{"id":1824,"date":"2010-08-02T22:09:18","date_gmt":"2010-08-03T04:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/?p=1824"},"modified":"2010-08-02T22:09:18","modified_gmt":"2010-08-03T04:09:18","slug":"an-afternoon-tea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/?p=1824","title":{"rendered":"An Afternoon Tea"},"content":{"rendered":"<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DriftlessAppetite\" style=\"font-size: 0px; width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline; 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of a tea drinker before I met Keith.\u00a0 His family is English so he grew up drinking it every morning and afternoon.\u00a0 Keith prefers his tea with milk and sugar but I like mine plain.\u00a0 Last Saturday, I made some cucumber and cream cheese sandwiches.\u00a0 The raspberry pie was from\u00a0a different\u00a0weekend but I wanted to share it since it looks so lovely with the flower cutouts.\u00a0 The cucumbers came from my grandmother&#8217;s garden and the <a href=\"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/?p=1742\">raspberries <\/a>were from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buresberrypatch.com\/\">Bures<\/a>.\u00a0 We sipped <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twinings.com\/home.php\">Twinings<\/a> Ceylon tea.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Cucumber Sandwiches, <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/?p=417\"><em>ButtonHill<\/em><\/a><em>, Raspberry pie, Ceylon tea<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/afternoontea.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1829\" title=\"afternoontea\" src=\"http:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/afternoontea.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/afternoontea.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/driftlessappetite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/afternoontea-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><!--more--><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>RECIPES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Raspberry Pie<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Go to the store and buy a package of Pillsbury pre-made pie crust.\u00a0 (Oh no, I think I just heard <a href=\"http:\/\/ruhlman.com\/\">Michael Ruhlman <\/a>curse at me!)\u00a0 I used a flower shaped cookie cutter for the top instead of the traditional lattice.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ingredients<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>2 c. fresh or frozen raspberries<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>1 c. sugar<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>5 T. cornstarch<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Macerate the berries in the sugar for about an hour.\u00a0 Follow the baking directions\u00a0on\u00a0the box!\u00a0 Yep, I said it.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Cucumber Sandwiches<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Ingredients<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>sandwich bread<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>cream cheese<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>a small cucumber<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Peel and thinly slice the cucumber.\u00a0 Get rid of the seedy portion if it&#8217;s too big.\u00a0 Flatten each piece of bread with a rolling pin.\u00a0 Spread cream cheese on the bread then place the cucumber slices on top.\u00a0 Cover with another piece of bread (with cream cheese).\u00a0 Trim and cut into triangles.\u00a0 (You can also use herbs such as dill or chives to mix into the cream cheese.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was not much of a tea drinker before I met Keith.\u00a0 His family is English so he grew up drinking it every morning and afternoon.\u00a0 Keith prefers his tea with milk and sugar but I like mine plain.\u00a0 Last Saturday, I made some cucumber and cream cheese sandwiches.\u00a0 The raspberry pie was from\u00a0a different\u00a0weekend 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