Scone abomination

[AinmÁlainn]

I picked up a scone for myself, raisin, natch. Kept it for a cuppa after a long and difficult meeting. I made the perfect cup of tea and the butter gods smiled on the spreadablility of the ideal amount. I took a delicious bite. Only to find that it wasn't a raisin scone, it was chocolate chip and the scone itself was orange flavoured. What sort of monster has taken over my favourite bakery counter?

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I’m a bit confused about all the scone toasting that’s going on! I’ve never seen or even heard of anyone doing this before 😱 why are you toasting scones? They should be eaten 20 minutes after coming out of the oven in their freshly baked state!!!

And it’s inspired me that tomorrow morning I’m going to make some first thing to take into the office!

No point eating anything other than a home-made scone, fresh out of the oven. Doesn't matter whether it's sweet or savoury, but has to be home made.

Easter is coming. I can just about manage apple hot cross buns, but lord knows what other monstrosities the marketing fiends will be forcing on us this year.

I’ve made choc chip scones, well in reality my grandson did, he’s 12 and loves baking. He thinks he’s invented a new food group. They were delicious.
However I appreciate how disappointed you were sinking your teeth into a delicious raisin scone only to be met with chocolate.

Someone mentioned toasted scones..I love a toasted cheese scone, the toasting…it sort of does something wonderful to the cheese.

They should come with a trigger warning. I presume there's a market for such abominations, but to foist them on an unsuspecting punter, who will unwittingly spread the disgusting items with the normal healthy scone toppings the good Lord intended for use on the natural product, is quite heinous.

Always opt for a toasted scone in a cafe where they’ll have sat all day getting scale; roasting transmogrifies them from solid bad scone to conduit of melty butter and jam deliciousness. Obviously wouldn’t toast one fresh from the oven.

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However, It also begs the question, why weren’t you putting on Jam and cream (the Devon way obviously!)

I feel your pain

@DahliaMacNamara Well said!

Well, now l need a scone. Which I will have to make myself because the country I live in now doesn't know what they are and their closest approximation is insufficient. Also I will have to go to the fancy grocery store to get the clotted cream, ugh.

If it makes you feel better @AinmÁlainn, once when I was in a South East Asian country I bought what I thought was a small tub of mint chocolate chip ice cream (no English on the packaging) and on first bite discovered it was green tea and red bean!

Oh no. That’s horrible! I love a plain scone with raisins. On the fence about scones with cherry in them. Chocolate? No way.

Orange flavoured makes me feel 🤢

How dare they?! Imagine lining up the seedless raspberry jam and clotted cream and then realising it’s a chocolate orange thingy masquerading as a fruit scone!

You got a much better deal, actual chocolate rather than fools chocolate.
Many a time I've experienced the bitter disappointment of eating something and expecting chocolate only to find it's fools chocolate instead (raisins).

YABU for starting a scone discussion, because now I want one and will have to bake some.

Yes I had to buy some too

Yes I had to buy some too

Awful awful awful. I hope you’re ok.

I don't feel well. This thread is too sconey.

What an outrage.

Quite like chocolate in scones.
Especially if the cream goes on first (runs away giggling)

I had the misfortune to buy some chocolate chip ones by mistake last year.

I detest how 'they' tamper with foods, eg a hot cross bun doesn't need salted caramel, I feel the same about cheese, I can't see the point of things like Stilton with apricots.

Can I recommend the chocolate tea at one of my local treat places, 2 enormous choc chip scones, Nutella, clotted cream and a mug of hot chocolate! Doggy box definitely required, even for my granddaughter.