MOSSIE'S TEA ROOM

      Located within Historic Bovaird House, Mossie's Tea Room is open for afternoon tea on several occasions, including Mother's Day, our new 'Loaf 'n Ladle' Pioneer supper in March, 'Desserts By Lamplight' in October and our most-popular Victorian Christmas Open House & Craft Shop Sale (reservations not required for the tea room), held each year during the first weekend of December.
     
      Reservations are definitely required for Mothers' Day Teas which
SOLD OUT EARLY in 2002, 2003,
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, 2009 and again in 2010 !!!!
WOW !!! maybe we should start a franchise...

Reservations are also required for October's 'Desserts By Lamplight' We have had reservation requests as early as November 2009...and this event was previously
SOLD OUT over five months in advance !!!!
Please see our 'Coming Events' page as to when tickets will now go on sale.

Payment for all events and the Craft Shop are by cash or cheque only please,
made payable to: "The Friends of Historic Bovaird House".
See our 'Coming Events' page for information on future planned activities.

As promised, a recipe from our recent 'Desserts by Lamplight' event.

Maple Syrup Tarts

 Courtesy of noted Canadian heritage food author, DOROTHY DUNCAN,
and taken from her book ‘Nothing More Comforting’ (ISBN 1-55002-447-7)
this recipe is quick, easy and will convert even the most die-hard butter tart fan. 

  Thoroughly mix 2 eggs, 1 cup brown sugar, 1 cup maple syrup, 3 tablespoons melted butter, and 1 cup raisins (that have been soaked in boiling water for a few minutes, then well drained). Fill pastry* lined tart tins about two-thirds full with the mixture and bake in a pre-heated oven at 350⁰F for about 20 minutes. 

*use your own favourite tart/pie pastry recipe, or this one from
‘The Canadian Housewife’s Manual of Cookery’, Hamilton: 1861, entitled:
Excellent Pastry, Not Sweet, but Rich.
Rub six ounces of butter in eight ounces of fine flour; mix into a stiffish paste,
with as little water as possible; beat it well, and roll it thin.