It grew from a comment Laurie made on my post about scones/muffins. I woke up just after six this morning and wrote a couple of drafts then finished it this evening. It’s not perfect but it will do to spread a little light cheeriness and fill my need for a post a day.
A Mainer, who was seldom wrong,
noted winter was nearly all gone.
She’d grown tired of muffins
and decided that nothing
could compare to a Great British scone.
Definitely a short vowel in ‘scone’.
🙂
Hurrah for limericks for Laurie. I may have to make some scones soon.
I look forward to pictures. 🙂
Dropscone makes a big circular scone which gets divided into four triangular shapes before cooking and so gets the best of both worlds.
Sounds good. 🙂
Too funny! And I noticed the scones in the picture are round. If all goes well, I will be giving it a shot this Friday.
I always do round scones. Triangular are fairly traditional too, though I find them more difficult to cook properly.
I am going with round. I am used to that shape when making biscuits.
It’s traditional, so it is tested by time.
Great!
The scones I used to get on the east coast that were so good were shaped more like giant slugs. I remember those fancy breads you made on the care farm that had various shapes. Now you and Julia could get very creative with scones. 🙂
I used to enjoy baking scones. I’ve got out of the habit, but may start again.
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Could this open up the debate of how to pronounce scone? Scone/gone or scone/bone!
Ha! I’d forgotten all about the possibility of people mispronouncing scone. I suppose I’d better write an alternative version. 🙂
I always said scone (bone) – but I would defer to the Englishman as to the proper pronunciation.
We can’t agree, so I wouldn’t trust us for guidance. 🙂