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Anonymous wrote:I love a good scone with clotted cream and jam. Now whether to eat them Devonshire or Cornish is a whole other issue.

That’s strawberry shortcake. Nobody is eating that for breakfast unless they’re a glutton. Also, you are more or less admitting scones are gross unless you drench them in whipped topping and sugared fruit.

You really don't know the difference?? That's not whipped cream, and the strawberry stuff is jam. Yoiu could use scones for shortcake, but I just use baking powder biscuits.

Anonymous wrote:I like lemon scones.

I made some mini lemon scones to use up some cream I had, brought them to work. Just lemon zest, no lemon curd or icing or like that. Not dry like coffeeshop ones can be and everyone loved them.

Anonymous wrote:I love a good scone with clotted cream and jam. Now whether to eat them Devonshire or Cornish is a whole other issue.

That’s strawberry shortcake. Nobody is eating that for breakfast unless they’re a glutton. Also, you are more or less admitting scones are gross unless you drench them in whipped topping and sugared fruit.

Anonymous wrote:I love a good scone. I hate a bad scone. Most scones you can get at Starbucks or the grocery store are bad scones.

Wtf is with the thick sheet of hard icing Starbucks and Panera put on all their scores? So damn gross.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love a good scone with clotted cream and jam. Now whether to eat them Devonshire or Cornish is a whole other issue.

Devon all the way. Damn it, now I am dying for a good scone, done properly.

American scones aren't good. British ones with clotted cream and jam? Holy cow.

I'm American but DH is British.

I'm the PP above who lived in England as a kid (and prefers them Devonshire-style), and have had a few good scones here. They have all come from small, local bakeries (in one case, where the head baker was British). No mass-produced crap.

Can you tell us which bakeries?

Anonymous wrote:The question should be, "Does anyone really like the American version of scones?" because most of the ones you get here are uniformly terrible.

So why does every neighborhood bakery make them? And every coffee shop sells them?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love a good scone with clotted cream and jam. Now whether to eat them Devonshire or Cornish is a whole other issue.

Devon all the way. Damn it, now I am dying for a good scone, done properly.

American scones aren't good. British ones with clotted cream and jam? Holy cow.

I'm American but DH is British.

I'm the PP above who lived in England as a kid (and prefers them Devonshire-style), and have had a few good scones here. They have all come from small, local bakeries (in one case, where the head baker was British). No mass-produced crap.

Where can I find this good bakery? I would love to try a real scone, Devonshire or Cornish.

I LOVE scones, but not the ones in bakeries here.

I spent several years of my childhood in Scotland. My palate isn't used to the overly sweet confections here. The right scone is a cross between a bread and a cake, and it is best served slightly warm. You break it open, and the inside is deliciously soft. The outside is ever so slightly crunchy. You spread clotted cream and jam, and you are in seventh heaven.

With a nice cup of tea, of course. I like Earl Grey.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love a good scone with clotted cream and jam. Now whether to eat them Devonshire or Cornish is a whole other issue.

Devon all the way. Damn it, now I am dying for a good scone, done properly.

American scones aren't good. British ones with clotted cream and jam? Holy cow.

I'm American but DH is British.

I'm the PP above who lived in England as a kid (and prefers them Devonshire-style), and have had a few good scones here. They have all come from small, local bakeries (in one case, where the head baker was British). No mass-produced crap.

I make them from scratch and they’re delicious.

Anonymous wrote:I know that people love them but to me they are like calorie bomb hockey pucks. To make them eatable, I need to add loads of butter and that's nuts since they are mostly made of butter. I am sure toasted would be somewhat better but it's not where I'm spending my calories.

The word is edible. Not eatable.

So I love scones and turns out I also love Irish soda bread. Love it with my coffee. Love the dryness of it. I don't eat muffins because I find them too sugary, buttery, too moist for breakfast.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love a good scone with clotted cream and jam. Now whether to eat them Devonshire or Cornish is a whole other issue.

Devon all the way. Damn it, now I am dying for a good scone, done properly.

I've never had british scones, they look so good!

To answer OP's question, yes I like scones but I make them myself.

Anonymous wrote:Properly made, fresh scones with clotted cream are the best! The ones you buy in coffee shops are generally not fresh and not good. You've just had bad scones.

This.

I like scones, but agree that sometimes they can be too dry. Trader Joe's used to have really good cranberry orange scones, but that was a while back and I don't know if they have them any more.