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moneyistooshorttomention

PasturesNew wrote: »

As I'd bought a pack of 6 scones .... I warmed one up and spread it with chocolate spread

Agh! That's committing heresy to a West Country person you know:eek::rotfl:

If one does things the Cornish way = scones get buttered, jam put on and clotted cream on top.

If done the Devon way = scones get clotted cream spread on them and jam on top

as I understand it....

Chocolate spread :eek:

Chocolate spread :eek:

Heresy you know:rotfl:

EDIT; Admission time - two bits of "peer pressure" to "fit in" in two days - and I have headed for the corner shop and bought a bit of booze - ahem....

But I've not succumbed to it though.....LOL.

Anne_Marie_2

Sun going down here, and it's bearable now outside. Spoke to some passing neighbours walking their dogs...they have all been like me today, having a siesta. Must admit that when I popped my head out of the door earlier when I got up, it was like a ghost town here, no sound at all and no traffic whatsoever.Still no idea of temp earlier, but going to be hotter tomorrow apparently.....deep joy.

Am trying to get the freezer contents down a bit more, before family come on the 19th. Am going to have trouble if the weather continues like this. Anyone have any idea what to do with almost 1kg of frozen brussels? Looking for totally different suggestions to the norm here, wondering if they would make a good chilled soup?

On another note, being a vegetarian, and liking raw veg quite a lot, just didn't realise the effects of eating a load, several days in a row, combined with a lot of fruit salads. Thoroughly recommended if you are having problems going to the loo! :rotfl:

PasturesNew

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Heresy you know

I just shove what I've got on scones. I've never bought cream, so wouldn't ever have that here to stick on - although the milk requirement yesterday was to make some dream topping to go on a scone or two.

With six scones I'd usually have 3-4 different toppings, so it felt less like eating the same stuff... Right now I've got choc spread, lemon curd (but unopened), jam and marmalade.

I have just been to the barren L1dls .... they had hash browns, no chips ... they had milk ... and I bought the eggs anyway as I've only one left and I might want two tomorrow...

Anne_Marie_2

elona wrote: »

Fridge is full of raspberries, melon and pineapple, a stir fry pack of veg and lots of yoghurt as well as mange tout, sugar snap peas etc. to have with baked (frozen) salmon fillet later in the week. Determined to make an effort to have fruit and veg and not just rely on sandwiches, toast and tins of soup.

Oh do....won't feel so alone with the roughage in my diet just now!
Veg I eat all the time, fruit hardly ever, other than grapes and bananas, the latter I'm not keen on, but they are handy for filling you up when you don't have time, or cba to make something and hungry. Unless I make up a fruit salad, fruit would lie rotting in the fridge. Am loving them at the moment, so tasty at this time of year, which is just as well.

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Agh! That's committing heresy to a West Country person you know:eek::rotfl:

If one does things the Cornish way = scones get buttered, jam put on and clotted cream on top.

If done the Devon way = scones get clotted cream spread on them and jam on top

as I understand it....

Chocolate spread :eek:

Chocolate spread :eek:

Heresy you know :rotfl:

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
Couldn't agree more. Chocolate spread sounds like the work of the devil! Didn't want to mention as PN might not give me a scone!
I just wanted a scone, not the topping! Has to be either just butter (not marg), or jam with cream, although as I found out recently, clotted cream with fresh strawberries is very lush on a wee scone. Don't think that I would like the Cornish way....I hate butter with jam, just seems so wrong.

Hollyharvey

PasturesNew wrote: »

I just shove what I've got on scones. I've never bought cream, so wouldn't ever have that here to stick on - although the milk requirement yesterday was to make some dream topping to go on a scone or two.

I have just been to the barren L1dls .... they had hash browns, no chips ... they had milk ... and I bought the eggs anyway as I've only one left and I might want two tomorrow...

You can have dream topping on the scones now
I'll have scones with anything on them, I just love them so much. If I had a packet of 6 scones in they wouldn't last more than 2 days, it's even possible they would only last one day, which is why I don't buy them. Having said that, I do bake them.


Pleased to hear that L1dl has at least, some food in that you wanted now.

Anne_Marie_2

PasturesNew wrote: »

With six scones I'd usually have 3-4 different toppings, so it felt less like eating the same stuff... Right now I've got choc spread, lemon curd (but unopened), jam and marmalade.

