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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 < > [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 > [log in to unmask] > https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/ > > Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations > 2 (UofAPress). > Recording Dates (Rubicon Press). > Listen. If (UofAPress): > > > > ON THE LAKE > > reeds > > stalk > > reeds > > Nelson Ball > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ######################################################################## > > To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1 > ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1