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Editor's Note
Colorful leaves, crisp air, and shorter days - yes, it's autumn. We've been working on this month's issue of the Tea Times with the thoughts of reading it while sitting in your favorite chair with a hot cup of tea, perhaps taking a break from raking leaves or taking your children to or from school. It's that time of the year!
Are you ready for Punkie Night? No, it's not Halloween but rather an English version celebrated on the last Thursday in October.
Teletubbies...they're back. Apparently they are the new "must have" for Christmas across the pond.
A nice baked apple and a cup of tea. Who wouldn't enjoy this on a cool autumn evening? We offer a recipe sure to please your family or guests.
We continue with the Wars of the Roses this month. Why can't we all just get along?!
Be sure to check the Tea News Bits for the October programming news. You don't want to miss any good programming!
Happy Halloween! Don't let the ghoulies and ghosties get you!
The Tea Times Newsletter Staff
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They Say It's Your Birthday!
Do you share a birthday with any of these people?
October 4, 1941
Jackie Collins – author
October 13, 1925
Margaret Thatcher – former Prime Minister of England
October 15, 1959
Sarah Ferguson – Duchess of York
October 23, 1906
Gertrude Ederle – first woman to swim the English Channel
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The Wars of the Roses
The antagonism between the two houses started with the overthrow of King Richard II by his cousin, Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Lancaster, in 1399. As an issue of Edward III's third son John of Gaunt, Bolingbroke had a very poor claim to the throne. According to precedent, the crown should have passed to the male descendants of Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence, Edward III's second son, and in fact, the childless Richard had named Lionel's grandson, Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March as heir presumptive.
However, Richard II was then deposed and Bolingbroke was crowned as Henry IV. He was tolerated as king since Richard II's government had been highly unpopular. Nevertheless, within a few years of taking the throne, Henry found himself facing several rebellions in Wales, Cheshire and Northumberland, which used the Mortimer claim to the throne both as pretext and rallying point. All these revolts were suppressed, although with difficulty.
Henry IV died in 1413. His son and successor, Henry V, inherited a temporarily pacified nation. Henry was a great soldier, and his military success against France in the Hundred Years' War bolstered his enormous popularity, enabling him to strengthen the Lancastrian hold on the throne.
Henry V's short reign saw one conspiracy against him, the Southampton Plot led by Richard, Earl of Cambridge, a son of Edmund of Langley, the fifth son of Edward III. Cambridge was executed in 1415 for treason at the start of the campaign leading up to the Battle of Agincourt. Cambridge's wife, Anne Mortimer, also had a claim to the throne, being the daughter of Roger Mortimer and thus a descendant of Lionel of Antwerp.
Henry V died unexpectedly in 1422, and the Lancastrian King Henry VI of England ascended the throne as an infant only nine months old. After the death of his uncle, John, Duke of Bedford in 1433, he was surrounded by unpopular regents and advisors. In addition to Henry's surviving paternal uncle, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, the most notable of these were Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset and William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, who were blamed for mismanaging the government and poorly executing the continuing Hundred Years' War with France. Under Henry VI, virtually all English holdings in France, including the land won by Henry V, were lost.
Suffolk eventually succeeded in having Humphrey of Gloucester arrested for treason. Humphrey died while awaiting trial in 1447. However, with severe reverses in France, Suffolk was stripped of office and murdered on his way to exile. Somerset succeeded him as leader of the party seeking peace with France, Richard, Duke of York, meanwhile represented those who wished to prosecute the war more vigorously, and criticized the court for starving him of funds and men during his campaigns in France. In all these quarrels, Henry VI had taken little part. He was portrayed as a weak, ineffectual king. In addition, he suffered from episodes of mental illness that he may have inherited from his grandfather Charles VI of France. By the 1450s many considered Henry incapable of carryout out the duties and responsibilities of a king.
