gumbies forthwith.

I do milk second, and after a search on afternoon teas, it seems commonplace for jam to go on second

I think what they are saying is that Entry E lacks milk althogether....that had already been noted on the judges comment card

Aren't some teas meant to be drunk black?

Still think scone-jam-cream looks nicer; the jam breaks up the beigyness. Personally prefer cream tea scones without sultanas in, too. Are there differences between a Devonshire and a Cornish cream tea?

Not being too familiar with teas I also assumed that some (fruit/herbal?) were supposed to be drunk black...I was therefore not going to comment

Some teas are meant to be drunk black, or with lemon, I only mentioned the milk thing because of the jam or cream first query.