Comments on: Cult of Bill Granger, Continued

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:00:38 +0000

When can you move in?

By: norabarnacle

norabarnacle — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 07:25:05 +0000

So! A-ha! It’s YOUR fault it’s now drizzly and cold in England. Hmph!

By: Moose

Moose — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 22:04:02 +0000

Yes, scones are notoriously tricky. I’ve had good ones, I’ve had weird ones (canned corn kernels do not belong in scones. I’m talking to you, New Zealand), I’ve had rock hard ones. In my opinion, they’re best when viewed as a vehicle for jam and clotted cream. A nice, light biscuit used to shovel cream down your gullet.

By: Jhianna

Jhianna — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:55:10 +0000

Mmmmm…. scones! I’m with From the Back Nine (well except the going to Scotland part). I tried scones several places here in the States, and most were lumps of flour. Course I didn’t have the clotted cream and jam to go with them, so maybe that changes it all up.

(Went to a low tea not long ago, and the scones were delicious even without the cream and jam and/or butter)

By: kerflop

kerflop — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:51:38 +0000

Okay, but your reality still looks delicious! I’m going to have to try these…

By: Nothing But Bonfires

Nothing But Bonfires — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:04:05 +0000

From The Back Nine — I wonder if you had rock cakes instead. No, seriously, they’re a thing. They look very similar to scones but taste pretty much exactly how you described. (Of course, this comes in very hand when baking scones that turn out to suck. “They’re rock cakes!” you can announce brightly to anyone who asks. Possibly this will dissuade them from spitting them out. Well, near you, anyway.)

By: chirky

chirky — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 22:02:36 +0000

I love scones. My favorite are very vanilla, and when I make them I purposefully don’t eat for several hours beforehand so that I can have an excuse to eat as many as possible in one sitting. (“I haven’t eaten in so long! I’m so hungry!”) Well, anyway, it works for me.

(Also: Jane Austen. love. love. love. So much that I took an entire English class at University that was solely Jane Austen books. It was a delicious, delicious class.)

By: Culinary Schools » Blog Archive » Cult of Bill Granger, Continued

Culinary Schools » Blog Archive » Cult of Bill Granger, Continued — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:03:24 +0000

[...] handmade *midori* wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt Scones make me happy. Scones call to mind drizzly days, Earl Grey tea, and Jane Austen novels. (Which, to some of you, might more closely resemble the bowels of a fiery hell. Jane Austen has that affect on some people. But I bet you wouldn’t turn down a nice, fresh scone piled with cream and jam, WOULD YOU?) What scones don’t remind me of is jail [...]

By: From the Back Nine

From the Back Nine — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:52:38 +0000

Many, many years ago the Mister and I first visited Scotland. I had heard of scones from Jane Austen and Scrooge McDuck and needed to taste them. I went to a Scottish bakery and was instantly lost. I pointed at about a dozen lumps of dough. We tasted them all and they all seemed loaded with BB sized currents, regardless of their advertised flavor. And they were rock hard and without sweetening of any kind. It was the only disappointing thing I ever found about Scotland.

By: Catwalker

Catwalker — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:19:01 +0000

yum – do you think if you baked in my kitchen while I was stressed I would find relief as well? … i’m always so jealous of people who can bake. I’m a ‘cook’ which is much more forgiving….

I’m suddenly craving high tea at the Ritz or Lovejoy’s or something…