Once we took have a look at the 2023 calendar for occasions, this tea jumped proper off the web page and we signed up months in the past.  We weren’t disillusioned. We discovered ourselves seated at our outdated class desk from A Means of Life Natural Class taught by Susanna of The Rosemary Home, and one in all our classmates was there, together with a number of different attention-grabbing companions.  I am not saying we had been at one of the best desk, however we had been at one of the best desk.
Every of us had been ready to decide on our personal small pot of tea.  I selected Vanilla Sugar Cookie.  

 There was a menu on the desk that was very cleverly put collectively, weaving superstitions in with the artistic choices. 

I forgot to take an image of the Copper Pennies, nevertheless it was a scrumptious salad of carrot slices, cauliflower, and onions with lettuce garnish.  The candy dressing made this dish wonderful.

Ranging from the left (9 o’clock) is Inexperienced Apple and Cheddar Cheese Hen Salad, Peach and Brie Tea Sandwich, Cucumber with Garlic Cheese Unfold Sandwich, Maple Cream on Pumpkin Raisin Bread, and eventually Radish Rounds with Parsley Butter.  The Blackberry Jalapeno Jam and Cream Tartlet is held above the plate.  Our desk mentioned whether or not it was making us really feel like arguing amongst ourselves as was talked about within the menu. I used to be shocked to search out that the radish and butter was my favourite (and I appreciated all of them).  I will likely be consuming that at house.  Who would have thought?

There has by no means been a nasty scone come out of the magical kitchen of Candy Remembrances.  

I used to be fairly full by the point the desserts acquired to the desk, so loved the umbrella cookie and the banana cream pie, however saved the truffle for later.

Then it was time for the speak.  Rissa Miller is a consummate speaker, utterly comfortable and is aware of her subject material inside out. 

 

 She set about explaining the origin of many superstitions.  Maryanne and I had a mom who was as cheap because the day is lengthy, however would do a whole lot of issues to keep away from leaving a constructing by way of a distinct door than the one she used to enter, and he or she as soon as gave me an icy glare for opening an umbrella indoors.  We cannot even focus on putting a hat on the mattress.  We do not know the place these got here from, or why, though throughout the dialogue, Rissa defined that within the Victorian period, umbrellas weren’t the flimsy issues they’re right now.  One might unintentionally impale somebody standing too shut.  

Being so near Halloween, there have been a lot of correlations to witches and werewolves and silver and graves.  

All in all, a terrific afternoon!