Christmas Lunch v Christmas Tea

[horseshoes]

What do you have for your Christmas lunch and tea and which do you prefer? I LOVE Christmas tea time.

[DTCwordfan]

you get tea menus at tea-time though:

http://www.london-eating.co.uk/menu/38548.asp
http://www.theritzlondon.com/tea/menus-en.html

and here's an article on Le Manoir, Betty's of Harrogate etc tea menus:
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/a-very-good-cuppa-some-of-our-best-restaurants-are-embracing-the-afternoon-tea-tradition-6988894.html

[boxtops]

No room for tea where we are - we eat about 3.30 - that lasts us for the rest of the day (last year we were still at the table after 9pm)

[mccfluff]

she even looks like a potato

[horseshoes]

A few years ago, I had the very good fortune to have a week's stay at Lismore castle in Ireland. There, we had breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea at 4 o'clock and then evening dinner. The afternoon tea was sandwiches of whatever we'd had at dinner the day before, a lovely home-made cake and a pot of tea - all served in the drawing room overlooking the beautiful eatate. At home it's breakfast, lunch and dinner usually, but at Christmas it's breakfast, lunch (the big turkey dinner) and then Christmas tea, cold cuts, pickles, cake etc. Whatever you want to call it, it's the "tea" I love best.

[ummmm]

Lol..

FGS, DT, I'm messing!!!

[horseshoes]

LOL at this VERY minute Escape to the Country is showing afternoon tea at Woburn Abbey.

[DTCwordfan]

that's an army term at food time, ummmm, lol.

[DTCwordfan]

I've just noticed that too, horseshoes! What coincidence.

[Bluestone]

I'm not listening to anything the lovely Alistair Appleton says... just looking at him :-)

[DTCwordfan]

He's unavailable, Bluestone. He bats for "the other side".

[Bluestone]

Whaaaaaaaaat?!! Are you sure, DT?

[Baldric]

see personal life

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alistair_Appleton

[MarkRae]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alistair_Appleton#Personal_life

[DTCwordfan]

http://www.alistairappleton.com/ under journalism

[Bluestone]

Ah.

What is it about me and gay men! First George Michael, then I find out my childhood sweetheart is now married to a man, and now this. It's all too much!

[MarkRae]

At least nobody can hold you responsible for George Michael... ;-)

[EvianBaby]

Bluestone, I used to have a major thing for him too. Until I realised what you just did :(