High Tea
High Tea originated from the British where a fairly substantial meal is served that includes tea in the early evening or late afternoon. Outside of the UK, people just refer to afternoon tea as high tea. You may think I am kidding you but there is actually "low tea" other than high tea and I am not talking about golf here. Those golf tees - low tee and high tee are a different kettle of fish. Low tea consist of dainty food served on "low" tables hence the name while high tea was working class meals served on a "high" table at the end of a work day in the early evening. It was originally a meal of steaks, pies, fish, baked food, potatoes and cakes. Legend The legend of high tea has it that it started in the mid-1800s where light from gas and oil was only introduced in wealthy homes so having late dinner around 8-9pm was the order of the day. There used to be only two meals a day during mid-morning (may be what we now call brunch) and late dinn...