The increasing discord at court was mirrored in the country as a whole, where noble families engaged in private feuds and showed increasing disrespect for the royal authority and for the courts of law. The Percy-Neville feud was the best-known of these private wars, but others were being conducted freely. In many cases they were fought between old-established families, and formerly minor nobility raised in power and influence by Henry IV in the aftermath of the rebellions against him. The quarrel between the Percys, for long the Earls of Northumberland, and the comparatively upstart Nevilles was one which followed this pattern: another was the feud between the Courtenays and Bonvilles in Cornwall and Devonshire. A factor in these feuds was apparently the presence of large numbers of soldiers discharged from the English armies that had been defeated in France. Nobles engaged many of these to mount raids, or to pack courts of justice with their supporters, intimidating suitors, witnesses and judges.
This growing civil discontent, the abundance of feuding nobles with private armies, and corruption in Henry VI's court formed a political climate ripe for civil war. With the king so easily manipulated, power rested with those closest to him at court, in other words Somerset and the Lancastrian faction. As a result Richard and the Yorkist faction, who tended to be physically placed further away from the seat of power, found their power slowly being stripped away. Royal power also started to slip, as Henry was convinced to gift more of his land to the Lancastrians.
In 1453, Henry suffered the first of several bouts of complete mental collapse, during which he failed even to recognize his new-born son, Edward of Westminster. A Council of Regency was set up, headed by the Duke of York, who still remained popular with the people, as Lord of Protector. Richard soon asserted his power with ever-greater boldness (although there is no proof that he had aspirations to the throne at this early stage). Believing the Lancastrians to be undermining the nation, he imprisoned Somerset and backed his Neville allies (his brother-in-law, the Earl of Salisbury, and Salisbury's son, the Earl of Warwich), in their continuing feud with the Earl of Northumberland, a powerful supporter of Henry.
Henry recovered in 1455 and once again fell under the influence of those closest to him at court. Directed by Henry's queen, the powerful and aggressive Margaret of Anjou, who emerged as the de facto leader of the Lancastrians, Richard was forced out of court. Margaret built up an alliance against Richard and conspired with other nobles to reduce his influence. An increasingly thwarted Richard (who feared arrest for treason) finally resorted to armed hostilities in 1455 at the First Battle of St. Albans.
...to be continued.
www.wikipedia.org
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Tea News Bits
October Programming
Space Week continues in October. Join us on October 1 at 9 pm for What Went Right followed by Apollo 8: Christmas at the Moon and then Pioneers in Aviation: The Race to the Moon. Space Week concludes on October 2 with NOVA: Voyage to the Mystery Moon at 8:00 pm. At 10:30pm the final program will be aired, Phoenix Mars Mission: Ashes to Ice.
October offers political coverage in support of the Presidential election in November as PBS Newshour brings you all three debates. On Thursday, October 2 at 9:00pm, the Vice Presidential candidates, Sarah Palin and Joseph Biden debate. On 9pm on both Tuesday, October 7 and Wednesday, October 15, join us as the Presidential candidates, Barrack Obama and John McCain, debate.
American Experience brings you former Presidents. On Monday, October 6 at 9pm, Jimmy Carter is covered. Monday, October 13 at 9pm brings you Richard Nixon. Lyndon Baines Johnson history is covered on both Monday, October 20 and 27 at 9pm.
Frontline looks at issues in October as well with Cheney's Law airing on Tuesday, Oct 7 at 8 pm. Bush's War, parts 1 and 2, air on Wednesday, October 8 and Thursday, October 9 at 9pm. Tuesday, October 14 at 9 pm brings you The Choice 2008 which repeats on Sunday, October 26 at 10 pm.
On a lighter note, join us Sunday, Oct 5 at 8 pm for part 1 of Ruth Rendell Mysteries: Secret House of Death. Be sure to tune in for part 2 on Sunday, Oct 12 at 8 pm.
On each Sunday in October at 9pm, Masterpiece Contemporary brings you The Last Enemy. The Last Enemy takes an arresting and compelling look at how technology could transform Britain into a surveillance society - threatening human relationships and destroying trust.
From acclaimed screenwriter Peter Berry (Prime Suspect 6, Kiszko - A Life for a Life), The Last Enemy follows a group of characters - including a scientist, an aid worker, and a desperate father - who are each trying to deal with crises in their own lives when they unwittingly get caught up in a global mystery.
Following Masterpiece Contemporary on Sunday, October 12 stay tuned at 10pm for Funny Tunes: John Inman. We know he is one of your favorites! At 10:30 pm, the MPT production Thundering Hooves: Maryland Steeple Chase Racing premiers.
