Just to continue the discussion that's on the What Did You Buy Today thread 
The Merits of Scones, Cream and Jam
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It was Scones:
Fruit scones,
Cheese scones,
Scones with clotted cream and jam
Scones with just butter
Scones straight out of the oven on their own ...
(I'm hungry now)
Fruit scones,
Cheese scones,
Scones with clotted cream and jam
Scones with just butter
Scones straight out of the oven on their own ...
(I'm hungry now
)
It was Scones:
Fruit scones,
Cheese scones,
Scones with clotted cream and jam
Scones with just butter
Scones straight out of the oven on their own ...
(I'm hungry now
How are you pronouncing that word???
Just asking.
I bake them on the girdle
Son 2 comes home and devours them.
Even gluten free fresh made scones are good
Son 2 comes home and devours them.
Even gluten free fresh made scones are good
I identify as non-scone binary ( Robbi - its pronounced ' Scone ' - please adapt and respect my choice )
Depending on the day I have a Scone layered up as Jam / Cream / Jam....
Or if I'm feeling fruity Cream /Jam / Cream...
It solves alot of arguments and yet creates a new set - go figure.
Now - I'm off to open up a boiled egg or two...
Depending on the day I have a Scone layered up as Jam / Cream / Jam....
Or if I'm feeling fruity Cream /Jam / Cream...
It solves alot of arguments and yet creates a new set - go figure.
Now - I'm off to open up a boiled egg or two...
So round these parts Scone rhymes with gone, but in our family with dad from North East & mum from home counties it was pronounced to rhyme with stone.
Potentially there is some justification in pronouncing it to rhyme with noon in line with the pronunciation of the Scottish stone of Scone.
Although in all cases the use of butter as well as clotted cream before the jam could be considered overkill…..
Potentially there is some justification in pronouncing it to rhyme with noon in line with the pronunciation of the Scottish stone of Scone.
Although in all cases the use of butter as well as clotted cream before the jam could be considered overkill…..
I've never made my toast by spreading the marmalade/jam on top of the bread then sticking some extra butter on top.
Equally I don't prep Ryvita with pickle first then the cream cheese.
I believe the reason the Cornish heathens developed the aforementioned abomination that they did was that although they had mastered cream making - they seriously sucked in the making jam 'set' to the correct viscosity ( too much salt in the air ) - so much so that they found that they had to weigh it down with a shovel of clotted cream to ensure it didn't drip off.
Which basically provides a soggy damp scone with a globful of cream on top - which is probably the perfect pick me up for a hard days pirating.
< Just for fun peeps - Banter ! >
Equally I don't prep Ryvita with pickle first then the cream cheese.
I believe the reason the Cornish heathens developed the aforementioned abomination that they did was that although they had mastered cream making - they seriously sucked in the making jam 'set' to the correct viscosity ( too much salt in the air ) - so much so that they found that they had to weigh it down with a shovel of clotted cream to ensure it didn't drip off.
Which basically provides a soggy damp scone with a globful of cream on top - which is probably the perfect pick me up for a hard days pirating.
< Just for fun peeps - Banter ! >
Sliced bread with marmalade covered with sliced cheese was *the* jackpot snack at events when I was a kid.
Yeah and they used to like going rockpooling on stormy nights by the light of a few lanterns for shiggles.
Just declined a “Dorset Cream Tea” in favour of apple cake and clotted cream plus a double espresso and water.
…….. and if that lot don’t kill me,
I’ll live till I die.
…….. and if that lot don’t kill me,
I’ll live till I die.
Ahhh ,A soft spot in my heart for Dorset.
Only county without a Motorway running through it.
For me, the cream takes the place of butter, so goes on first with a jam topping. It's the only sensible way.
I wouldnt put jam on bread or anything else first, the add a glob of butter, would you?
It's like the pasty origin argument, debbun and zummerzet have both had pasties for eons and eons, as far back as I can trace anyway.
But do you crimp the top or the side......
I wouldnt put jam on bread or anything else first, the add a glob of butter, would you?
It's like the pasty origin argument, debbun and zummerzet have both had pasties for eons and eons, as far back as I can trace anyway.
But do you crimp the top or the side......
