Afternoon Tea with Homemade Pain de Mie (French Sandwich Bread) 

I so enjoy your videos. I feel like I am a princess, OK, a dowager at this point, having high tea with a friend. I can almost smell the flowers as you dine, with the delightful music in the background. In these days of craziness, you bring a sliver of civility to us all. THANK YOU! ❤❤🙏🙏

Such a lovely afternoon with you, Kevin! You are such a charming host to us who join you virtually for tea! I love how elegant all your meals are and how beautiful your home is! Thank you for being you.

When you think Kevin has given us his best... Here comes he with french bread and marvelous sandwiches!! Completly delighted and surprised again!! Thank you so much dear Kevin!

Hi Kevin! Wishing you and Mr. Fox a wonderful Sunday🌄

Hi Kevin, with you we learn a lot of cooking tricks. Also interesting recipes, delicious and easy. You are a great chef. Keep up the good work of teaching us😊

Hello Kevin, there's something very special about your afternoon teas. Today's is amazing thank you so much. The sandwiches are so simple yet elegant and the stand with cakes and scones is great. All finished off with the beautiful China service. Its lovely to see you again x

A beautiful example of how to bring grace and elegance into your own home; from the delicious tea sandwiches to the exquisite table setting for afternoon tea. 💖

We really appreciate you. Just lovely with your company.Very impressed with your bread making skills

YAY!!! Banner weekend - TWO videos from KLJ! 😁😁😁😁😁 We bought the spaetzle maker and whisk you showed on Friday and I’ll be investing in the bread pan next, it will keep the bread trimmings to a minimum for our finger sandwiches. Salivating over the cakes and scones 😋. Thank you so much for your hard work in bringing such lovely presentations to we viewers . 💗 🫖 💗 🍰 💗

I really enjoyed making the bread and tea sandwiches and then sharing them with you at tea time. I find that since I've been watching your videos, I have tried "new" things - I will have to try the avocado and crab sandwiches next. Thank you for pushing me to try different things. Love spending time with you Kevin. Enjoy your week.

I love your videos. You give instructions at a pace that is perfect for me to follow and your tone is so soothing. You tell a story.

Thank you again Kevin for wonderful hospitality!

I am so happy to see this (after suddenly discovering I need a new roof after buying this house a year ago being told the roof was only 12 years old)…this is a great buffer for bad news. Happy Sunday 2-26-2023 Kevin, Mr. Fox, Avery & Binky! Think about making an extensive Coronation, High Tea (literally) Cocktail Brunch! Will ya?

One of the traditions in the UK of my childhood and adolescence, in the 1930s & 40s which has almost disappeared is "high tea", particularly prevalent in Scotland, Ireland and the north of England. This was a mixture of afternoon tea and supper usually eaten in late afternoon or early evening. It often included cold meat or fish and salad, bread & butter, or something savoury on toast, followed by a light desert and/or Cakes. In my family, we would have our traditional lunch on Christmas Day at 1.00p.m., followed between 5-6p.m. by a sort of high tea, which always included anchovy toast, i.e., Gentleman's Relish on buttery toast (don't know if one can get Gentleman's Relish in US - an anchovy paste), Devonshire splits (little round rolls of rich white dough - the original base for a cream tea. Scones are a modern Scottish introduction. The splits were topped with clotted cream and preserved ginger in syrup. This was followed by warm mince pies and my mother's wonderful Christmas cake (an Irish country house recipe). We rarely had room for the mince pies and cake! The mince pies were always served in a silver plated entree dish lined with an oval unperforated doily and the dish's cover. There was always a small plate of my mother's wafer thin homemade wholemeal bread and butter; I suppose, to offset the pervading richness of the other food. To add a touch of healthiness there might be a few sticks of celery to accompany the anchovy toast. As always, your afternoon tea looks delicious and your scones looked especially good and authentic. I have yet to have a go at the chocolate mayonnaise cake. In view of escalating food prices here I have taken to making my own mayonnaise - have a really crafty recipe using a stick blender in a jug and using a whole egg, flavouring it any way I fancy at the time. Obviously, I shan't be incorporating garlic or mustard into my chocolate cake! Just another thought - I'm afraid I do ramble on - as Easter is approaching, are you familiar with delicious hot cross buns (they're not annoyed but are decorated with an applied cross on top)? They are traditionally served on Good Friday, a fruited spiced yeast bun enjoyed after the rigours of Lent. They can be eaten plain or buttered or excellent toasted.