Your Brit Coms are on each weekday and each Saturday in October except for Saturday, October 29.
First Person Singular: Heather Sanderson
We know and love her as the Afternoon Tea Lady, but Heather Sanderson has another love....William Shakespeare. She did not come by this affection for the Bard early on in school. It was only later after she acted his plays and then as she experienced his work through the eyes of children that she began to really appreciate this giant of English literature.
The Tea Lady traveled to England this summer with members from her youth performance troupe, StagePlay to participate in Liverpool's Shakespeare in the City Festival.
The aspiring Shakespearian actors and actresses performed "A Bard Day's Night" (a creative blend of Twelfth Night and Beatles songs) at various locations throughout Liverpool, including the legendary "Cavern Club."
The fifteen day excursion took the teens from Colchester, Essex to Heather's home town of Clacton, to Shakespeare's birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon, and finally up through Liverpool, and London.
In an article in The Washington Post, Heather describes how she is fortunate to see the "world of pure imagination" through their eyes...
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Teletubbies named Christmas must-have
Eh-oh! The Teletubbies are set to return with a vengeance this Christmas. A toy made by Sutton-based Tomy has been named as the number one "must-have" gift. Hamleys, one of the world's most famous toy shops, released its Christmas list in which it predicts the big selling toys in the run-up to Christmas.
The West End-based retailer has revealed that the two toys expected to do battle for its coveted Christmas number one spot are Dance With Me Teletubbies and the Doctor Who Dalek Voice Changer. The Dance With Me Teletubby will sell for £34.99.
The Bafta-winning TV show merchandise will include all four of the characters who go by the names Tinky-Winky, Dipsy, La-La, and Po.
The hugely popular programme ran from 1997 until 2001 and has been shown in more than 120 countries, with re-runs still filling television time. Yvonne Lamb, from Tomy UK, said: "The Teletubbies are as loved as ever having celebrated an amazing 10 years on television.
"The new Dance With Me Teletubby is proving just as popular, being voted by Hamleys as the must-have Christmas gift for 2008."
www.thisislocallondon.co.uk
What do you want to know more about?
If you have a topic that you would like to know more about, please drop us a line at tealady@mpt.org. We'll explore the opportunities to bring you the information you have interest in.
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Punkie Night
At roughly the same time as Halloween, and with so many similarities to the American tradition of carving pumpkin lanterns that one must have come from the other, though which is the original is open to debate, Punkie Night in various Somerset villages is a very localised custom. In times past the day seems to have been a moveable feast, but now the last Thursday in October is the settled date for the event.
Punkie Night sees children parading in the village streets, mixing some trick-or-treating in for good measure, while carrying punkie lanterns. These are carved from large wurzels, whose orange skin is again reminiscent of the pumpkin tradition. In fact the very word punkie may just be a childish corruption of the word pumpkin. The solidity of the wurzel allows for rather ghostly versions to be carved, with a thin layer of skin left to show the glow of the candle within. With three strings to dangle them from, or whatever other means can be devised, the punkies are carried about the villages, kids and adults alike occasionally breaking into the punkie song.
There is a local legend that punkie night celebrates events from hundreds of years ago, when men from the village went to a local fair, and were so late returning - or so drunk they were incapable of returning - that their wives went seeking them with improvised lanterns cut from wurzels. Whether this contains any truth or not is open to conjecture.
Any celebration that involves a bit of scariness and a lot of silliness is to be supported. And as a very regionalised tradition Punkie Night has something special about it too. So here's hoping Punkie Night carries on, whether it is a survival from medieval days, or something that started in the 20th century.
It's Punkie Night tonight
It's Punkie Night tonight
Give us a candle, give us a light
If you don't, you'll get a fright
It's Punkie Night tonight
It's Punkie Night tonight
Adam and Eve wouldn't believe
It's Punkie Night tonight.
www.information-britain.co.uk
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Joan Sims: 1930-2001
A Tribute to the Co-Star of As Time Goes By
Joan Sims first came to the attention of most American television viewers as Madge, the lively companion of Lionel's father, Rocky, on As Time Goes By. With a twinkle in her eye and a bounce in her step, Madge, along with Rocky (played by Frank Middlemass), symbolized the fact that youth is a state of mind and that life should be savored and lived every day as an adventure.
