(December 12, 2011 at 5:19 pm)thesummerqueen Wrote: What have you got against a good southern biscuit?
Nothing really,unless you ruin them with packet gravy.
We call them 'scones.The traditional way to eat them is with strawberry jam and thick, fresh,real cream. (not that shit you get in a can)
I actually make killer scones. The secrets; handle the mix as little as possible. Do NOT knead. Scones should be WET when they go into a hot oven.
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Quote:The scone is a small Scottish quick bread especially popular in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand,Belgium and Ireland, but are also eaten in many other countries. They are usually made of wheat, barley or oatmeal, with baking powder as a leavening agent. The scone is a basic component of the cream tea or Devonshire tea.
The difference in pronunciation is alluded to in the poem which contains the lines:
"I asked the maid in dulcet tone
To order me a buttered scone
The silly girl has been and gone
And ordered me a buttered scone."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scones
