Ingredients
- a good cup of tea while she chats
- three courses are not too
- five o'clock tea is the most simple
- one wishes
Directions
364 THE MENDELSSOHN CLUB COOK BOOK.
Receptions, Teas and Card Parties.
For receptions and card parties only light refreshments should be served, but for wedding receptions and ball suppers three courses are not too many. At a reception in a large house, coffee or choco- late with a salad and sandwiches are often served in the dining room, and ices and small cakes in another room from a small table. This is an excellent plan in any house where a large company is invited as it relieves the pressure in the dining room.
Five o'clock Tea is the most simple and inexpensive form of entertainment and it is also one of the most attractive. People who are not wealthy can in this way repay their social obligations most charmingly. An afternoon tea is not a meal, simply a de- licious cup of tea with small thin bread and butter sandwiches with or without a filling, small cakes or cookies and if one wishes, a few confections. Sometimes a glass of sherbet is served. The serving may be done in the dining room or the tea table may be placed in the parlor where the hostess receives her guests seated at the table and brews a good cup of tea while she chats with them. The English generally serve toasted muffins and marmalade with tea. "At Homes" and "High Teas" are the same as "FiveO'clocks."