Back in 2020, some friends and I started a Tea Party/Bible Study/Book Club. We met every Wednesday and worked our way through The Chronicles of Narnia. After we finished The Last Battle in 2021 we started looking for a new series to read. One of the members chose The Lorien Legacies, as even though it isn’t Christianity based, she felt there was a lot of themes that we could pull out of it that related to Christianity.
What also changed was that we gained another member; but she and one of our founding members both had some dietary restrictions. This caused us to rethink the menus to incorporate more healthier options, but still trying to find some fun teatime food.
After I Am Number Four and The Power of Six we went to the next book in the series, The Rise of Nine.
The first time we met we had a “Think Pink” Surprise Birthday Party for one of our members. We drank Pink Moon tea, had meatballs, tamales, stuffed peppers, ice-cream, and Pink Champagne cake. (The items that were not red or pink were made by the member we were surprising). We also wore these cute little Tea Party Hat fascinators.
The next time we met we drank Strawberries and Cream tea, had apples and yogurt peanut butter dip, cucumber salad, and Bao buns.
This recipe was actually inspired by The Shop Around the Corner. I was watching it for the millionth time when I was listening to Mr. Matuschek, once a happy family man but now alone on Christmas Eve, try and find someone to spend the evening with. He doesn’t want to eat alone and tries to entice all his employees with a good dinner; ultimately inviting the new delivery boy.
“Mr. Matuschek: You’re all alone in Budapest
on Christmas Eve?Rudy: That’s right.
Mr. Matuschek: Rudy! Do you like chicken noodle soup?
Rudy: I certainly do.
Mr. Matuschek: And what would you think of roast goose stuffed with baked apples? And fresh boiled potatoes and butter
and some red cabbage on the side?Rudy: I’d love it!
Mr. Matuschek: And then cucumber salad with sour cream? Then a double order of apple strudel with vanilla sauce.
Rudy: Sounds wonderful!
Mr. Matuschek: You’re going to have it, Rudy. Come on. Here, taxi!
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
It made me really want to try a cucumber salad so I googled a bit and settled on a recipe from Healthy Recipes Blog.
Ingredients:
- ¼ cup sour cream
- 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- 2 tablespoons dill weed, chopped
- 1 large English cucumber thinly sliced
- ½ small red onion thinly sliced (or chopped)
- ¼ teaspoon of salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper freshly ground
Directions:
1) In a large bowl, mix together the
sour cream, vinegar, and dill.
2) Add the cucumbers and the onions
and mix well.
3) Cover with plastic wrap and
refrigerate for one hour.
4) Before serving, sprinkle with the
salt and pepper and mix again.
I accidentally bought the wrong onion, now I make sure to write red onion on my shopping list instead of just onion; but it still turned out really good. I like cucumbers a lot and this was a new and delicious recipe.
For more from our Books, Tea, and the Trinity tea times, go to Peanut Butter Yogurt Dip
For more salad recipes, go to Berry Fruit Salad with Honey Lime Dressing
For more recipes, go to Pink Champagne Cake
For more tea posts, go to Tea Time at the Titanic
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