SCONE as in CON or… SCONE as in Cone?

Some Words About Scones

Brought up "properly" by my middle-class mother meant elocution was important.

A scone was pronounced S-con-e not S-cone, as so many of my friends called them. I always thought this was a dialect peculiarity, particularly as my mother was adamant that the "Northern Hull accent sounded common"!!

Checking out the internet, reading several forums (yes forums on scones!!) it appears, that the majority of people in the UK living North, tend to call scones, S-cones, and the remainder, in the South, ("quote" - the posh people") generally say Scon-es!!

I am sure readers in the North and South of the UK will have their own opinion and way of saying scones, I guess it all depends on what our parents taught us... One thing is for sure, I call them Scon-es, so I guess that makes me posh!!

Well this posh mum adores freshly baked split cheese scones, filled liberally with butter and eaten immediately.

Get cookin!

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Easy, Cheesy Scones

Makes 8 - 12 Savoury Cheese Scones in no time!

8oz/225g Plain Flour

2oz/50g Butter

2-3/50-75g Grated Strong Cheddar Cheese

4 Teaspoons Baking Powder

½ Teaspoon Salt

Sprinkling of Cayenne Pepper
150ml/5floz Milk

Heat the oven to 220C/425F/Gas 7.

Sieve together flour, salt and cayenne pepper into a large bowl.

Gently rub the butter into the flour, lifting the flour to incorporate maximum air.

When the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs, mix in the grated cheese and then the milk until you get soft dough.

Turn the dough onto a floured work area and knead lightly.

Pat out to a round 2cm/¾ inch thick.

Using a 5cm/2in round or fluted cutter, cut out the rounds and place them on a lightly greased baking sheet.

Knead together the rest of the dough and cut out more scones to use up all of the mixture.

Brush the tops with a little milk.

Bake for 12-15 minutes until well risen, golden and smelling delicious!

I love these served straight from the oven, split and filled with just butter.

I have 2 things to ask you:-

1. Do YOU say S-con-e or S-cone??

And

2. Talking baking here….what do you like to eat straight from the oven?

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