Favourite Tea Sandwiches?

Also on the "people eat late around here" comment from a few pages back, I eat dinner at like 8-9 every night because of my schedule. I still expect dinner at a reasonable time when I'm at an event.

@OGA-To me that's still dinner hour. I'd expect a proper meal.

Geez, guys, my math may be off here but there's 2.5 hour difference between 4PM and 6:30. A shorter, earlier wedding could totally be pulled off with a bunch of appetizers but 6:30PM is getting into the world of dinner.

@OGA-I'm not, I'm just saying, that even at 3:30-6:30, that's not really "cake and punch" time, if it was moved to 1:00 or 2:00, it would be a more acceptable time for what the OP is planning and her guests won't be blindsided.

I think that this idea is okay - not necessarily my style but it's not awful hosting or breaking any etiquette in my opinion.

If it were up to me I would push this a couple hours earlier like PP suggested but if that is the only time that works, then it is okay. Correct me if I"m wrong but food would be most likely served right away around 3:30pm so it's not like you're just starting to eat at 6:30pm (which happens to be my normal dinner time).

I am GF but OP said she has that covered. I would get a little sick of all the bread though. I have family who has followed Keto for a year and would not eat sandwiches, so I guess it's a know your crowd situation. Like I said, it's not my style but I don't think it's wrong or a mistreatment of OP's guests.

ETA: sick as in I'd want more variety because after a few it would feel heavy (not sick as in sick because of GF)

I hosted a full tea for my bridesmaids and the three big hits for sandwiches were blts, pesto grilled cheese on french bread, and chicken salad with walnuts and grapes on croissants.

Ok so I rescind previous statements. I had never really been to a tea party so didn't really have a great concept of tea sandwiches. I am at a baby shower today in a tea room and they served salad, soup, 4 tea sandwiches per person and then scones. 4 tea sandwiches may "technically " equal a sandwich but.....yeah not really. I'm starving lol. Which it is sufficient for lunch but definitely not dinner

LOL- if you felt your opinion was important enough to dig up a two week old thread, be my guest!

However, I find it amusing that you'd assume people would go to a party without having any idea what kind of party it is. One would assume that a good host does indeed make clear what type of event they are throwing. So yeah, my crowd already knows it's a tea party and many of them have told us they are planning to dress in theme, which is super awesome. We said attire was anything from khakis and sundresses to tailcoats and gowns or costume. It should make for some amazing pictures.

Second of all, I still cannot fathom how many people here are fixated on dinner. If you are eating all afternoon long, I seriously doubt anyone will be interested in dinner. If "real food" equals "wedding food", I am really glad we aren't doing the traditional thing.

Darn right we are throwing an amazing bash of a wedding. Like I said, we aren't into what we consider to be boring- the usual dinner and dancing. That's cookie cutter and it's not us. If you wouldn't find it amazing, cool- I'm not offended. But I do find it amazing how many people are fixated on their own experience being the only valid one and not recognizing that a lot of people (even some here) think this is a really cool idea. If it's not yours, that's fine- I'm not going to go posting on your threads about how bored to tears I'd be at your dance.

I asked for opinions about favourite tea sandwiches. The internet decided to chime in on its opinions for my wedding, which they're welcome to do, but I'm also welcome to reply without sugarcoating and with sass if I choose to do so, since that's not what I asked about, and I frankly don't give a damn what randoms on the internet think about our plans.

There will definitely be smoked salmon on pumpernickel with dill cream cheese, red onion rings, and capers One of my favourites.

There was plenty of sass going both directions. Now...may this thread R.I.P...

Goodness, this is the second old thread I've seen today that you've bumped M.Hand. What's the point..?

@M Hand I love you. Seriously...forgot this even went down. It's fun to relive though

@MHand It's not a big deal. People bring zombie threads back all of the time. You had a legitimate statement to make.

@M.Hand, hey, I appreciate that. It's so easy to hear tone online, and I'm glad I mistook yours.

Yes, people have an image in mind when they think of weddings, I would often agree. My fiance and I like breaking the mold

Eh, I like shit stirring sometimes, so I wouldn't have blamed you!

If you frankly don't give a damn about what randoms on the internet think about your plan....then you should frankly not post on a public Internet forum for randoms to comment on.

LOL. You could take your own advice, then, @Bride2Be2018.

I don't care what randoms on the internet think about our plans for the wedding. I was interested in hearing people's favourite tea sandwiches. We've gotten a few good suggestions and that I appreciate.

Beyond that, hey, think what you like just like I do about half the posts here. Someone posting about one question doesn't mean they're asking for random opinions on all their life decisions. People can say what they want, cuz it's the internet, but the opinion is worth only as much as the OP cares about it.

We're happy with our plans, and it's going to be awesome

@Susan your comment makes absolutely no sense.

You cannot post on a public forum about your wedding and then dictate specifics on how people answer. There's going to be answers you agree with and those that don't. It's an etiquette forum and proper etiquette/hosting suggestions were provided to you, which you chose to ignore. Best of luck with your wedding and future marriage. ETA: grammar

If you don't care what I think, then why post your comment, is the point I was making when I suggested you take your own advice. And if you do care what I think, well, I suspect you would have had a different theme to your comment.

I am not dictating how people answer- I believe I've quite clearly said that people can say what they like. I just don't happen to give a rat's ass about the extraneous opinions that I didn't ask for. What I care about were the people who took the time to answer my question.

Oh, and this is the Fun Stuff board, not Etiquette. So, seems like it was in an appropriate place to me.

I can't with the rest of this zombie thread...

Susan, just so you are aware, even though WW has you categorize your post into "fun stuff", etc. It shows up in the main general forums. We don't see the distinction on our end.

@LillyBean17, you actually can if you choose- there's just also a default for All Forums.

Doesn't matter to me one way or the other. I'm just making the point that I was not in fact asking for comments on etiquette.

Susan no I understand that but I'm letting you know that no matter what you choose, it always shows up on the main page for everyone to see. ETA so I'm trying to say it doesn't matter if you think you posted in fun stuff, the entire forum is an etiquette based forum so you are subjected to etiquette fact/opinion no matter what.