Thursday, February 4, 2016

Muffins, 4th Doctor - Spans - The Great Gatsby



The Twenties’ sound like such fun years and I’ve always wished to partake of the Great Gatsby parties.  Oh, just imagine going to one of his parties!

So…The Tardis has agreed to spin off to take me there.  Oh what do I have that I can wear?  My beautiful Spans will really sparkle as I dance the night away!

But first we must have tea and something to eat.

“If you’re calling the butler, I’m very partial to tea and muffins.”  - the Fourth Doctor



The Tardis is pouring Harney & Sons English Breakfast Tea, a gift from friend Eve

My shoes are sparkling with Antique French Paste Silver Spans Shoe Straps.

In Great Britain, a muffin is a traditional light-textured roll, round and flat, which is made with yeast dough.  In the Victorian era muffins were bought in the street from sellers who carried trays of them on their heads, ringing a hand bell to call their wares.  In North America muffins are entirely different being made with baking powder and baked in muffin tins.




 Cheers and Happy Sipping!

Martha

11 comments:

  1. I am very partial to American Muffins...but sure would love to sample ones from Great Britain covered with jam! Thanks for sharing Martha. Interesting!

    Donna

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    1. I found a recipe for the English ones and I hope to try it before too long. Wouldn't it be fun to be able to buy them from a Muffin Man!

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  2. Thanks for that fascinating bit of muffin information. Now I would love a muffin and some of your tea please. The shoes are so unique. I wonder if you have worn them and danced the night away?

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    1. Ha! Not those, Marilyn....
      but I have worn the antique shoe straps (Spans) to dance many a night away.

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  3. A Great Gatsby party would indeed be fun! Loved reading about British Muffins, and learned something new.

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  4. Looks like a The Dansant set-up. Jane Garmey's cookbook, which I have mentioned before, has a good muffin recipe.

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  5. What a creative writer you are, Martha...you have a real knack for tying a theme together. I love The Muffin Man picture! There is a *very popular* little tearoom just off Kensington High Street in London called The Muffin Man; I have been there a number of times. Eve first told me about it, many years ago.

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    1. Thank you, Denise! I'm thrilled that you are enjoying it.
      What fun it would be to be able to go to the little tearoom called The Muffin Man. I didn't know about it the times I visited London, but hope I'll have another opportunity.

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    2. Eve first found the Muffin Man on my first trip to England while waiting for my room to be ready at the hotel at the end of Wright's Lane, and it brings fond memories. I have sent so many people to it and never heard any complaints. Back then, Penguin World Headquarters and the French Legate were on that little street, too. Also, the British HQ for Coca-Cola, where one of the nice executives told me how to get American flavor Coke from them. I was to mention his name and they would bring me a free Irish Coca-cola, which is the American recipe, he said.

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  6. Martha I had NO idea about muffins! You know, the 10th Doctor goes to the 20s as well! The TARDIS seems partial to that era!

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    1. Thanks, Rainy. Yes, I'm thrilled that the 20's were a favorite@

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