English High Tea would be a light snack of cakes and tea but it used to be quite common for Scottish hotels to do a High Tea between about 1700h (perhaps earlier) and 1800h (or later) with Dinner starting some time after 1900h. The menu would have a range of simple cooked dishes like sausage and chips, fish and chips etc which were served with plenty of toast then followed by a range of cakes and jam for the toast. Often the cooked dish would be similar of the same as those on the main Dinner menu so it could be cheaper alternative to Dinner without all the pomp. There would obviously be a big pot of tea or coffee as well. Martin Briscoe Fort William martin@mbriscoe.me.uk -----Original Message----- From: yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of JJupar@aol.com Sent: 23 July 2012 10:45 To: kessie3@online.de; YORKSGEN@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] High Teas In a message dated 23/07/2012 09:30:32 GMT Daylight Time, kessie3@online.de writes: When I asked my mother what a "High Tea" was she told me it's when you stand up and eat your tea off the shelf...... (mining humour...all her family were miners).Rita in Germany
And then of course, there is High Tea at the Raffles Hotel in Singapore! Léonie Fretwell Burra, South Australia lfretwell@bigpond.com www.fretwell.kangaweb.com.au -----Original Message----- From: yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Martin Briscoe Sent: Monday, 23 July 2012 7:35 PM To: YORKSGEN@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] High Teas English High Tea would be a light snack of cakes and tea but it used to be quite common for Scottish hotels to do a High Tea between about 1700h (perhaps earlier) and 1800h (or later) with Dinner starting some time after 1900h. The menu would have a range of simple cooked dishes like sausage and chips, fish and chips etc which were served with plenty of toast then followed by a range of cakes and jam for the toast. Often the cooked dish would be similar of the same as those on the main Dinner menu so it could be cheaper alternative to Dinner without all the pomp. There would obviously be a big pot of tea or coffee as well. Martin Briscoe Fort William martin@mbriscoe.me.uk -----Original Message----- From: yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:yorksgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of JJupar@aol.com Sent: 23 July 2012 10:45 To: kessie3@online.de; YORKSGEN@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] High Teas In a message dated 23/07/2012 09:30:32 GMT Daylight Time, kessie3@online.de writes: When I asked my mother what a "High Tea" was she told me it's when you stand up and eat your tea off the shelf...... (mining humour...all her family were miners).Rita in Germany ..... Ancestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; www.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message