[Food] Scone - Pronounciation

[Notters]

Yes, and absolutely, definitely not. Only the Pikeys from the wrong side of the Tamar haven’t worked out that the cream (which must be clotted) replaces the need for butter, so goes on before the jam.

Precisely this. The cream is a butter substitute. Would you put butter on top of the jam? The idea is that the cream provides a barrier between the scone (pronounced sk-own) and the jam.

jam and butter for me.

Apparently you would.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

How weird.

There are three hot food discussions in our household at the moment:

* gone/cone - we all agree that is gone. Cone is WRONG, and that's official
* Cornwall or Devon (jam or cream first). Our house is split on this one. I myself am a cream first man, but am prepared to accept the jam alternative. And as per [MENTION=6886]Bozza[/MENTION]'s post, [MENTION=236]Papa Lazarou[/MENTION] should feel utterly ASHAMED of himself. There is clearly no place for butter in addition to jam and cream.

* the third one is whether or not milk should go in before the tea. Apparently the correct way is actually tea first, then milk according to taste. That said, for me it's always tea leaves/teapot, lazily pouring the milk whilst waiting for the tea to brew. I know it's not right but that's the way I roll.

[MENTION=232]Simster[/MENTION] Not ashamed at all... love it.

 

[dazzer6666]

This thread, and he cheese on toast one, has me shaking my head in disbelief. How can so many of you be wrong? Scone rhymes with gone unless you're a northerner or some sort of bumpkin.

Scone rhymes with cone - and cream teas were invented by us bumpkins in the Westcountry. Scone pronounced 'gone' is only used by middle/upper class twats having cream teas in hotels in London and the South East who have no idea of the heritage and traditions.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

B*llshit. I was born in Portslade and I've always rhymed it with cone. My boss on the other hand is a very posh northerner, she says it to rhyme with gone. You are therefor wroing on both counts. I say if you rhyme it with gone then you're a posh boy and probably have a nanny or butler to spread the cream on for you. x

I grew up in Portslade (born in Shoreham) and always rhymed it with gone. Scone as cone sounds very posh, and wrong.

 

[MattBackHome]

Gone. Cream first then jam.

Should be a poll really.

 

[BBassic]

B*llshit. I was born in Portslade and I've always rhymed it with cone. My boss on the other hand is a very posh northerner, she says it to rhyme with gone. You are therefor wroing on both counts. I say if you rhyme it with gone then you're a posh boy and probably have a nanny or butler to spread the cream on for you. x

Posh? Northern?!

No, no, no, nothing about this adds up at all.

 

[SUIYHP]

I'm from Sussex and say it to rhyme with gone, my partner is a Northerner (well, Derbyshire) and says it to rhyme with cone.

Exactly the same for me, I say the 'gone' pronounciation, my partner, who's from Yorkshire, says 'cone'. Think its a misconception that it's a northern/southern thing.

I don't really care about the method, but I guess jam then cream seems to make more sense.

 

[Diablo]

def rhymes with gone....because Scone when eaten, it Scone !!!! (it`s gone)

 

[napier's kit man]

Pronunciation??

 

[Westdene Seagull]

To those saying it's 'gone' how do you pronounce Stone

Jam and then cream on a cone !

 

[lawros left foot]

Mary Berry says scone like gone so who am I to argue?

I'll see your Mary Berry, and raise you the two bakers who made Charles and Diana's Wedding cake, and Prince Andrews and Fergies,(Dave Avery, and Trevor Spicer,respectively, for those interested) and they both rhymed it with cone.

 

[brakespear]

'Scones - gone? Dear, dear sconney'

It has to rhyme with gone or the classic Spitting Image sketch is all for naught.

 

[dazzer6666]

I'll see your Mary Berry, and raise you the two bakers who made Charles and Diana's Wedding cake, and Prince Andrews and Fergies,(Dave Avery, and Trevor Spicer,respectively, for those interested) and they both rhymed it with cone.

Mary Berry is posh, so she says it as in 'gone'.

 

[lawros left foot]

Mary Berry is posh, so she says it as in 'gone'.

I bet she doesn't swear like Trev Spicer, either

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Exactly the same for me, I say the 'gone' pronounciation, my partner, who's from Yorkshire, says 'cone'. Think its a misconception that it's a northern/southern thing.

I don't really care about the method, but I guess jam then cream seems to make more sense.

My husband is from Yorkshire and says scone as in gone.

 

[Normal Rob]

Scone (gone). Jam then cream, obvs. None of that Devon rubbish here.

 

[fleet]

Scon and jam then cream

 

[perseus]

Cone, jam then cream.

Cornish cone.

Crème fraîche instead or clotted cream ??

 

[The Brighton Bear]

Scon and jam then cream

You have admitted that you are wrong by spelling it without an E to make it sound right. Putting the E at the end makes it rhyme with cone!

 

[dazzer6666]

Cornish cone.

Crème fraîche instead or clotted cream ??

WTF ??