Always such a delight to spot a new post by you! Your videos are so well balanced...with meal planning, prep, setting the table, gardening, and sourcing your prep materials. Thank you so very much! I"m sure it is a lot more effort than it appears to be!😀💯❤👍

Thank you for having us over for a virtual afternoon tea. I felt like I was really there .

Everything looks elegant and delicious. I also love that you are real, " nothing goes to waste" and you eat the crust! I enjoy your videos very much.

I am smiling at the instruction to butter bread, being English I simply could not imagine a ‘dry’ sandwich. I adore your episodes and enjoy a slice of gracious living in out difficult times. Thank you so much Kevin.

CAN WE PLS HAVE AN INTERNATIONAL KINDEST PERSON AWARD???? KEVIN WOULD WWWWIIIINNNNN!!!!!

Absolutely beautiful watching from Gander Newfoundland Canada February 26 2023. Thk you for being part of my life

I love when you make this bread Kevin. Loved the beautiful flowers and the amazing music room wallpaper also. 👌

i just love how you "set up" everything for your teas!!! it always looks so lovely and inviting!!!

As always...I open up your vlog, and my breathing slows, my tension-hunched shoulders drop back down below ear level, and I relax into the music, the flowers, and your soothing, matter-of-fact instructions which make a recipe do-able. A bread recipe I'd been a bit intimidated by before watching this. Watching these is like re-visiting a much softer and more peaceful era. It is a welcome respite from the cares of the world. Thank you!

That was fun, Kevin, and such a wonderful treat to invite us for afternoon tea on a cold winter's day. I admire that you regularly use your Royal Albert Moonlight Rose bone china and that it isn't being held for ransom or languishing in some back cupboard. Cheers! Darryl

beautiful video Kevin, love afternoon tea. I always have some sort of butter cookie on my tray.

Incredible! You make pain de mie yourself🥰 You are phantastique💓 I still did not receive an invitation for tea😭 Love from Marseilles☀️

What a delight, two video's in a week. Simply marvelous. The food channel needs a show called "Tea time with Kevin", it would be a hit

I love that you are keeping this long forgotten practice of Tea Time - the ingredients in the tiered tray look so good!❤

Kevin, you are marvelous!! I made your Apple Brown Betty for dessert today and it was outstanding. I am so happy I found your channel.

Hello Kevin. Lovely vlog. I too enjoy preparing and serving a delicious and elegant afternoon tea for friends, with fine china and best linen. It’s a perfect expression of slow food and slow living. Hostess/host and guests have set aside their time and all are truly focused on the presentation, and on happy light conversation with each other, the emphasis being on relaxing and taking each delicate course in turn . A good tea should leave one feeling replete and take at least at hour. It’s a wonderful respite from our busy and often over scheduled lives, and a little episode of luxury, that in my experience, everyone seems to enjoy. ❤

Avacado and crab, yum! Everything looks beautiful

Wonderful, looks like a very enjoyable tea. Thanks for posting. Love from Manchester UK.

a special treat Kevin , served with elegant Style

I learn so much from you Kevin, thank you. Just love spending time with you! 😊

Love when you have tea! 💕

Oh Kevin such a treat for a Sunday afternoon. Love the crab and avacado and of course the chocolate mayo topped with strawberry. Really everything looks wonderful. Have a good week.

Kevin you are absolute peace and love in a really crappy world. Thank you for doing what you do and sharing it with us all. You keep me sane *hugs*

18:28 PERFECT!

You make life better Mr. Kevin. I've learned so many great ideas from you

Truly delightful! Thank you for showing us the correct way to pronounce "scone"!

Hello Kevin, I stumbled across your channel just about a week or two ago and am very pleased that I did. I love the way you teach how to cook and prepare all your wonderful dishes. And I love the way you explain everything in such a calm and interesting manner. I learn more from you than I have from any person I’ve watched on RU-vid or anywhere else. You have a very special touch. Thank you so much.

