Originally posted by Kewpiescones as in cones.
BBC newsreaders' guide: scone- skon (although skohn is equally commonly used)
Wikipedia According to one academic study, two-thirds of the British population pronounce it /ˈskɒn/, rhyming with "con" and "John", with the preference rising to 99% in the Scottish population. The rest pronounce it /ˈskoʊn/, rhyming with "cone" a ...[text shortened]... s guides, and conclude that it's "6 of one and half-a-dozen of the other". 🙂
Originally posted by Suziannesafeway (or maybe it's costco) has really nice lemon scones.
Scones are a rarity in the US.
While we probably cannot find them available for breakfast in most (99.9% ) restaurants, Americans still know what they are, and pronounce it with a long O. In fact, never having been to the UK, I have never heard it pronounced with a short O.
they're very light. not quite melt in your mouth. but it's been a while since we bought some so i don't remember which store. kind of remembering a safeway box.
maybe they are lemon and ginger scones (recipe below). seems like they had some ginger in them.
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http://www.lexculinaria.com/2006/03/index.html
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Lex's Ginger and Lemon Scones
Originally posted by zeeblebotthese look like them but they weren't individually wrapped when we bought them.
they're very light. not quite melt in your mouth. but it's been a while since we bought some so i don't remember which store. kind of remembering a safeway box.
maybe they are lemon and ginger scones (recipe below). seems like they had some ginger in them.
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http://www.lexculinaria.com/2006/03/index.html
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Lex's Ginger and Lemon Scones
http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.[WORD TOO LONG]
Originally posted by zeeblebotThe scones is about the only thing on this page I'd try, Julia Child or not. I know my limits, hehe.
they're very light. not quite melt in your mouth. but it's been a while since we bought some so i don't remember which store. kind of remembering a safeway box.
maybe they are lemon and ginger scones (recipe below). seems like they had some ginger in them.
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http://www.lexculinaria.com/2006/03/index.html
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Lex's Ginger and Lemon Scones
The Americans say (s)cones... Think that settles matters really. Scon's it is!
Seriously though, I'm from Manchester and don't think (s)cones sounds wrong, my wife is from Oxford and always says scon's. As she points out, scones come from Devon and Cornwall (the only places that really make clotted cream), and down there they say scon's.
Whether you put the jam on top of the cream or the cream on top of the jam is another matter entirely...