Thanks, Doug. Bloke was there with his wife, looking out over the lake at
his table, coping with setback after setback with alacrity.
Bill
On Thu, 22 Aug 2019 at 1:34 am, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> 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 <
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> >> 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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