Think that we singlies can all sympathise with this. I don't buy jam any more, as have found that I fancy it with a scone, use one or two teaspoons, then it lies forever, and I eventually bin it. Only time jam is bought is when I have folk staying and they want it (bear in mind they come for a week, or more likely a fortnight, not just a night or two).
That's why I make things like lemon and mandarin curd, and freeze in small containers. I would never buy a jar, as it would get binned after a while.

PasturesNew

Anne_Marie wrote: »

Think that we singlies can all sympathise with this. I don't buy jam any more, as have found that I fancy it with a scone, use one or two teaspoons, then it lies forever, and I eventually bin it. Only time jam is bought is when I have folk staying and they want it (bear in mind they come for a week, or more likely a fortnight, not just a night or two).
That's why I make things like lemon and mandarin curd, and freeze in small containers. I would never buy a jar, as it would get binned after a while.

I get 30p jars ... and expect to use 1/year. But, I have seen individual portions for sale in £land. A tray of individual peel-lid portions. I was gifted a tray of those over a year ago that I'm still working my way through ... personally I just buy a 30p jar/year.

moneyistooshorttomention

Anne_Marie wrote: »

Oh do....won't feel so alone with the roughage in my diet just now!
Veg I eat all the time, fruit hardly ever, other than grapes and bananas, the latter I'm not keen on, but they are handy for filling you up when you don't have time, or cba to make something and hungry. Unless I make up a fruit salad, fruit would lie rotting in the fridge. Am loving them at the moment, so tasty at this time of year, which is just as well.



:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
Couldn't agree more. Chocolate spread sounds like the work of the devil! Didn't want to mention as PN might not give me a scone!
I just wanted a scone, not the topping! Has to be either just butter (not marg), or jam with cream, although as I found out recently, clotted cream with fresh strawberries is very lush on a wee scone. Don't think that I would like the Cornish way....I hate butter with jam, just seems so wrong.

Now my fruit gluts here are down to my garden starting to be a bit "mature" at last. I took the view that fruit tends to be rather more expensive than vegetables and a higher proportion of it is imported.

Hence I prioritised getting some fruit growing in my garden and the vegetables are more secondary. But I'm working on getting a supply of "green leafy vegetables" in there gradually.

You're right re "gotta be butter - not marge" imo. Hates marg/read facts I don't like about marge. But butter on the other hand - bring it on. Errr....that isnt going to work too well with heading towards vegan now is it?...ahem:rotfl:

Can't visualise just putting jam on a scone - even with cream on top - personally. As you can gather - I do mine the Cornish way:rotfl:. It sorta feels too "dry" not to put butter on first imo.

Lynplatinum

Hiya

When I was on my own the minute I bought and opened jam I would decant half into a clean small jar such as an old mustard size jar. I would then only use what was in the opened jar. Then the stuff in the small jar was kept out of oxygen and away from bacteria so it did not go mouldy.

Hope this helps as a 'jam for one' tip.
Cheers

Anne_Marie_2

PasturesNew wrote: »

I get 30p jars ... and expect to use 1/year. But, I have seen individual portions for sale in £land. A tray of individual peel-lid portions. I was gifted a tray of those over a year ago that I'm still working my way through ... personally I just buy a 30p jar/year.

I would go through about two max of individual portions per year...actually am probably overestimating. I am not a jam person, unless it's home made and bursting with fruit, and even then, still would be max 2 individual pots per year.
There are no cheaper own label things here, for anything, whatsoever. Everything is branded, with expat UK food imports having a premium. It's a small place, many small supermarkets, and even the larger ones, with a few branches can't be compared to the likes of Tesco/Asda etc.

MITSTM - Agree with you on fruit growing and having veggies secondary. My lemon and mandarin trees have been fruiting well for a couple of years now. Orange and grapefruit tree still got a while to do. Fig tree is looking good for fruit this year. My pride and joy is my olive tree, planted 7 years ago, it is laden this year. Can't wait to harvest my first crop later this year. My garden bloke stopped off this evening to have a wee check, and he seems pretty pleased.
Afraid that my salad leaf growing is not doing well, it's just too hot. Well, it was an experiment, so a fail, but hey ho. At least I know that I tried. Will just stick to crunchy things for salads, which I will buy. Would take too much effort and water to grow, and don't want gluts.
Will stick to trees and herbs for now.
We will just have to agree to disagree on the butter and jam thing! It's just so wrong, and tastes awful to me. Mind you, you don't see the amount of cream that I use....lots. Absolutely no dryness, I can assure you.

LynP - A really good tip there, thank you. Might have a chance to try that out soon with my next batch of visitors later this month, as know my SIL is one of the ones, who always likes a jar of jam, and leaves me with practically a full jar!