Thank you, for this absolutely fabulous video. What a joy it will be to see what you have in store for us bext😊😊

Wonderful Kevin…thank you

Thank you for a delightful afternoon tea! I have done this myself and attended many but never saw round sandwiches. What a great idea! Thank you so much. Best wishes from Toronto 🇨🇦😊🫖

Hi Kevin, as usual you delightfully entertained us with this video! I always wondered what that pan was used for and now I know. Thank you, I always learn something new from you. 😊 So much fun!

We took my niece and great niece to afternoon tea for Valentines day. We got all dressed up for the occasion. At 10 years old , my great niece was mesmerized by all the litte foods and treats . Fell in love with cotton candy tea. A new one on her mom and I. ☕💗

Oh, Kevin! You are a joy and a blessing! How I love watching your videos! Thank you for explaining each step of the recipe. You are a great teacher! God bless you, always. Sending prayers and love. 🙏💕

Lovely having tea time with you

I just love watching your videos. It’s therapy in its purest form.

Thank you! After watching your show for a while, I've come to love your pacing. I recently watched a popular British chef making a cauliflower steak the other day. All the throwing of spices and falsely hyped-up swirling of pans was so tiring I felt I needed to go lie down. Thank you for not flinging and pounding and tossing-- just cooking beautifully.

Lovely British style tea service! Very nice!

You have the patience of a saint when cooking. So calm and relaxed and it all turns out beautifully made! ❤

Looking at the setting you live in and the charm it exudes, I remind this line from a poem by Charles Baudelaire «L'invitation au voyage» (1857) : «...Là, tout n’est qu’ordre et beauté, Luxe, calme et volupté » ... « Here, all is order and beauty, Luxury, calm and pleasure » It's a joy to watch this art of living, which has become even more precious these days... thank you !

What a wonderful teacher your are Kevin. I really enjoy watching and learning. Thank you.

Just today I watched a video of a woman making round tea sandwiches and she cut her's out just like this. But she freezes her bread slices first so that they don't smush down and have cleaner edges. Very clever! 👍🏻👍🏻

Beautiful, as always, Kevin. My späezle thingy is arriving today. I'm drawing the line at this bread pan as I can only tackle "no knead" bread --which I make 2-3 times a week. But that's about as ambitious as I get with bread. I've got two loaves of pumpkin bread in the oven. (It's still very much winter here --more snow on the way tomorrow). I bet pumpkin bread, baked in mini loaf pans and sliced, would be lovely for teatime, don't you think? Cheers!

I thoroughly enjoy watching your shows, Kevin. Lovely tea setting.

***I love the way your shirt matches the stand mixer, and stove towel in back of you!!

Thank you Kevin for making & sharing your gorgeous afternoon tea! You've inspired me to bake over the past several months, something I now find very relaxing! Thank you again for filming this video! 🤗

You're such a class act ! I absolutely love tea time with you and that China is to die for !

Lovely and elegant. Thank you for all your little hints. You are a very genuine and kind soul.

We feel the love of your fan's and they don't realise that sometimes food does enhance the cooks life as well its terrific fun finding grat recipes for your friends and guest's the stuff of life

I watched this episode about a week ago. Today I was at one of my favorite resale shops and found a new King Arthur Flour 13 inch Pullman Loaf Pan with Cover for $5.99. I couldn’t believe my luck and I immediately scooped it up. I can’t wait to try your recipe for Pain de Mie for afternoon tea sandwiches. Love, love, love your channel and your fur babies. Have a wonderful week.

Beautiful presentation and very good instructions on making the Pain de Mie.

19:30 LOVE the wallpaper very late 1700s

I enjoy cooking/baking with you and then spending time with you in the beautiful music room. Another enjoyable afternoon 😊

I so enjoyed this video. I love doing a full on afternoon tea. My grandkids often ask for an "Afternoon Tea" for their birthday dinners. You gave me a couple of new ideas and I'm very grateful. I love watching your videos at the end of the day before I go to bed, very calming.

