The Trade and Industry Department said Sainsbury was using the Croft character as an example of modern British innovations for which he wanted Britain to be known, in place of the traditional " cream teas and steam engines " picture.
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People associate English afternoon cream tea with their granny, " said Sara Jenkins, a marketing assistant with Pret A Manger ( Europe ) Ltd . _ a coffee and snack chain of that aims to serve each customer in less than 90 seconds.
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Even in the caf?( where Mr Zuckermann will rustle you up a surprising-and surprisingly good-English cream tea with home-made scones ) the only sounds are quiet chewing, tinkling china, pages turning and murmurs of literary conversation ."
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I've also noticed that in Asda supermarket in the UK, which was recently taken over by Walmart, that they are now selling things called " scones " which correspond to the description of American scones, and are not the british scones as photographed for example in the cream tea article.
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For the more privileged, afternoon tea was accompanied by delicate savouries ( customarily cucumber sandwiches or egg and cress sandwiches ), bread and butter, possibly scones ( with clotted cream and jam, as for cream tea ), and usually cakes and pastries ( such as Battenberg cake or Victoria sponge ).
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Their " London at Your Leisure " is a six-night package for $ 719, which includes round-trip airfare, transfers, accommodation at the Bayswater Inn, daily continental breakfast, bus tour of London, four-day London travel card, an English cream tea and a Virgin Megastore discount certificate.
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A : Michele Abrate's company, Armstrong and Hedges ( www . teagardentravel . com, 877-838-5142 ) offers an " AnTEAques and Collectibles " tour each September where travelers sample cream tea, tea lunches and afternoon tea at a variety of locations from a grand London hotel to a quaint country tea room.
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So let films rescue the Austen novels from the obsessions of her fans and the academics, from those who believe that writers are more interesting than their books, from those who want to turn her from the witty, incisive, even vitriolic writer she was into English heritage, redolent of green fields and cream teas : this way, the Austen Museum.
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Every year at the beginning of May, many of these groups set up a stall on the Recreation Ground as part of the annual local fundraiser, the May Festival-an event run over three days featuring an art exhibition, craft market, stalls, arena entertainments, six mile sponsored run, walk with clues to solve, village concert, quiz, cream teas with jazz band.
