On 10/8/2017 5:16 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> They should be served with clotted cream or whipped cream and strawberry
> jam, not drizzled with a sugary glaze.


Bugger off Guts Griping - who the **** told YOU that you make the rules
on how foods are eaten?

You are an ego diaper of MASSIVE proportions!



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On Sunday, October 8, 2017 at 1:15:35 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2017-10-08 4:45 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> > On Sunday, October 8, 2017 at 10:38:15 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> I think the price of scones may depend on the pronunciation. The
> >> more difficulty the counter person has saying scone to rhyme with
> >> stone the higher the price. There is no reason for them to be
> >> expensive because they are cheap and easy to make.
> >
> > The scone controversy is one big waste of time. Call it whatever you
> > want. If you aspire towards the pretentiousness, just call it a
> > s'con. Me? I'm just going to start calling it a "biscuit."
> >
>
> I don't care how they pronounce it, but, as I noted, the places where
> the staff try hard to call them scones like scones usually charge more.
> They are just a biscuit. They should be served with clotted cream or
> whipped cream and strawberry jam, not drizzled with a sugary glaze.

Clotted cream ain't gonna fly in the states. My guess is that scones are glazed in the US because they're eaten like a doughnut i.e., out of hand.