High Tea

Blondiescot

And just to throw this into the mix - I have, on a few occasions, been to a wonderful cake shop/bakery in Edinburgh which does a 'beforenoon tea'. It's a fantastic treat - set up on the same basis as an afternoon tea (which they also do), but you get lovely little mini bacon rolls, warm cheese scones with chive cream cheese, along with little granola pots and a selection of sweet treats too.

Oooooh, I like the sound of that.

I always feel that a savoury afternoon tea would be a huge success if introduced. This sounds just what I envisaged.

Blondiescot would you mind sharing the name and address of the bakery please.

paddyann54

jam pieces

Seriously paddyann? I don't believe you're a weegie.
It's jelly pieces wumman!

My Scottish in-laws always took us out for high tea as a special treat at a local hotel when we visited. As a Londoner found it strange to have cakes and pastries after usually fish or steak and chips. But then the High Street had more bakers than I had ever seen but not a single greengrocers. This was in the sixties before super markets came to the town. The morning rolls and tattie scones were a heavenly unknown delight to me.

And just to throw this into the mix - I have, on a few occasions, been to a wonderful cake shop/bakery in Edinburgh which does a 'beforenoon tea'. It's a fantastic treat - set up on the same basis as an afternoon tea (which they also do), but you get lovely little mini bacon rolls, warm cheese scones with chive cream cheese, along with little granola pots and a selection of sweet treats too.

Why has this never arrived in N.Ireland, we get haggis, square sausage, etc, but never a high tea. We get afternoon tea with tiddly sandwiches, cakes and you come away still hungry. You definitely wouldn't with a high tea.

Spice101

*Agree. I think the Aussies refer to afternoon as high tea…*

Not as far as I know. High tea here is a "posh" afternoon tea - guess it could also be morning tea. It usually consists of both savoury and sweet offerings and the only one I have had was delicious.

That’s what I said !

Some of these high teas mentioned sound very substantial, so I wonder what sort of lunch you would have had before. At boarding school our main meal was always lunch, followed by high tea which would be something on toast with bread and jam, and a cake on Sundays. Supper was a drink and a biscuit. No overweight children out of the 500 pupils.

We love high tea. My husband is a Kiwi and he thinks it was the greatest tradition ever.

I think Aussies and Americans think 'high' means posh when it comes to afternoon tea.

Always assumed high tea was another name for afternoon tea but now I know!

When I was small my auntie used to take me to a very posh restaurant in Ilfracombe and we used to have toasted tea cakes and a plate of fancy cakes. Lovely memories….

Here in the south many hotels and eateries offer 'Afternoon Tea' which is a savoury and a hot drink and cake collation.

I don't like it as I couldn't go without my frugal lunch or I'd be too hungry and then I wouldn't want twice the calories (and bulk) for afternoon tea which is meant to be a light and delicious refreshment.

I sometimes think that, for the cafes, bunging a couple of sarnies in is a way of having the cheek to ask £30 or £40 for a cuppa and a slice. Cliveden, nearby, rushes you £62 for the addition of a glass of Champagne.

jam pieces

supper was what you ate before bedtime,a big plate of sandwiches or scrambled egg and toast or toasted cheese or cheese pudding ..sometimes with home made skinny chips or potato fritters .
We always had a supper and my Dad would make the fritters .
Another thing people I know who moved from England hadn't heard of was a Playpiece ..a sandwich for eating at playtime in school to keep us going until lunch.I loved cold toast for mine,my friend used to swap with me .her mum gave her jan pieces

I’ve only ever had High Tea in Scotland. I wish it was available down south. I’d definitely be a regular.

High tea. Isn’t this just an early dinner. When my children were young they had their tea(high?) at about 5pm because they were usually starving and in bed by 7.30pm. and the parents ate their dinner later. Sometimes it was the same meal depending on whether they were having chicken nuggets/chips or a meal cooked from scratch. They usually had a dessert of some kind.

We had high tea when touring the Lake District 40 odd years ago when the children were young. We had ordered gammon ham, chips and peas and so were delighted when this was followed by scones and cakes. It was a highlight of the holiday for the kiddies!

I'm Scottish and obviously I've heard of "high tea". I suppose the closest to it, here in England is "afternoon tea".
Too early for dinner, too late for lunch.

Oh I love a high tea though not had one for years. I too get really annoyed when folk say high tea when it's actually afternoon tea

You are making me absolutely starving!

And yes, high tea is, or was, well known in Scotland, Northumberland, Yorkshire, and probably Derbyshire as well, but not in the south of England.

In my Scottish childhood (1950s-1960s) my grandparents' generation ate breakfast, usually porridge, followed by toast and marmelade, accompanied by tea before work, whenever that started.

Dinner, two courses, usually soup followed by a meat or fish dish with potatoes and a vegetable at noon. On high days and holidays, pudding of the boiled variety instead of soup.

Afternoon tea, if served at all, consisted of tea with scones and biscuits or a sliced cake, and only on special occasions sandwiches.

High tea as described above, at the end of the working day.

My parents' generation moved dinner to the place of high tea and ate a cooked lunch at midday, incorporating in it a good deal of what their parents had served at high tea, but usually in lesser quantities. And many of them drank afternoon coffee in preference to afternoon tea.

I've heard of it many times, or should I say, I've READ it many times over the years in novels but, as a Londoner, I've never experienced it. Sounds delicious, my sort of food ?

Afternoon tea in Australia is called high tea(sandwiches, scones and cakes)
I thought high tea here in the UK was late afternoon early evening bacon sausages beans and toast etc

It's interesting that 'high tea' in Australia has morphed from it's earlier humbler origins to now mean an afternoon tea with tea/coffee/champagne or prosecco and delicious cakes and other treats.

Agree. I think the Aussies refer to afternoon as high tea…

Not as far as I know. High tea here is a "posh" afternoon tea - guess it could also be morning tea. It usually consists of both savoury and sweet offerings and the only one I have had was delicious.

Dinner is what we have for our evening meal in the South with Supper being a lighter meal/snack later on. Our High Tea at school was a lighter meal followed by cake.