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Post by sfsusan on Jun 7, 2020 18:21:02 GMT
Dollop cream but spread jam? I tend to do the opposite... spread cream and dollop jam. (But I also toast my scones, too, once they're no longer fresh. Makes them edible again.)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2020 19:02:21 GMT
Dollop cream but spread jam? I tend to do the opposite... spread cream and dollop jam. (But I also toast my scones, too, once they're no longer fresh. Makes them edible again.) Yes, spread jam and dollop cream - there should always be more cream than jam! |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2020 19:44:27 GMT
I didn't actually bother with the sawing bit, and just cut straight down This is the kind of bold, decisive leadership that the world clamors for right now. Time to draft you for public service. |
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Post by Dawnstar on Jun 7, 2020 20:50:21 GMT
Anyone else remove raisins from scones if cafes are misguided enough to include them or is that just me? Admittedly I am someone who chooses to buy hot cross buns & removes the raisins from them too.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jun 7, 2020 20:54:16 GMT
Anyone else remove raisins from scones if cafes are misguided enough to include them or is that just me? Admittedly I am someone who chooses to buy hot cross buns & removes the raisins from them too. Banning offence? |
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Post by sf on Jun 7, 2020 20:58:57 GMT
Anyone else remove raisins from scones if cafes are misguided enough to include them or is that just me? Admittedly I am someone who chooses to buy hot cross buns & removes the raisins from them too. I don't remove them, but I also don't want raisins or any other fruit in a scone that's being served with jam and cream. You serve plain scones with jam and cream; fruited scones are served split and toasted, with butter. |
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Post by peggs on Jun 7, 2020 21:19:00 GMT
I'd much rather have a cheese scone frankly.
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Post by Forrest on Jun 7, 2020 21:23:37 GMT
I'm following this discussion as a total outsider, and all I can think about now is how much I'm craving scones. Cheese ones, plain ones with jam and cream (my order of preference, if I can choose), with raisins - halved and toasted, with a slab of butter... I love them all. (I'll make sure to send BurlyBeaR the bill for new skirts/pants, since this Board will clearly be responsible for me getting out of this COVID-19 mess a few clothes sizes bigger.) |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2020 21:39:27 GMT
Anyone else remove raisins from scones if cafes are misguided enough to include them or is that just me? Admittedly I am someone who chooses to buy hot cross buns & removes the raisins from them too. Nope, I will always choose fruit over plain if given the choice, and when baking them I usually put in more sultanas/raisins than the recipe suggests! Even better with raspberries or blueberries and chocolate instead of the raisins. I've never understood the appeal of savoury scones though. |
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Post by daisy24601 on Jun 7, 2020 22:18:13 GMT
Anyone else remove raisins from scones if cafes are misguided enough to include them or is that just me? Admittedly I am someone who chooses to buy hot cross buns & removes the raisins from them too. Yes. I like raisins but do not want them in my scone or cake. |
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Post by dippy on Jun 7, 2020 22:33:58 GMT
I grew up in Devon and have absolutely no preference as to how cream and jam should be put on a scone. I like both ways! However if you are putting strawberries on scones then I prefer putting them on first, squishing them down with a fork (not too sure why I do this, guess it's just what I have always done) and putting cream on top, doing it the other way round would be a mess! With jam though I will do a mix of both, guess it probably just depends on if the jam or cream is closer to my plate!
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Post by TallPaul on Jun 8, 2020 8:47:26 GMT
You are eating in the wrong cafes, Dawnstar, if they serve scones with raisins. It's sultanas you should be picking out, especially in National Trust tea-rooms! 🙂 Whether plain or fruited, that type of scone bores me rigid. Greggs used to sell what it called a Derby Scone, which was actually more of a shortbread biscuit, with currants I think. Much nicer. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2020 9:25:25 GMT
Greggs used to sell what it called a Derby Scone, which was actually more of a shortbread biscuit, with currants I think. Much nicer. That isn't a scone! |
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Post by sfsusan on Jun 8, 2020 12:49:46 GMT
Admittedly I am someone who chooses to buy hot cross buns & removes the raisins from them too. I'll swap you the discarded raisins for the candied fruit I remove from hot cross buns. |
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Post by kathryn on Jun 8, 2020 17:20:46 GMT
*sigh*
Scones with jam and clotted cream are one of the few things I really miss since giving up dairy.
