tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21995818.post6264043608781151049..comments2023-10-22T17:07:37.075-05:00Comments on breadbasketcase: Dorie Greenspan's Independence Day Cream SconesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15187362927261194164noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21995818.post-72938290574719843242008-07-12T19:34:00.000-05:002008-07-12T19:34:00.000-05:00Doughadear,I love my blog friends' responses too! ...Doughadear,<BR/>I love my blog friends' responses too! And I don't even care if they're clever, although they often are. And informative: how else would I know how the former Duchess of York pronounces scones?Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13183158217378477758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21995818.post-5376008250799173002008-07-12T07:30:00.000-05:002008-07-12T07:30:00.000-05:00I love reading your clever blog and your clever bl...I love reading your clever blog and your clever blog friends' responses.<BR/>I remember watching an interview with the former Duchess of York and she mentioned something about scones and she poshly pronounced it with a long o. From now on it's "scawns" for me and yours look delicious.doughadearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18107772878761525846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21995818.post-31197887965817493342008-07-08T21:11:00.000-05:002008-07-08T21:11:00.000-05:00Melinda,If I'd really wanted to outsmart you, I wo...Melinda,<BR/>If I'd really wanted to outsmart you, I would have changed "Little Red Riding Hood" to "Goldilocks" in the blog entry, and then asked you politely what you were talking about when you mentioned Little Red Riding Hood.<BR/><BR/>ECL,<BR/>Cardboard scones are an abomination! I'm sorry that you had to suffer a cardboard scone. Here's the deal about forte: pronounced for-tay, it's Italian for loud; pronounced fort, it's French for "strong," meaning one's strong point. I have a lot of useless information like that floating around in my head. My daughter Sarah said she wishes I'd never told her that because it just makes her life more difficult. Isn't that what being a mother is all about?<BR/><BR/>Laura Lee,<BR/>I think we need a food scientist to explain why the combination of cream and butter works better than either one alone for making scones, and I definitely am not a food scientist. It's an interesting question, though, isn't it?Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13183158217378477758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21995818.post-76474518233751910492008-07-08T15:57:00.000-05:002008-07-08T15:57:00.000-05:00Hi all-I thought it was for-tay, too! The things I...Hi all-<BR/><BR/>I thought it was for-tay, too! The things I learn from the blog...<BR/><BR/>Oh, yes, I do learn about baking, too. The scawny scooones look fantastic and, when it comes to add-ins, less is more. The cream and butter combo is a must for me, too. It really seems like something is missing when just one or the other is used, which is ironic as they are essentially the same thing.<BR/><BR/>Hope everyone had a nice holiday and Marie - hope you are feeling much better.<BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/>Laura LeeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21995818.post-31660935083308202442008-07-08T13:35:00.000-05:002008-07-08T13:35:00.000-05:00you mean forte isn't pronounced "for-tay?" BBC, y...you mean forte isn't pronounced "for-tay?" BBC, you have turned my world upside down.<BR/><BR/>the scawns looks great. a good scawn is a thing to behold (or just eat). i had one that was more akin to cardboard when i was at the coast. such a shame.evil cake ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028488030328153196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21995818.post-72243436459837658292008-07-08T10:28:00.000-05:002008-07-08T10:28:00.000-05:00Now that you have changed it, everyone will wonder...Now that you have changed it, everyone will wonder what I am talking about. I have underestimated your cleverness. Outsmarted again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21995818.post-25195416758968079772008-07-08T08:47:00.000-05:002008-07-08T08:47:00.000-05:00Jini,The addition of dark chocolate sounds delicio...Jini,<BR/>The addition of dark chocolate sounds delicious--much better than white chocolate, actually, although dark chocolate doesn't work so well with the red, white and blue motif. Maybe brown could represent the flagpole?<BR/><BR/><BR/>Jeannette,<BR/>Thank you! They were gobbled up pretty quickly, and I was watching. <BR/><BR/>Eagle-Eyed Melinda,<BR/>Yes, of course it's Goldilocks. I'm going to change it so nobody else will wonder if I don't know my nursery rhymes. Maybe if Little Red Riding Hood had been carrying some delicious scones in her basket, the wolf would have just eaten the scones and left the little girl alone. But what kind of story would that be?<BR/>P.S. As Barack Obama almost said to Hillary Clinton, "You're posh enough, Melinda."Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13183158217378477758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21995818.post-47567203358477833512008-07-08T05:24:00.000-05:002008-07-08T05:24:00.000-05:00Since Labour government took hold it hasn't been f...Since Labour government took hold it hasn't been fashionable to have a posh pronunciation of scones. It's like eating American style when you are Spying in a German camp...you get spotted right away.<BR/>I hear Scones pronounced differently all over Britain. But I say scawn, and am neither posh or British!<BR/>Your scawns look plenty yummy. And clotted cream would be delicious on them! <BR/>So Little Red Riding Hood said it was just right? In the British bedtime story books, it is Goldilocks who says it is just right. Hmmm. Little Red Riding hood or Goldilocks? I wonder which heroine is the correct one? This international thing does confuse me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21995818.post-3255669363565466372008-07-08T04:33:00.001-05:002008-07-08T04:33:00.001-05:00Or Jeannette! I don't usually get in before Melin...Or Jeannette! I don't usually get in before Melinda but as I am British(!!) I will tell you how we pronounce the word around here, which is N.Wales. We say 'scawns' which is a good way of spelling the word to show how it is pronouced. YOu are a clever, Marie, I wouldn't have thought of that! But i have heard some ,who think they are a bit posh pronouce it as scone with a long o, but they are usually laughed at around these parts.<BR/>Actually , scones are always something which seems so easy but can be one of the most difficult to get right, they are either too flat, too dry or too something! Lots of people fight shy of making them for that reason. Yours look fine , Marie, I'm sure they were gobbled up in no time at the Independence Brunch. Jeannette.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21995818.post-19696015610854687562008-07-08T04:33:00.000-05:002008-07-08T04:33:00.000-05:00Or Jeannette! I don't usually get in before Melin...Or Jeannette! I don't usually get in before Melinda but as I am British(!!) I will tell you how we pronounce the word around here, which is N.Wales. We say 'scawns' which is a good way of spelling the word to show how it is pronouced. YOu are a clever, Marie, I wouldn't have thought of that! But i have heard some ,who think they are a bit posh pronouce it as scone with a long o, but they are usually laughed at around these parts.<BR/>Actually , scones are always something which seems so easy but can be one of the most difficult to get right, they are either too flat, too dry or too something! Lots of people fight shy of making them for that reason. Yours look fine , Marie, I'm sure they were gobbled up in no time at the Independence Brunch. Jeannette.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21995818.post-88050793000851302752008-07-07T22:05:00.000-05:002008-07-07T22:05:00.000-05:00you are the best marie! i am laughing out loud af...you are the best marie! i am laughing out loud after reading this. <BR/>my scone recipe which i got from the internet on a b&b site uses buttermilk. i know you have buttermilk angst, so this would be another leftover option. the last time i made them i used dried cherries and then added some chunks of dark chocolate. sinful and fattening i suppose, but yummy. <BR/>when we were in edinburgh, someone pronounced them as scoons. so which is the correct? i bet melinda will tell us.jinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13274997124184312649noreply@blogger.com