MY, Mr. Kevin! You clean up quite handsomely! 😍🌷 Very nice; indeed. Hugs❤ Washington State🌲

Fantastic work

Great to have High Tea with you! Everything looks so delicious. ❤❤

Thanks for sharing 👍 yummy and fancy,love homemade bread 🍞

You are a relaxing sort. Baking bread since age nine. That sounds marvelous. One of my daughters teaches her children all the economics of home and family. They too bake but still need moms help, for now.

Awwwww..am going to thoroughly enjoy this video!!

Beautiful touch everywhere we look!

So very nice to see the fine art of tea and table setting enhanced by the beauty of china and cloth. Thank you for the invitation.

In a nutshell... marvelous. Buying the tin and making the Pain de Mei...Enjoy Afternoon tea with my sister and mom. Thank you for the video.

Hi Kevin! Love the fabric texture and colour of your jacket in this video. Long ago in Toronto you could go for afternoon tea on the top floor of Eaton's, a department store. Cucumber sandwiches were served and some of the ladies wore long gloves and hats. Sometimes there were musical performances on that floor and Carlos Montoya was absolutely amazing. 💞💞💞

What a relaxing way to begin my morning. Thank you! Quick question: re the Black Forest sandwiches. How do you think they would cut if compiled first?

Thank you for not using clingfilm for a one use situation. Much appreciated! What a lovely day spent with you.

So glad I found you. This video is just lovely!

This was such a great video. A lesson in how to make pain de mie, and afternoon tea. Really a pleasant video to watch, very relaxing and a great host. My wife and had afternoon tea in Paris with a harpist playing relaxing music. This video reminded me if that day. Thank you.

Simply Marvelous. You are a delight to visit with 🥰

Just 💗 love💗 your vlogs! They ALWAYS make me feel good! Keep up the beautiful traditions.

A very nice afternoon tea, Kevin❣️ Enjoy

What a great idea to use avocado in tea sandwiches. I love how you can pull things out of your freezer. You make it look so easy. Thank you for showing us how. It's been so long since I have had friends over for a teaparty. Maybe I'll set a goal for a springtime tea. I know that my friends would appreciate it and enjoy. A teaparty provides a little escape from the routine and the stress of everyday life. Maybe we need to get back to doing more of. Take care.🫖

Thank you so much Kevin 🤗😘

Traditional Tea time is so much fun and I enjoyed your beautiful presentation. Thank you for sharing.

In our town just west of Portland Oregon, we have a steampunk-themed tea room called Clockwork Rose. They host full afternoon teas. We went there for my birthday last Fall, and it was so fun and so delicious. My first time having clotted cream. So yummy! You'd love it.

Really enjoyed todays video. I loved hosting afternoon teas also.

My very favourite treat, is afternoon tea (ideally with champagne) at a wonderful hotel. I love afternoon tea, and in the last few years because of life, a beautiful tea at home - Joy - thank you for your lovely ideas to make treats, sending love 🇬🇧

I sooo want to have tea with you someday. You make it all look so easy. My next book club meeting, I'm going to suggest afternoon tea. 😊

Wow!!!!! The loaf of bread looks almost too perfect to eat!

Beautiful. I've had a particularly challenging few days, Kevin, and this video brought be calmness and relaxation, along with joy in the joys of the gentile ways of living. Thank you.

I really love with passion the scones with clotted cream! I would die for!!!

Love love love this channel 🤗

Thank you.

So amazing to watch your show. It's my surprise of the day, to learn the reason to scald milk when using it in bread making. This is so useful to know. Thank you, Mr.K.L.Jacobs. I have never come across this information ever.

I've never seen Pan de Mie made before...now that I see the process, it's no wonder it's such a delicious and pretty bread! You used to be able to get the Pepperidge Farm thinly sliced white bread in grocery stores, but I never see it anymore. It was a very good bread for making tea sandwiches...but not as good as your beautiful bread. Thank you for sharing the "art of the tea sandwich" with us!

I LOVE your videos!

I learned to make pain de mie during the pandemic when it wasn't easy to shop. It's such a wonderful bread and makes perfect sandwiches, toast, and french toast. I also enjoyed some ideas for tea sandwich fillings. Another lovely video. 🥰