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02 November 2005

I hate scones Everybody around me loves them, but I can't be convinced. They seem like dry, crumbly turdballs that get stuck on the roof of your mouth. Am I alone? Am I missing something?

post by: grateful at: 16:34 | 35 comments

Yes. Tea.

posted by bugbread 02 November | 16:36

Sounds like you don't like dry, crumbly things. I personally don't mind a dry, crumbly scone, if it tastes good. Most scones taste good to me. There you have it.

posted by agropyron 02 November | 16:36

That is, eating a scone by itself is akin to eating Saltines by themselves, but moreso. The liquid is a necessary component, not an optional side dish.

posted by bugbread 02 November | 16:38

Mmmm....scones...

Actually, the best scones I've ever had were when my friend decided to throw in some leftover bananas. It made them really moist.

posted by jrossi4r 02 November | 16:43

My favorite local tea-server has apricot scones that are just marvelous.

posted by selfnoise 02 November | 16:46

I'm with you grateful. We should go not get scones together sometime.

posted by danostuporstar 02 November | 16:50

I've had people buy me scones - usually from Starbucks - and share them with me. Are they pretty good, or should I insist on scones from a European bakery at 5am on a Saturday?

posted by grateful 02 November | 16:51

dano - it's a deal!

posted by grateful 02 November | 16:52

Fresh scones and old stale scones are two entirely different beasts, and one turns into the other very, very quickly.

posted by Lazlo Hollyfeld 02 November | 16:58

I am indifferent to scones, but then I don't have ready access to anything other than the Starbucks Floury Patty Of Death variety.

posted by killdevil 02 November | 17:06

...I love them, but do I call them "skahns" or "skohnz"?

posted by WolfDaddy 02 November | 17:06

"skohnz." Unless you're a wholly misinformed South Bostonian.

posted by killdevil 02 November | 17:09

I'm no expert on scones, but I will say that while the Starbucks ones taste fine, they do seem quite a bit drier than the ones I had at my only foray into an expensive High Tea.

posted by bugbread 02 November | 17:10

Cheddar dill scones... mmm...

posted by Specklet 02 November | 17:19

skownz. schonz if i'm feeling posh.

they're alright. but you'd be crazy to eat one without some sort of liquid refreshment.

crumpets with butter are nicer though.

posted by flopsy 02 November | 17:22

and if you call them skahns, i'll piss on your shoe

posted by flopsy 02 November | 17:22

I hate scones. I also hate all hot beverages (cocoa, tea, coffee). Your whole coffee subculture can bite it!

posted by Eideteker 02 November | 17:33

US scones are larger, dryer, and more amorphous than UK scones. UK scones are nicer I think.

Am I missing something?

Yes, tea; and also strawberry jam and clotted cream.

Finally: skonz (rhymes with fonz).

posted by carter 02 November | 17:39

... "Yes, tea" being a reference to bugbread's comment above ...

posted by carter 02 November | 17:40

I think they are terrible and I love bread products. Maybe we should make a cilantro scone.

posted by dame 02 November | 17:47

woah! is this supposed to be a scone???

posted by flopsy 02 November | 18:01

Sig Other's family took me to "high tea" at the Chateau Laurier and we had silver platters of this and that with speciality teas from a giant cart.

The scones were *amazing*. NOT dry and crumbly. They certainly shouldn't be dry. They should crumble like a fresh baked cornbread, not like some stale dinner roll. (and add fruit jam and creme fraiche... holy man was it heaven)

posted by dreamsign 02 November | 18:02

Flopsy, that's how they mostly look over here. And Whole Foods is on the more highfalutin end of the baked goods spectrum.

posted by killdevil 02 November | 18:18

More butter.

posted by warbaby 02 November | 18:18

My experience with good scones at high tea is the same as dreamsign's: certainly not moist, but I wouldn't say dry either, and the crumbling was of the fresh baked cornbread variety.

posted by bugbread 02 November | 18:23

Scones in my neck of the woods are deep-fried bread dough, served warm, with honey-butter. Those things up there in the link flopsy posted look more like muffins to me.

posted by mr_crash_davis 02 November | 19:26

I fucking hate scones too.

posted by Quartermass 02 November | 20:18

I hate fucking scones. The act leaves crumbs in the bed, plus one still must deal with the wet spot.

posted by mischief 02 November | 21:34

I hate fucking scones. But someone has to do it, otherwise there would be any baby scones. And they'd become extinct. Like unicorns.

on preview: bah!

posted by flopsy 02 November | 21:36

great minds think alike, eh? or is that twisted minds?

posted by flopsy 02 November | 21:37

Fools never differ.

posted by dg 02 November | 22:08

What carter said - clotted cream and strawberry jam is required.

posted by deborah 02 November | 22:29

US scones are terrible, but UK ones (or UK style) are delicious. Of course, they're made with heavy cream, as opposed to vegetable shortening or whatever crap Starbucks is putting in theirs.

posted by cali 03 November | 03:48

'nother vote for scone hater here.

posted by chewatadistance 03 November | 07:25

Scone haters, do yourself a favor. Make a batch of scones yourself. It's not any harder than, say, drop biscuits. The Joy of Cooking version is just fine. Put all thoughts of giant, bone-dry starbucks scones out of your mind. I like mine with some orange zest and chocolate chunks in them, but standard version is probably better for jam or clotted cream.

Enjoy them still warm with a glass of milk (or a cup of tea).

Then we can talk.

posted by Lazlo Hollyfeld 03 November | 11:25

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