You can sort-of do a dairy-free/vegan scone ok (they are not quite the same) but I’ve not yet found a good replacement for clotted cream. Cashew cream is no-where near close enough to satisfying thick creamy texture.
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Post by Dawnstar on Jun 8, 2020 21:17:50 GMT
You are eating in the wrong cafes, Dawnstar , if they serve scones with raisins. It's sultanas you should be picking out, especially in National Trust tea-rooms! 🙂 Oh, maybe they are sultanas then. I can't say I really know the difference, after years of avoiding them. And it often is NT team-rooms! I'll swap you the discarded raisins for the candied fruit I remove from hot cross buns. I buy a variety of hot cross bun that has little/no candied peel in it, so at least that's one thing less to remove! |
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Post by sf on Jun 14, 2020 15:47:00 GMT
Today's project: hanging pictures.
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Post by ruby on Jun 16, 2020 19:19:16 GMT
Really been missing the chat in the office (although I complained about it when I was there!) so I've been trying to ring at least 1 person a day instead of emailing.
Although not work-related, I decided to book for Hairspray and had a lovely chat with the friendly box office lady. Could have happily chatted for ages!
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Post by peggs on Jun 16, 2020 19:23:05 GMT
I put down everything I was carrying today to enable me to wave enthusiastically at the chicken, I may be missing human contact more than I thought. The chicken were unmoved.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2020 12:46:04 GMT
Thunder! Lightning! Awesomeness!
(And as I typed that the whole house shook.)
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Post by sf on Jun 17, 2020 13:48:02 GMT
My morning got off to a delightful start when I was accosted outside Tesco by what I can only describe as the Karen to end all Karens. She was clearly triggered by my mask; apparently the virus is a hoax, anyone who wears a mask is an idiot, Trump will show us all the truth, and is saving the world by having people assassinated, and George Soros wants us all dead.
One of those people who has no idea she's completely barking mad. The anti-Semitism was a particularly unlovely touch, although it wasn't entirely surprising. And this was 7am, on very little sleep, before I'd had any coffee.
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Post by TallPaul on Jun 18, 2020 12:07:39 GMT
You've got to feel sorry for poor BurlyBeaR. He's been waiting over three months for Greggs to reopen in MCR, and the day they do, true to form, it's pouring down. 🌧☔ There's nothing worse than eating a soggy sausage roll from a soggy paper bag, so he's had to don a disguise and take refuge in the Arndale Centre. 🙂 At least when you're in the Arndale Centre, you can't see the Arndale Centre, so every cloud and all that! |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2020 12:23:52 GMT
Thunder! Lightning! Awesomeness! When the torrential rain wakes you up in the small hours of the morning it doesn't feel quite so awesome. |
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Post by sf on Jun 18, 2020 12:27:54 GMT
You've got to feel sorry for poor BurlyBeaR . He's been waiting over three months for Greggs to reopen in MCR, and the day they do, true to form, it's pouring down. 🌧☔ There's nothing worse than eating a soggy sausage roll from a soggy paper bag, so he's had to don a disguise and take refuge in the Arndale Centre. 🙂 At least when you're in the Arndale Centre, you can't see the Arndale Centre, so every cloud and all that! Having recently-ish moved away from Greater Manchester, I find I... don't miss the Arndale Centre at all. |
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jun 18, 2020 15:14:27 GMT
You've got to feel sorry for poor BurlyBeaR . He's been waiting over three months for Greggs to reopen in MCR, and the day they do, true to form, it's pouring down. 🌧☔ There's nothing worse than eating a soggy sausage roll from a soggy paper bag, so he's had to don a disguise and take refuge in the Arndale Centre. 🙂 At least when you're in the Arndale Centre, you can't see the Arndale Centre, so every cloud and all that! Fear not TallPaul I live mere footsteps from the Manchester Oxford Road branch so it’s easy to bring the booty back home and pop my sausage roll between two slices of bread and butter like all normal people do. Sadly I’ve been too busy with pesky work to get out for one 😡 |
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