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Scone or scon(e) and where are you from?

179 replies

FlatteredFool · 15/09/2021 13:44

Scone to rhyme with cone. It's got a magic e making the o elongated. I'm in the North West with Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Lancashire, Cheshire, and Irish roots.

I don't eat mine with cream. Clotted cream just sounds like some kind of STI affliction. Blood clots, cream shouldn't. However, if I did eat any kind of cream then the cream would go on first in place of butter. How do you eat yours?

And lastly, what is the best flavour scone? Mine is cherry followed by sultana but I've not experimented beyond that.

Let the bun scone fight begin!

OP posts:
clpsmum · 15/09/2021 20:20

Scone where I am from scon where I live

hopingforabrighterfuture2021 · 15/09/2021 20:23

Scone as in gone.

Jam then cream, as is traditional in Cornwall.

London

MrsTulipTattsyrup · 15/09/2021 20:26

Scone like gone.

Butter and jam, or jam then cream for indulgence. I like a sharp jam with butter or cream - blackcurrant is best, but raspberry otherwise. You can keep your strawberry jam. It’s too sweet for me.

Only ever plain ones - anything else is an abomination.

I’m in Gloucestershire, and was born here, but have eaten my scones, and pronounced them, the same way in lots of other places I’ve lived.

NotAnotherPylon · 15/09/2021 20:31

The scone is gone here. Am from Belfast. My favourite is cherry, just with butter. I make them all the time. It's the law in NIGrin

MyCatEatsPrawnCrackers · 15/09/2021 20:32

Scon. Birmingham.
Butter, jam then cream.

RobinHumphries · 15/09/2021 20:33

Scone like cone with an s in front of it originally from Derby, now live in Devon so eat them the Devonshire way (clotted cream like butter so goes on first)

Clevs · 15/09/2021 20:34

Scone to rhyme with stone. Midlands.

funinthesun19 · 15/09/2021 20:39

I’m in Lancashire and say Scone.

merryhouse · 15/09/2021 20:39

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Derrymum123 · 15/09/2021 20:47

Scon in NI. But no cream, just butter and jam.

leiaskye · 15/09/2021 21:00

I say scon (gone), DH says scone (stone). Both from West Yorkshire, grew up 5 miles away from each other.

I don’t particularly like them with cream & jam. Just butter & a cup of tea is just fine.

DeepaBeesKit · 15/09/2021 21:08

From west country, parents from NW, now live in south east.

I say scone rhyming with shone. Cream first, clotted, then jam.

DeepaBeesKit · 15/09/2021 21:09

Oh and it's got to be sultana.

XenoBitch · 15/09/2021 21:10

Scone as in 'alone'. From South West

SconeChick · 15/09/2021 21:20

I'm from the village of Scone (Perthshire) ... pronounced "Scoon" but say scone the food like "scon"

BippityBoppity87 · 15/09/2021 21:25

Scone to rhyme with gone

Originally from Cambridgeshire. Lived in Edinburgh the past 14 years

Anoisagusaris · 15/09/2021 21:28

Scone to rhyme with cone. Ireland.

Butter and jam normally.

I’ve never had clotted cream.

JaninaDuszejko · 15/09/2021 21:33

Scone Palace rhymes with moon. The scone you eat rhymes with gone. Scottish and I love a cheese scone with butter.

LadyMaid · 15/09/2021 21:33

Scon, as in gone.

From Edinburgh.

We deep fry them.

Zotter · 15/09/2021 21:33

Scone to rhyme with phone. NW England. Love clotted cream!

WillaWeatherspoon · 15/09/2021 21:37

Scone to rhyme with phone. North West.
Best scone - my Mum's Christmas scones! Made with cinammon and red and green glacé cherries. Served warm with brandy butter. Delicious.

Thimphu · 15/09/2021 21:44

Scon (gone)
Ayrshire

cactijones · 15/09/2021 22:00

From wales and I say scone, clotted cream then jam first

Livpool · 15/09/2021 22:02

Scone rhymes with gone here in Liverpool

I liked clotted cream or butter on a plain one

Catinabeanbag · 15/09/2021 22:08

From Devon, and it's scon (rhyme with gone).
Jam first (actually butter / marg first) then cream. Plain scones all the way - none of this sultana / cherry nonsense!