according to Wikipedia (which agrees & sumarises other research I've done), High Tea "is an early evening meal, typically eaten between 5 and 6 o'clock in the evening. It would be eaten as a substitute for both afternoon tea and the evening meal."
To me, it sounds like what you had was "afternoon tea:" "a light meal typically eaten at 4 o'clock....Traditionally, loose tea would be served in a teapot with milk and sugar. This would be accompanied by various sandwiches (customarily cucumber, egg and cress, fish paste (bloater), ham, and smoked salmon), scones (with butter, clotted cream and jam — see cream tea) and usually cakes and pastries (such as Battenberg, fruit cake or Victoria sponge)."
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hmmm...
Date: 2007-11-26 02:59 pm (UTC)To me, it sounds like what you had was "afternoon tea:"
"a light meal typically eaten at 4 o'clock....Traditionally, loose tea would be served in a teapot with milk and sugar. This would be accompanied by various sandwiches (customarily cucumber, egg and cress, fish paste (bloater), ham, and smoked salmon), scones (with butter, clotted cream and jam — see cream tea) and usually cakes and pastries (such as Battenberg, fruit cake or Victoria sponge)."