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September 2, 2010 · Volume I, Issue VI
Mad Dogs and Englishmen
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GRANDMA ROSE
SPACING OUT!
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After much
correspondence from the missing Grandma that sits outside the English Rose Tea
Room, things have really started to "space out" for this delinquent
senior. Last week, Grandpa George
suggested that his wife was just a floozy in a flowery hat, hanging
out with undesirables in Vegas, then the Tea Room received this
latest email:
To: English Rose Tea Room
From: Grandma Rose
Ground Control to English Rose Tea Room,
this is Grandma Rose
After hurtful insinuations from Grandpa
George that I am not acting my age and should stop behaving
like a 'floozy,' I have decided to do something to make my country proud.
Alfonso, my recent dance partner, wasn't much help in the"moon-walking" compulsory dance routine,
so I've decided to join the NASA space program!
There are SO
many advantages to spending the day weightless, just wait
till you see my
triple back-flip maneuver! Grandpa George needs to live it up a little. Life is
too short, so for goodness sake get out there and enjoy it. And tell him the
dog IS NOT on a hunger strike, that canny canine will do anything for peanut
butter.
Beam me up Scotty! Dancing IN the stars dears!
Love,
Grandma Rose xx
If anyone has any information or
has seen Grandma Rose,
please contact the English Rose Tea Room at
480-488-4812.
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September Sale Extravaganza
at the Tea Room
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Shop the September Sale Extravaganza at the Tea Room and you'll save 20% off ALL merchandise in the Tea Room and the Gift Shop for the whole month of September.
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| Memories of a Summer Flower Market In London
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| Thank You to
Laura Mahoney
aka Girl Friday
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Thank you to Laura Mahoney aka Girl Friday for a wonderful
afternoon of flowers, and to Jane from Just Jane for the fabulous handbag trunk
show. If you missed Laura, look for her on ABC 15's Sonoran Living every month.
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Introducing our new Cranberry Autumn Tea
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 In the States we think of cranberries when we think of
the fall season. So I am delighted to be
able to offer my Tea Room customers our new Cranberry
Autumn Tea.
Available in
4oz. tins, the loose leaf tea is wonderful hot or iced and tastes of all those
yummy spices and fruits that remind us of falling leaves, log fires, long walks
in the woods, chilly weather. Yes, I know, I'm fixating about the heat again.
Anyway, this fabulous tea is now on the menu and available in the Tea
Room for purchase. We love it.
| Cranberry Autumn Tea, 4oz. tins, $11
Available at the Tea Room or by calling 480-488-4812
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Help Us Celebrate
| English
Rose Tea Room voted
Best Afternoon Tea
in Phoenix Magazine's annual Best of the Valley
| Click here to link to article in Phoenix Magazine
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Welcoming the Fall
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Blackberry and Apple Crumble  | Where I come from, we call this time of year autumn. As kids we hated September as it meant
going back to school, that feeling
of impending doom on a Sunday night as you thought about school in the morning. Urrgh!
I can still conjure up that
feeling even now. In fact, in my family, if we ever get butterflies about
something we call it (in an ominous voice) that "back to school" feeling. I'm
sure you've all experienced it.
As a child, there were some really GREAT things about
September, one of them was blackberry picking with my Grandparents. Mum, Dad
and us three kids would bundle into the car, dressed in our Wellington boots
and with plastic bags in hand, off we'd drive to Tweezledown Racecourse
accompanied by Nan and Grandad in their Vauxhall Viva.
Grandad always got the best berries as he stood over six feet tall and could reach the biggest, juiciest fruit. Us kids on the other hand, who
were a might bit shorter, had strict instructions, "don't pick the ones lower
down, that's where the dog's just pee-ed."
Once back at Nan's house she would make us a delicious
blackberry and apple crumble for pudding (dessert) with lashings of thick
custard and cream.
Here's Nan's recipe for Blackberry & Apple
Crumble:
· 1/2 pound (1-3/4 cups) blackberries (picked from the
hedgerow, but not the ones lower
down)
· 1 pound (3 or 4 medium) Granny Smith apples (windfalls
will do)
· 6 ounces (3/4 cup) all-purpose flour
· 4 ounces (1/2 cup packed) soft brown sugar
· 4 ounces (1/2 cup) butter
Wash
and hull blackberries and soak overnight in cold water...(to drown any maggots...seriously!)
Peel, core and thickly slice apples. Rub together flour and butter and stir in sugar (or put all dry
ingredients in the food processor and whiz around till it all looks like coarse
sand). Butter shallow casserole dish and layer blackberries and apples and a
sprinkle of sugar. Top with the crumble topping and bake in 180 degrees
centigrade/Gas mark 4/5 oven (350 degrees F.) for 30 to 40 minutes until top is
lightly browned and crisp and fruit is soft. Serve with fresh cream and lots of
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Meet Janice Roper,
our resident Tea Leaf Reader
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Why not start out the fall season in a positive way
with a
personal reading from our acclaimed tea leaf reader?
"When I had my tea-leaf reading in March, Janice told me
that I would have a granddaughter at Christmastime. My husband and I have waited a
long time for grandchildren, so I was thrilled, shocked, amazed, etc., when she
gave me that news. Needless to say, I didn't tell anyone for fear it
would 'break the spell.' Towards the end of April our son and
daughter-in-law sent us an e-mail of a pregnancy
reading positive! So I gave them the news that they would
be having a girl at Christmastime! As time progressed Carrie's ultrasounds
couldn't conclusively say it was a girl, (during the last one she had her legs
crossed)! Today Carrie called to say the latest ultrasound confirmed that
Janice was correct, a baby girl due Dec. 26! Does
that not blow your mind? Has anyone else talked to you about your predictions coming true?" | Well, what are you waiting for?
Come and learn what your tea leaves say
about you!
Janice Roper reads tea leaves at the Tea Room every Monday and Thursday. She is also available on Saturdays by appointment. For your reservation, call 480-488-4812.
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| "Iced tea may not have as
much wisdom as hot tea,
but in the summer better a cool and
refreshed dullard
than a steamy sweat-drenched sage - leave sagacity to the autumn!"
~Linda Solegato
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 Save the date! Coming on October 23rd!
Fall Fashion Show at the Tea Room
with Mumbo Jumbo Antiques, Boutique and Habadashery
| For more information, or reservations, call 480-488-4812.
| Mumbo Jumbo Antiques, Boutique and Habadashery is located at el Pedregal in Scottsdale
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