Well, I don’t know about the scones, though I remember them well, with tha heavy cream, n Britain. I like the conversation, though.
Doug
> On Aug 21, 2019, at 12:24 AM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Usually, Barry, you can expect two scones in a serving of Devonshire Tea
> and you split them yourself and apply jam and cream provided. In the Lake
> Barrine setting, you only get one, pre-split but warm and nourishing.
> Moreover the jam was a plum and blueberry mix. Beautiful with a pot of
> local Ulysses black tea.
>
> Bill
>
> On Wed, 21 Aug 2019 at 4:18 pm, Barry Alpert <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Bill,
>>
>> Now was that not the Cornwall version? Within an online text "The History
>> of the Devonshire Tea" I note:
>>
>> "However in Cornwall, which seems to be the Australian way (99.9%), scones
>> are split in two, then spread with jam and topped with clotted cream."
>>
>> I don't believe I've ever seen it offered and I'm uncertain whether the
>> tea at Lake Barrine comes with milk. Now after visiting the Lake Barrine
>> Teahouse website, I observe a mixed case scenario with raspberry jam and
>> whipped cream on secret recipe scones going back 4 generations. I'm ready
>> to eat the sandwich & salad imaged as well.
>>
>> Barry
>>
>> On Wed, 21 Aug 2019 10:19:58 +1000, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> At Lake Barrine Teahouse
>>>
>>>
>>> You gotta glassa rise-ling?
>>>
>>>
>>> Sorry
>>>
>>>
>>> How bout a Fourex?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Ah, yeh ...
>>>
>>>
>>> Would that be heavy?
>>>
>>>
>>> Yeh ... but they’re not exactly cold, the fridge broke this morning.
>>>
>>>
>>> Ah, I’ll just have a water.
>>>
>>>
>>> They’re not ice cold but not warm, sort of in between. They’re cold to
>> hold.
>>>
>>>
>>> All the same after the first sip I s’pose.
>>>
>>>
>>> Yeah
>>>
>>>
>>> All the same, think I’ll go the Devonshire tea
>>>
>>>
>>> Yeah, we can do that.
>>>
>>>
>>> We come over from Tolga every year
>>>
>>>
>>> bw
>>>
Douglas Barbour
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