The life of Joan Sims, who passed away in June 2001, certainly was an adventure, but not all of it was happy. She was born Irene Joan Marion Sims in Laindon, Essex, on May 9, 1930. Her father was a stationmaster and since the family lived in such a rural area there weren't many children around to provide companionship. She was an only child and her parent's marriage was not a happy one, so the young Joan escaped into the world of her imagination. This helped fuel her sense of humor as well as her love of performing.
Sims was not an academic standout at school, but during her teens belonged to her local drama and operatic societies. One of her teachers saw a talent for acting and persuaded her to audition for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
Her tenure at RADA was not an easy one and she once received a letter saying that she was "unsuitable for the profession." She finally graduated, however, and from then on had little trouble finding stage work, appearing with such luminaries as Noel Coward and Bob Hope. She also did cameo roles in films and on television.
In 1958, Sims found the job that would dominate her professional life for the next twenty years when she began appearing in the Carry On films.
The Carry On films were a wildly successful series of movies known for their energetic, lowbrow, broad farce and use of sexual innuendo. Sims was just one of the numerous Carry On regulars, playing everything from the stereotypical flirtatious blonde to a niggling wife. The scripts may not have been Shakespeare, but she showed a great range, able to carry off everything from high class to cockney. Thirty films were made (Sims appeared in 24 of them) and she also appeared in television shows based on the films.
Sims also guest starred on such classic television programs as Till Death Do Us Part, The Goodies, and Only Fools and Horses. Like most comics, she wanted to prove that there was more to her than just getting laughs, so she tried her hand at drama. She proved most adept at this, playing a Victorian child murderess in the 1980s series The Lady Killers and Betsy Prig in a production of Martin Chuzzlewit.
Her professional life was a full one, but her personal life did not run as smoothly. She was prone to self-doubt and a lack of confidence, once commenting that she couldn't believe she became an actress because she didn't think she was good enough. She also suffered from bouts of depression and battled alcoholism. She was devastated by the loss of many of the other Carry On regulars, especially comedienne Hattie Jacques and Kenneth Williams, who once proposed to her. She refused his offer and never married - perhaps due to the unhappiness she witnessed between her own parents.
By the mid 1990s she was working on As Time Goes By, but her health began to deteriorate. She had hip-replacement surgery, a fractured rib, a fractured spine and a bout of Bell's Palsy. This was not good news for someone who was once known for her ability to do pratfalls. Her agent gave no exact cause of death, but these factors no doubt contributed to it. She was 71 years old.
One of her directors once remarked that she was better suited for comedy than drama because she had "far too happy a face." Even though it masked a lot of personal sadness, that happy face and vibrant personality will be sorely missed.
The Insider, August 2001
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Becoming Jane Austen
The True Love Story That Inspired
the Classic Novels
by John Spence
Part of a continuing series.
The Austens' own troubles at this time must have made Susannah's discontent with her home seem particularly trivial. In George's letter in July he mentions the difficulty he and his wife were facing: their four year old, little George suffered from fits and was not developing normally. Susannah had asked how the child was, and George replied: "I am much obliged to you for your kind wish of George's improvement, God knows only how far it will come to pass, but from the best judgement I can form at present, we must not be too sanguine on this head; be it as it may, we have this comfort, he cannot be a bad or a wicked child." Even on such an emotionally charged subject, George was philosophical and unsentimental, though tender.
Jane Austen
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A few months later Cassandra wrote that they had more or less given up hope that the boy would not be disabled: "My poor little George is come to see me to-day, he seems pretty well, though he had a fit lately: it was near a twelvemonth since he had one before, so was in hopes they had left him, but must not flatter myself so now." She seems to imply that the boy was already living apart from the family, as he was to do for the rest of his life. He eventually lived with the same family as his mother's disabled brother and may have been in their care from the time he left Steventon. Not only was this a deep emotional loss to the Austens, it had financial implications as well. Little George must, as his godfather Tysoe Hancock later bluntly said, "be provided for without the least hopes of his being able to assist himself." The Austens would have to find the money to pay for his keep.
