The English and Tea

Personally, I love English or British food, but many people often complain about their ideas about cuisine…

What expertise people can NEVER take away from the English is their tea!

(You might have seen my posts about my English Nanny and PG Tips! LOL)

They take their tea drinking very seriously…There are specific rules and times they sit down to have tea! It’s an important thread in the quilt of their existence.

I absolutely love tea and this appreciation started with my English nanny, Doreen.

The thing is, in addition, you can’t simply have tea without enjoying a “bickie” or biscuit. So, be sure you stock up on Christmas biscuits because ’tis the season!

The English are experts in tasty treats like that, namely shortbreads are my favorite.

Another thing my nanny always made sure of was that there were tasty candies around the house.

That may be why we love to make toffee and fudge this time of year.

So, this was intensified around the Holidays. So, in English spirit, break out your Christmas candy and enjoy them! Don’t save them for a special occassion – it is the most precious of occassions!

Looking for that English tea, biscuits and candies?  I’ve found a place – the English Tea Store.

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Eat Deliciously,

Kimberly Edwards

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My English Nanny’s Tasty Tidbits

When I was young, I had an English nanny, Doreen. She was a rather influenial part of MyLife.

What an amazing lady that I loved so much. She was so sweet to me, my sister and my family! She always made sure we’d eaten and had something to drink in traditional English style, and that I was prim and proper in a clean, beautiful outfit!

I’ve spoken of her before on my blog when talking about making Southern Style Sweet Brewed Iced Tea:

My Story:
When I was little, I had an English nanny straight from England. The first time she offered to make my mother a cup of tea, at our house, she noticed that my mother didn’t have PG Tips tea. This is a British favorite and is imported from England, but is available at our grocery stores in Canada (especially A&P). She made quite a fuss about us not having the right kind of teabags, and said that we’ve never had a great cup of tea until we had PG Tips. Well, what followed was that she threw out all of our other brands of plain tea. When she came over the next day, she stocked us up with PG Tips.

We’ve been believers ever since, and we always make sure we are stocked up to this day.

In addition to the PG Tips tea, which I’m drinking as we speak, she always gave me these English “bickies” or biscuits called Farley’s Rusks Biscuits. They’re about the size of a human palm and they’re especially for babies, toddlers and children.

You can eat them dry or as Doreen gave them to me, she’d put it in a bowl and pour hot milk on top of it and I’d eat it sort of like a hot cereal.

I have a box of them on my counter right now…They’re rather difficult to find these days. There are times I find them at Nordstrom’s, believe it or not.

She would always call me “her little Kimby”. I can hear her English accent in my head!

We have lost contact with her, but I’m pretty sure she must still be in the area. So, I checked to see if she was on MyLife.com – I couldn’t find her, but it was well worth the try – I mean, my mother and aunts are on Facebook…LOL…

Maybe you can find your lost friends or mentors in your life there…

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Kimberly Edwards

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PG Tips Tea & Florida Crystals Combine to Make Odd Flavor

What Does That Mean?

Well, I can tell you my story…

When I drink black tea, I almost always only drink PG Tips brand, care of my English nanny from when I was a baby. It’s the BEST black tea in existence to me and the people around me!

I bring PG Tips tea bags with me when I travel, as you never can find them ANYWHERE!!!

So, I buy filtered water at a grocery store and make it at home, where I am staying.

This past visit to Dallas to my father-in-law’s home, this is what I proceeded to do, and my hubby bought me some organic sugar called “Florida Crystals”, which is Read more

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Fantastically Decadent Fruit Trifle

Truly Decadent and a Perfect End to an Excellent Dinner. I love this as my birthday cake! Wonderful and exciting too! ~ Kimberly Edwards ;D

Type: Dessert
Serve With: Homemade whipped cream, if desired
Yield: Should serve 10-15 people

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Ingredients:

Instructions:
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Yummy Yorkshire Pudding

These are my favorite! I just adore these…My mother has to make double every time, just for me! ~ Kimberly Edwards

Type: Bread
Serve With: Prime rib, gravy, mashed potatoes
Prep Time: ~ 8 min
Cook Time: ~ 30 min
Yield: 12 regular muffin-sized Yorkshire puddings

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