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« on: March 24, 2023, 19:32:46 » |
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Isle of Wight, Dorset, Hampshire, Cornwall, Somerset and Devon styles - but which is which?    Wiltshire style is, of course, upside down on the floor when they have been dropped and inevitably land sticky side down. |
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« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2023, 19:53:23 » |
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Berkshire style .................. don't matter which is first ................. just scoff em down  |
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« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2023, 19:54:50 » |
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Wiltshire style is, of course, upside down on the floor when they have been dropped and inevitably land sticky side down. Not a huge problem if you have a dog or dogs. They're excellent food hoovers. |
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"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
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« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2023, 20:25:14 » |
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Being of Cornish descent I can say that there is only one way to eat this delicacy. The scone (as in "gone" - not as in "bone") should be slightly warm - this is why the jam is put on first. If the cream is put on first it tends to melt and you have molten butter running down the sides of the scone - very messy and undignified. One assumes that the scones were cold by the time they arrived in Devon (and points to the East) and the tribesmen there knew no better.......  On that subject - some years ago I recall seeing the results of a survey into how the word "scone" should be pronounced. 90% of the people said one of the two pronunciations I mentioned above. What it didn't say was how on earth the other 10% said it !! |
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« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2023, 20:39:36 » |
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On that subject - some years ago I recall seeing the results of a survey into how the word "scone" should be pronounced. 90% of the people said one of the two pronunciations I mentioned above. What it didn't say was how on earth the other 10% said it !!
The "tribesmen" probably said "bun". |
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« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2023, 10:41:07 » |
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Being of Cornish descent I can say that there is only one way to eat this delicacy. The scone (as in "gone" - not as in "bone") should be slightly warm - this is why the jam is put on first. If the cream is put on first it tends to melt and you have molten butter running down the sides of the scone - very messy and undignified. One assumes that the scones were cold by the time they arrived in Devon (and points to the East) and the tribesmen there knew no better....... On that subject - some years ago I recall seeing the results of a survey into how the word "scone" should be pronounced. 90% of the people said one of the two pronunciations I mentioned above. What it didn't say was how on earth the other 10% said it !! Well said that man |
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« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2023, 10:42:37 » |
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Looking again at the pictures, it appears to be whipped 'pseudo' cream, and not proper clotted cream.
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« Reply #7 on: March 25, 2023, 11:22:57 » |
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The cream isn't first. Neither is the jam. The scone is first.
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« Reply #8 on: March 25, 2023, 11:31:56 » |
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Well if the scones had spoiled by the time they arrived in Devon, heaven knows what state they're in when they arrive in Bellingham*, Northumberland.
Mark
*Where the pronounciation of that gloriously widespread item of cuisine that's probably been around for a couple of thousand years, the 'Scone'... can be quite magnificently drawn out...
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« Reply #9 on: March 26, 2023, 07:50:26 » |
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Powderham Castle a few weeks ago. Cream tea with the cream and Jam in little jars from Tiptree, Essex. That's sacrilege.
Dartmeet in Devon used to sell a huge scone that was cut into 6 wedges to put your jam and cream on.
Winchlesea used to give butter as well.
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« Reply #10 on: March 26, 2023, 09:39:34 » |
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Being of Cornish descent I can say that there is only one way to eat this delicacy. The scone (as in "gone" - not as in "bone") should be slightly warm - this is why the jam is put on first. If the cream is put on first it tends to melt and you have molten butter running down the sides of the scone - very messy and undignified. One assumes that the scones were cold by the time they arrived in Devon (and points to the East) and the tribesmen there knew no better....... On that subject - some years ago I recall seeing the results of a survey into how the word "scone" should be pronounced. 90% of the people said one of the two pronunciations I mentioned above. What it didn't say was how on earth the other 10% said it !! Heresy. |
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« Reply #11 on: March 27, 2023, 07:17:16 » |
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Looking again at the pictures, it appears to be whipped 'pseudo' cream, and not proper clotted cream.
Presumably involving the gas that the government wants to discourage the "yoof" from using. |
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« Reply #12 on: March 27, 2023, 08:48:48 » |
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Looking again at the pictures, it appears to be whipped 'pseudo' cream, and not proper clotted cream.
Presumably involving the gas that the government wants to discourage the "yoof" from using. NO ! |
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« Reply #13 on: March 27, 2023, 10:32:55 » |
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NO !
No? to... pseudo cream; no to nitrous oxide ban; surely not no to real clotted cream.  |
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« Reply #14 on: March 27, 2023, 12:07:00 » |
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NO or N2O?
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