Hancock was always worried about money; his chief personal concern was to make a fortune to leave to his own daughter, Betsy. He and his wife and daughter had returned to England in 1765, hoping to live on the wealth he had acquired in India, but after three years it was clear that England was more expensive than they had expected. In 1768 he went back to India to try to make more money, leaving Phila and Betsy in England, where they often visited the Austens at Steventon. Phila wrote regularly to him of the increase in the Austens' family, and Tysoe replied with growing disapproval and incomprehension. He could not understand how George and Cassandra could be, as it seemed to him, so irresponsible.
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Tea Advisor
Aspects of Tea Production
Had they wanted to, the Company could have marched against the Emperor in Delhi. However, this might not have been a financial success, so the Company satisfied itself with assuming, in 1765, the DiwaniI of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. The Diwani gave the rights, after a small annual tribute to the Emperor (soon abandoned), to all the tax revenues of those territories. The Company assumed responsibility for the administration, including the army, police and justice system. It had become a government. It also had a monopoly of trade.
Although the East India Company was the government of part of India, it was also a British company, and to some extent answerable to the British government. That relationship, under the Company's charter was, however, far from clear. Parliament became concerned, and in 1784 passed the India Act, which established a Board of Control. This could regulate the levying of war or making of peace, or negotiating with any native princes or states in India, and could also dismiss the Company's Governor-General. Subject to these limitations, however, the Company managed to retain its trading monopoly, and also retain the right to govern its territories.
The Company's armies, with help from British troops, conquered huge new tracts of India, especially in the south, so that about half of all India came under the direct Company rule. There was much criticism of the Company's dual role, as government and trader. The Company lost its monopoly of trade with India in 1813. When its charter came up for renewal in 1833, some wanted to abolish its governmental responsibilities. Quite the opposite happened - the Company was prohibited from trading, except in salt and opium, and left to administer British India. Shareholders would receive an annual dividend of 10½ per cent. This dividend and the cost of servicing the "home bond debt" would be met out of taxation in India. Since the home bond debt originated in loans the East India Company had taken out when it lent money to the British government to further its own commercial interests, there was much resentment in India over these arrangements.
In addition to these monies, the Indians also had to pay for the cost of transporting troops between Britain and India, the pensions of the Company's administrators and army, the salaries of the directors of the East India Company and many other expenses. These included the cost of war medals produced to commemorate their own conquest, and the maintenance of European lunatics from India. Together with the home bond debt, these charges became known, and reviled by Indians, as the "home charges." Not only Indians were outraged. Sir Charles Trevelyan, later Governor of Madras, observed "£5,000,000 sterling a year is subtracted from the wealth of India and added to the wealth of England, which is the most serious injury which India suffers from its connection with England." There would be future resentment, too, as the cost of conquering new territories inside India and of waging war against adjacent countries was added to these debts to be paid by the Indians.
Tea | By Roy Moxham
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Mystery of the Month
What Is Your Guess?
Case One
A patriot travels on a small horse to a faraway village. Upon arriving, he places part of a nearby bird into his clothing. He then appears quite confused by pronouncing to all within earshot that he has in his possession some Italian pasta.
The Mystery
Who is the patriot and what is the Italian pasta?
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Clues
- He is visiting a city on the East Coast.
- Most people learn about him even before they enter school.
- He was popular during the forming of our nation.
- His name identifies him as a "Northerner."
- His story is continually repeated in song.
Case Two
A woman is a contract killer. Strangely enough the police are not interested in arresting her. She is always invited into the very homes where her murders are scheduled to take place. Her work is conducted in front of witnesses and no one even tries to stop her from killing.
The Mystery
Who is this woman and how does she kill her victims?
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Clues
- The woman never uses a gun to kill.
- Anyone can identify her by her work dress.
- After a year on the job, she's likely killed thousands, maybe even millions.
- She usually has to wear a mask when she's working.
- She often makes repeat visits to the same house.
Be sure to check the November 2008 edition of the Tea Times for the answers
Answers to September Mysteries:
Case One: The man is Moses and the place is Mount Sinai.
