https://tsaiko.dreamwidth.org/ Irony is the Shackles of Youth - Dreamwidth Studios Thu, 25 Jul 2019 00:12:30 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios tsaiko personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/12789215/127819 https://tsaiko.dreamwidth.org/ 100 100 https://tsaiko.dreamwidth.org/1061626.html Thu, 25 Jul 2019 00:12:30 GMT https://tsaiko.dreamwidth.org/1061626.html I like afternoon teas. I like afternoon teas so much that my wife and I regularly go to an Afternoon Tea in different cities whenever we travel. I'm also curious about old menu/recipe books (like from the late 1800's to early 1900's). Sometimes I find absolute gems like the old church cookbook from the 1910's where every desert recipes contained copious amounts of alcohol. I mean <i>copious.</i> Brandy, sherry, and bourbon were measured in cups.<br /><br />I think I have found another gem.<br /><br />I present to you, from the early 1900's, a book full of "Every Day Menus" which includes a menu and place settings for what they are calling a "Russian Tea." The very first thing it says on the menu? Vodka. Obviously you are supposed to put a decanter of vodka on the table and pour everyone a glass of it (oh sorry, the <i>gentleman</i> get a glass of vodka while the <i>ladies</i> get a cup of vodka). No silverware. Everything is eaten with your fingers.<br /><br />This sounds like it would be an amazingly fun tea.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=tsaiko&ditemid=1061626" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://tsaiko.dreamwidth.org/1061626.html tea books menus public 0