Clotted cream revisted-OT

[absinthe at mad.scientist.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 11281

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Amanda Lewanski <editor at t...> wrote:
> I was out buying big shortbread daisy cookies for my daughter's 
Daisy
> Scout initiation tonight, and passed a little British import shop, 
and
> am now the proud owner of a 6 oz. jar of "English Double Devon 
Cream,"
> which is what the little proprietor gave me when I said "clotted 
cream."
> I also got a box of "Green's Ready to Mix Classic Scones."
> 
> Two questions:
> What should I make or get to have with this culinary expedition?
> On the back of the scone mix, it says "Place the scones on a baking 
tray
> and leave for 5 minutes to prove at room temperature." What's 
"prove"?
> Rise?
> 
> Onward into the unknown,
> Amanda

"The Afternoon Tea Book" by Michael Smith has a terrific section on 
"how to properly eat a scone" for us Americans. It's a nice book 
crammed with recipes and other interesting tea facts. 

:-) Milz