petitefrancaise

another trick question.....

scone (as sc- own) or scone as s'gone - well sort of. Or scune if you're scottish and talking about the castle.
I say s'gone. with a c obvs.

tom169

My mother and I say "sc-own", my father says "sc-on". We're all from pretty much the same place.

Pulaski

My family (parents and sister) and I all say "sc-on", and are more or less from your neck of the woods. .... Your mother must be posh if she says "sc-own".

tom169

Haha

Regardless, I need to get a recipe and bake some. They were nice with some cream.

Pulaski

Never mind the recipe for scones, good luck finding the right sort of cream in the US!

robin1234

That's right, get me even more depressed. I'm going back to the US next Wednesday. My fridge here in England is a bit overloaded with clotted cream and crème fraîche ... I don't bother making my own scones, the Tesco Finest ones are pretty fine.

dj6372

Mmmmmmmmm Marmite on hot buttered toast, the Marmite so thick it makes your teeth hurt!!!

tom169

Ahhh, man...

moneypenny20

You can't get proper cream? Wtf is the point of the country?

Pulaski

No clotted cream, and all the cream widely availability is UHT, which not only gives it a slightly odd flavour, it also makes it impossible to make your own clotted cream. Plus many restaurant desserts are made with some weird cream substitute, and if you do find a restaurant that uses real cream, they have sweetened it.

I have heard that some farm shops sell non-UHT cream, but I haven't found one locally yet.

petitefrancaise

Is it only the Brits that do real, proper cream?? In France, the thick cream is only 32% max fat so it only whips up if really cold and in restaurants they often add gelatine and sugar. Creme fraiche is ok with a dark choc pudding but not much else sweet. Here, well that heavy cream is just not the same as double cream.

Lemon curd in trader joes

tom169

Now that's something I don't miss. Yuck

moneypenny20

We have real cream. We have lemon curd as well but it's very easy to make even for lazy sods like me.

Pulaski

AFAIK
Egg custard tarts? They're quite widely available.

tom169

They are something special. However, not seen any in the store by accident.