I’ve researched so much food for my novels, I really ought to put what I’ve found into some sort of a booklet. Naturally, because tea was so popular in both England and Scotland, I had to check out just what sort of sweet pasties one might want to nibble on while sipping a steaming cup.
Though high tea didn’t become popular until the Victorian Era, people of the Regency period did enjoy biscuits (cookies), Maid of Honor tarts, seed cakes, Naples biscuits (lady fingers), scones, and several other treats with their brew.
My hero, Yancy, in Virtue and Valor, has a sweet tooth, and I’m betting he’d enjoy these shortbread cookies! The recipe was my grandmother’s. To celebrate the release of The Earl’s Enticement May 28th, I’ve ordered a bunch of tea pot and tea cup cookie cutters just like these.
Aren’t they adorable?
I’ll be gifting them to some lucky subscribers to The Regency Rose, my newsletter (see the sign-up in the right sidebar) along with a copy of my grandmother’s recipe.
Yes, I really did have a Grandma Cameron and my grandpa was really Scottish. Or at least his family came from Scotland. We’ve discovered our heritage is mostly Scandinavian, so you can bet it was those Vikings that settled in Scotland who are my ancestors.
