Tea Society Luncheon at Dawn's

Oh, I just had the BEST weekend with some of my favvie

gal pal tea sisters!

Dawn assured us she WASN'T GOING TO FUSS AT ALL,

 as she works from home and was actually

lunching with us in between work necessities...

....but if this is her version of NOT fussing,

well........how about if I just let the pictures tell the story!?

For starters she made a wonderful cold Cream of Strawberry Soup!

She used her gorgeous china pattern with leaves and berries.

This is the perfect china for an autumn transitional luncheon!

And look at her gorgeous old fashioned biscuit wrap-

it matches her china perfectly in colouring!

Next came not one, not two, but THREE different quiches:

Ham and Cheese

Broccoli and Mushroom

Sage Sausage with Cranberry

(They each were amazing and so delicious!)

There was a delicious salad with three dressings to choose from.

Here it is shown with Raspberry Vinagrette. YUM.

Isn't her above little china teapot sugar packet holder adorable????

And I absolutely adored her sweet birdie salt and pepper shakers!!!

Her dessert was sinfully good:

angel food cake  with a decadent creamy

 sweet chocolate toffee crunch to DIE FOR!

(She's been making this since her daughters were young.)

We asked her what it is called.

I imagined it called "Heavenly Fluff" or some such.

But, oh no, nope, no such thing!

She said her girls always simply called it "GOOP!"

(A true "A rose would smell as sweet if not a rose called" example.)

We all laughed and laughed!


Addendum from an email from Dawn:



This wonderful and simple recipe is from a dear friend of mine
 whose mother always made for her birthday when she was young.  


I used:

1(16 oz.) container Cool Whip 
1 ( 8 oz) package of Hershey's HEATH English Toffee Bits (found in the
baking aisle at my grocery store)
1 Angel Food cake (pre-made from my grocer's bakery aisle)

Allow cool whip to thaw until you can stir it without much frozen. 
Stir in the package of Heath.  

Refrigerate mixture until you are ready to serve.

Slice Angel Food Cake and top with the GOOP.
 Add fresh fruit as garnish (OPTIONAL)


Love & Prayers,

Dawn 

~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~

Now, we gals chat for hours when we get together since

it is so rare, being from different states.

I spent the night at Marina's house and then the next day

we went to a tea house, which will be on another post.

After the day was done and after most of the ladies left

we couldn't wait to just relax and unwind and visit

while sitting in some of the neatest furniture ever made.

I just had to share her antique goose neck handled tea themed rocker

she found years ago down south!

I should have taken this pic from an angle to show the goose.

I shall next time!

My pictures were all taken in low light,

 not much I could do about it

but wanted to share a most divine event with you!

The last time I had these tea society friends was in spring for 

Dawn's Birthday Tea here.

And last Christmas I went there for

this group's Progressive Christmas Tea Parties here. 

THANK YOU, MISS DAWN, FOR A TRULY WONDERFUL LUNCHEON!

As always, thank you for your visit

 to Finch Rest!

♥

~Michele

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