Thread: Tea anyone ??!!

All right.....here's how it goes. A) I was raised by a Scot from Glasgow since I was 13.In between then and now I've known a bunch of Irish,Scots and and English or two Plus a light spreadin of Aussies. So A scone to me is a scone Not only that, B) There is a definite textural difference tween a scone and an amercian biscuit and I can tell that difference easily. C) I am also in the habit of using the term cookie and biscuit interchangeably for what Americans call cookies and I know the difference between a biscuit and a biscuit when I'm in the presence of either Americans or Europeans......Is everybody following me so far here ? Kay.........Now .......I like my biscuits (American,loaded with butt'r or gravy whether it's sausage , red eye or brown or even chicken and turkey gravy or Mollasses got it. I like me scones loaded with Butt'r, jam and clotted or double cream. Got it ? Good. I love biscuits from the bisuit tin for tea and I can out eat any O you lot when It comes to Peanut butter cookies or oatmeal cookies....got it ...? Good !...Now then..............any questions ??? . Oh and shortbread to me is biscuits by the by. Lest My Scottish relatives come back from the hereafter and haunt me.

Originally Posted by bombay

had proper proper posh afternoon tea from here Howick Hall Gardens in Northumberland. The home of Earl Grey and our historic coastal gardens : The Earl Grey Tea House today. the home of Earl Grey whom the tea is named after. being a geordie its pronounced scon. with cornish clotted cream and strawberry jam with what else but a pot of earl grey tea with a lemon slice. for afters i had courgette cake laced with pistachios. yum yum. phone died so no photo sorry gents.

I love Earl grey...and bein originally from Michigan grew up with Cornish pasties which you folks brought over when you was mining copper and iron for us. Mmmm pasties. we did basterdize'em a little though as you can get'em with gravy up in the U.P. pastie shops .

No, shortbread is high falutin' type biscuits for them pompous stuck uppity types . (You know I'm just joking)


Mick

Originally Posted by Nightblade

I love Earl grey...and bein originally from Michigan grew up with Cornish pasties which you folks brought over when you was mining copper and iron for us. Mmmm pasties. we did basterdize'em a little though as you can get'em with gravy up in the U.P. pastie shops .

We didn't just bast@rdise them here, mate. We took a wonderful versatile food group and thoroughly buggered it right up!


Mick

Originally Posted by MickR

No, shortbread is high falutin' type biscuits for them pompous stuck uppity types . (You know I'm just joking)


Mick

Oh......I know your joking. But.....don't blame me when the ghost of my Grandmother comes to visiting you in the night and knocks you aboot the wee heed n shaulders and curses various curses at you. Ain't my fault noooooo !

Originally Posted by MickR

We didn't just bast@rdise them here, mate. We took a wonderful versatile food group and thoroughly buggered it right up!


Mick

Garsh.......I'de love a pastie right now.

A proper one, me too!


Mick

whats red eye gravy?

Originally Posted by bombay

whats red eye gravy?

You take the juice and browned bits in a pan that you fried ham in and add some hot black coffee a little flour for thickening(not too thick at all, almost like an au jus) add a dash of salt n pepper and pour it over your American biscuits. Soooooo good !

Originally Posted by MickR

We didn't just bast@rdise them here, mate. We took a wonderful versatile food group and thoroughly buggered it right up!


Mick

Are you talking pies in general, or just pasties I am going to tread lightly here what with how tetchy and emotional you've been the last day or so. :-)

Karen and I were in Cornwall on holiday some years ago now, sitting on a bench by the sea front eating some.really good pasties, when out of nowhere a seagull swooped us and stole Karen's pastie out of her hand, it was a substantially sized pastie too. The bugger flew off with it.