My sister send a wonderful gift pack from London. Nicely
arranged..very attractive.

Included with this was "clotted cream". I have heard people rave
over scones and clotted cream....particularly while we were in Bermuda
last summer.

It doesn't taste bad...actually like very bland butter...but I am
still wondering why this such a treat. Aren't there any cows in
England to make butter from?

Ward Abbott > wrote in
:

> My sister send a wonderful gift pack from London. Nicely
> arranged..very attractive.
>
> Included with this was "clotted cream". I have heard people
> rave over scones and clotted cream....particularly while we
> were in Bermuda last summer.
>
> It doesn't taste bad...actually like very bland butter...but I
> am still wondering why this such a treat. Aren't there any
> cows in England to make butter from?

A bit about "Devonshire clotted cream"
http://www.broadwayhouse.com/creamtea.html

Recipes
http://coffeetea.about.com/od/toppin...ottedcream.htm

In article >,
says...
> My sister send a wonderful gift pack from London. Nicely
> arranged..very attractive.
>
> Included with this was "clotted cream". I have heard people rave
> over scones and clotted cream....particularly while we were in Bermuda
> last summer.
>
> It doesn't taste bad...actually like very bland butter...but I am
> still wondering why this such a treat. Aren't there any cows in
> England to make butter from?
>
>
In England, they don't make butter from cows any more. Back around WWII
the Americans showed them how to use the *milk* to make butter, and they
haven't looked back. Obviously, the yield per cow is much better using
the "new" approach, among other (mainly aesthetic) considerations.

Having cleared that up, I'm guessing that if your sister had included
some excellent English butter in the gift pack, it might not have been
quite as appealing. English butter is very nice ("noice" in Brit), but
it *does* begin to soften and get runny at slightly above room
temperature (which in the UK, is somewhat cooler than the U.S.
standard).

The clotted cream *does* keep a lot better without refrigeration, at
least until you pop open the container.

Bob

On Sun, 07 Jan 2007 09:08:17 -0500, Ward Abbott >
wrote:

>My sister send a wonderful gift pack from London. Nicely
>arranged..very attractive.
>
>Included with this was "clotted cream". I have heard people rave
>over scones and clotted cream....particularly while we were in Bermuda
>last summer.
>
>It doesn't taste bad...actually like very bland butter...but I am
>still wondering why this such a treat. Aren't there any cows in
>England to make butter from?

I tried it when I was in England and was mildly disappointed too. At
least I know now that I'm not missing out on anything when they wax
poetic over clotted cream here.

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<sf> wrote in message ...
> On Sun, 07 Jan 2007 09:08:17 -0500, Ward Abbott >
> wrote:
>
>>My sister send a wonderful gift pack from London. Nicely
>>arranged..very attractive.
>>
>>Included with this was "clotted cream". I have heard people rave
>>over scones and clotted cream....particularly while we were in Bermuda
>>last summer.
>>


Peaches, clotted cream and a splash of Grand Marnier - I'd go with that as
my last snack. Die happy!

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sf wrote:
> On Sun, 07 Jan 2007 09:08:17 -0500, Ward Abbott >
> wrote:
>
>> My sister send a wonderful gift pack from London. Nicely
>> arranged..very attractive.
>>
>> Included with this was "clotted cream". I have heard people rave
>> over scones and clotted cream....particularly while we were in Bermuda
>> last summer.
>>
>> It doesn't taste bad...actually like very bland butter...but I am
>> still wondering why this such a treat. Aren't there any cows in
>> England to make butter from?
>
> I tried it when I was in England and was mildly disappointed too. At
> least I know now that I'm not missing out on anything when they wax
> poetic over clotted cream here.
>

I've never expected more. I've seen them go on and on about the
deliciousness of mayonaise on its own.

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