Case Two: The man is the Gingerbread man who was eaten by a fox.
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England's Calendar of Events | October
Punch & Judy Fellowship's Annual Covent Garden Festival
Covent Garden, London, England
October 5, 2008
Children love this annual festival celebrating the survival of Mr. Punch, one of Britain's oldest and best-loved puppets. On this day Punch and Judy rule the roost at the North Piazza of Covent Garden Market. Punch and Judy shows have been staged for over 345 years. Both Charles Dickens and the diarist Samuel Pepys have waxed lyrical on paper about Punch and Judy shows being excellent entertainment. Highlights of this festival include shows by members of The Punch & Judy Fellowship, performers, academics and enthusiasts who are dedicated to protecting and preserving the traditions of the Punch and Judy show.
www.whatsonwhen.com
Loch Ness Marathon & Festival of Running
Queen's Park Stadium
October 5, 2008
Starting from Whitebridge at the southern end of Loch Ness, and running along the south-eastern shore of the loch heading into Inverness, the annual Baxters Loch Ness Marathon is just one race in this festival of running. Less hardy competitors can enter either the Baxters River Ness 10K Run, or the Baxters River Ness 5K Fun Run. All the events give you the chance to run through one of the country's most beautiful landscapes, overlooking Loch Ness and the marathon is regularly voted in the top three such events countrywide. Typical of such events worldwide, there's pre-registration and the communal pasta party the day before (book early), before the real work begins. What happens, though, if you spot Nessie on the way round? Should you stop to investigate further, or continue to run so as to beat your personal best?
www.whatsonwhen.com
Cowalfest
Dunoon
October 3-12, 2008
Cowalfest has long been Scotland's biggest walking festival, with breathtaking daytime hiking around the Cowal Peninsula, but now lots of evening entertainment has been added as well. What could be better - fresh air and fantastic scenery during the day, followed by a warm Scottish welcome, whisky and arts in the evenings? On offer are a truly magnificent selection of 77 walks, as well as a three-day hike from Loch Striven to Loch Long. Cyclists are not left out, with routes for them to take as well.
www.whatsonwhen.com
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Pecan and Dried Fruit Baked Apples
October might bring a little nip in the air - enough to light the fireplace in the evening. If so, treat your special someone to a little fireside decadence!
Ingredients
- ¼ cup chopped pecans
- 6 large Gala or Rome apples, cored
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons butter, softened and divided
- ½ cup raisins
- ¼ cup dried cranberries
- ¼ cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ cup apple cider
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons rum (optional)
- Garnishes: whipped cream, toasted pecans
Preparation
Place pecans on a baking sheet, and bake at 350° for 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown, stirring once. Set pecans aside.
Make 4 evenly spaced vertical cuts through each apple, stopping halfway from bottom. Brush insides of apples with lemon juice. Place apples in a 9-inch pie plate.
Combine 1 tablespoon butter, raisins, and next 4 ingredients. Stuff mixture evenly into apples, pressing into center of each apple. Top evenly with remaining 1 tablespoon butter. Pour cider, vanilla, and, if desired, rum around apples in pie plate.
Bake at 350° for 1 hour and 20 minutes, basting twice every 30 minutes or until apples are tender. Transfer apples to a serving dish, reserving juices, and keep warm.
Pour juices through a wire-mesh strainer into a small saucepan. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer over medium heat 8 to 10 minutes or until mixture is thickened and is syrup consistency. Drizzle over warm apples; garnish, if desired. Serve immediately.
Yield
Makes 6 servings
www.myrecipes.com
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Afternoon Teaisms
Rhymes and Wits
There is music in the meadows, in the air–
Autumn is here;
Skies are gray, but hearts are mellow.
William Stanley Braithwaite, (1878-1962)
"A Lyric of Autumn," Lyrics of Life and Love (1904)
Listen! the wind is rising,
and the air is wild with leaves,
We have had our summer evenings,
now for October eves!
Humbert Wolfe (1885-1940) "Autumn (Resignation)" (1926)
From ghoulies and ghosties
And long-leggedy beasties
And things that go bump in the night,
Good Lord, deliver us!
Scottish Saying