cucumber sandwiches
Dainty luncheon bites
Cucumber sandwiches are light finger sandwiches made with thin slices of cucumber on crustless white bread, typically with butter or cream cheese.
They are closely associated with British afternoon tea and garden parties, carrying connotations of gentility and upper-class leisure.
The phrase sometimes appears in contexts suggesting effete refinement or out-of-touch privilege: They're having cucumber sandwiches while the rest of us struggle to pay rent.
- white breadRefined flour loaf
- thin slicesNarrow, flat-cut pieces
- sconesSmall quick breads
- teaSteeped leaf beverage
- afternoon teaLight meal around four
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- British foodfish and chips, full English, bangers and mash, Sunday roast, shepherd's pie
- garden partiesgarden party, lawn chairs, patio furniture, gazebo, gazebos
- finger sandwiches
- Oscar WildeThe Importance of Being Earnest, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Salome, An Ideal Husband, The Happy Prince
- Victorian foodroast beef, mutton, mutton chops, plum pudding, Christmas pudding
- lunchlunch, lunch break, lunch hour, lunch buddy, lunch box
cucumber sandwichessteak dinner
Meal featuring grilled beef
full English breakfast · hearty meal · pot roast · beef stew · meat and potatoes
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