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  2. Victorian cuisine - Wikipedia

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    Dinner was the most elaborate meal with multiple courses: soup, roast meats or fish, vegetables, puddings and sweets. Cheese was served at the end of the meal, after dessert. Tea and biscuits were usually offered to guests after the meal. [5] A bill of fare and a guideline to plan menus became popular. [7]

  3. English afternoon tea - Wikipedia

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    English afternoon tea (or simply afternoon tea) is a British tradition that involves enjoying a light meal of tea, sandwiches, scones, and cakes in the mid-afternoon, typically between 3:30 and 5 pm. It originated in the 1840s as a way for the upper class to bridge the gap between lunch and a late dinner.

  4. Tea sandwich - Wikipedia

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    The cucumber tea sandwich in particular is considered the quintessential tea sandwich. [2] A cucumber sandwich made with Benedictine is a classic in Kentucky, US. [5] Other popular tea sandwich fillings include tomatoes, pimento cheese, ham with mustard, smoked salmon with cream cheese, fruit jam, curried chicken, fish paste, and egg salad.

  5. List of English dishes - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of prepared dishes characteristic of English cuisine.English cuisine encompasses the cooking styles, traditions and recipes associated with England.It has distinctive attributes of its own, but also shares much with wider British cuisine, partly through the importation of ingredients and ideas from North America, China, and the Indian subcontinent during the time of the British ...

  6. Tea (meal) - Wikipedia

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    The most common elements of the tea meal are the drink itself, with cakes or pastries (especially scones), bread and jam, and perhaps sandwiches; these are the pillars of the "traditional afternoon tea" meals offered by expensive London hotels. [3] Other types of both drink and food may be offered at home.

  7. Cucumber sandwich - Wikipedia

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    Cucumber sandwiches and tea, as served at Kensington Palace. Cucumber sandwiches formed an integral part of the stereotypical afternoon tea affair. [2] By contrast, people of the era's lower working classes were thought to prefer a coarser but more satisfying protein-filled sandwich, in a "meat tea" that might substitute for supper.

  8. Tea party - Wikipedia

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    Queen Victoria reportedly ordered "16 chocolate sponges, 12 plain sponges, 16 fondant biscuits" along with other sweets for a tea party at Buckingham Palace. [2] The afternoon tea party became a feature of great houses in the Victorian and Edwardian ages in the United Kingdom and the Gilded Age in the United States, as well as in all continental Europe (France, Germany, and the Russian Empire).

  9. Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management - Wikipedia

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    Chapters 60 to 68 guide on matters from trussing poultry to the definitions of culinary terms, arranging meals, decorating the table, making menus, and the duties of domestic servants. [20] Chapters 69 to 73 describe "household recipes" and medical preparations. [21] The final chapter, 74, offers "legal memoranda". [22] There is a detailed index.