[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Brit Food: Pancakes and flapjack
Janette
jnferr at gmail.com
Mon May 28 04:37:42 UTC 2007
>
> Geoff:
>
> Scones are usually more than 2" in diameter and, unlike biscuits,
> of a fairly soft consistency; thick enough to be sliced in two for
> margarine or butter to be spread plus maybe jam. They tend to fall
> into three categories - plain, fruit or cheese. A particular delicacy
> in the West Country, where I now live, is a "cream tea" - scones,
> jam and whipped or clotted cream.
montims:
Just to confuse matters, I was talking about American "biscuits", which look
identical, though bigger, to British scones, not what Brits call biscuits,
which are of course called cookies in America...
By the way, Geoff - do you put jam on the cream, or cream on the jam?
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