Complete afternoon tea

[Odsox]

Just had a very productive day and realised when I'd finished that I had made an afternoon tea.

First off, it was bread making day and I made my normal 3 x 1lb loaves.
Yesterday I picked the last of our blackcurrants and this morning made 5lb of jam with some of them.
We have been given a quantity of 10 litre boxes of cream and this afternoon I made about 2lb of butter, destined for the freezer as unsalted butter will keep in the freezer for at least 6 months.
Lastly I made a batch of almond biscuits with some of the butter I made yesterday .....

So, bread, butter & jam with a plate of biscuits anyone ?

[southeast-isher]

Sounds lovely. Yes please.

[Green Aura]

Hope there's enough left for tomorrow - I'll be round about 4ish

[Odsox]

Righto, I'll make sure that I open the gate.
Biscuits might be in short supply though.

[Millymollymandy]

Well you could have left some of the cream as cream then made scones and had a cream tea.

[Odsox]

Umm, I still have about 12 litres of the stuff left ... but you're right, especially as I have buttermilk to make the scones with.

Had to buy an ice cream maker to try to deal with the rest, good job there's plenty of fruit about. Blackcurrant first and then strawberry and then loganberry and then blackberry and then ... well chocolate ought to be in there somewhere and rum & raisin.

[prison break fan]

Good job you are not part of our slimming club!! Big Al would have something to say to you! pbf.

[red]

you would need to make clotted cream to make a proper cream tea


but the real question is.. you didn't grow your own tea ? pretty poor in my opinion

[Millymollymandy]

I beg to differ - it was always whipped cream (proper stuff not squirty stuff ) when I were a lass, cos in those days clotted cream was just something available in the West Country. How times have changed - and I do agree, clotted is MUCH better than whipped.

Tony how exactly did you 'acquire' all this cream?

[Odsox]

but the real question is.. you didn't grow your own tea ? pretty poor in my opinion

Ah but .... I don't drink tea as it happens, but I do drink peppermint tea with honey in it.

Mandy, my OH's works is closing down and there are a quantity of 10l boxes going gash, and I can't abide waste.

[Millymollymandy]

I can't imagine a 10 litre box of cream - the mind (and waistline ) boggles! I would never say no though......

[snapdragon]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmm drool

no cream here, but jam there is - I now need to make scones