Mother's Day Tea
Dear Friends, Today we're celebrating some people who are very important to all of us, people who have shaped us, encouraged us, and raised us up to what we are today. Happy Mother's Day everyone, I'm sure that you all have someone special who you're thinking about today, and that you're each finding your own way of celebrating. Sometimes, what with caring for babies, chasing after young children, and offering emotional support even to fully-grown children, the mothers in our lives don't get to experience the simple, elegant things, so today we would like to give them a little gentility, in the form of flowers, a break from the tedious household chores, a dinner prepared especially for them, or, in this case the most genteel thing I can think of, a Mother's Day Tea. Here are the basic components of a genteel Mother's Day tea: Cucumber Sandwiches The classic tea sandwich, with a simple ingredient list: White Bread 1 Cucumber Butter