Conversation in my house this morning after breaking up fight among siblings over what to have for breakfast. I will spare you the parental remarks and pick up where the conversation gets interesting.
Me: So what do you want for breakfast this morning?
SmallFry: Something with hot tea.
Me: Can you be a little more specific?
SmallFry: Biscuits
Preteena: NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! We just had thooooosssssse!!!! (in her best teenage whine)
Me: (to Preteena) Could you let me handle this, please?
(to SmallFry) We did have biscuits yesterday, and as I recall you did not eat yours.
SmallFry: Not biscuits, scones.
Me: Scones??
SmallFry: Scones!
Me: (stopping Preteena before she could interject opinion and thereby restart previous fight) Seriously???
SmallFry: Scones.
Me: Son, do you even know what a scone is?
SmallFry: Yes. I like scones.
Me: (stopping Preteena before she could interject opinion and thereby restart previous fight) When do you remember having scones??
Me: Can we have blueberry scones?
At this point, I am wondering how he could possibly remember having scones since I don’t remember the last time I made them. It has probably been several years. And I don’t ever remember making blueberry scones.
Me: Blueberry scones?
SmallFry: Yes, blueberry scones. Shaped like triangles.
Here is where I realized that the battle was lost and that I had better get to the kitchen quick before the triangular blueberry scones became diamond encrusted, glow in the dark, technicolor, triangular blueberry scones or something.
So after a thorough search of the cookbooks, I came to the realization that I did not have a recipe for blueberry scones. Being the adventurous type, I took a recipe for cream scones and made a change here and there, accidentally added too much sugar, spilled flour all over the kitchen floor and generally created mess. But now my children are happily having tea and triangle-shaped blueberry scones for breakfast.
And they don’t taste half bad either.
I’ve never had a scone
I’ve never had a scone
I make blueberry scones with my basic “cream scone” recipe also. I just add dried blueberries to it. Yum! What a lovely breakfast.
I make blueberry scones with my basic “cream scone” recipe also. I just add dried blueberries to it. Yum! What a lovely breakfast.
My mother would have poured cereal into a bowl. If we didn’t like it, we would have gone hungry.
My mother would have poured cereal into a bowl. If we didn’t like it, we would have gone hungry.
PTL! Good on ya, mum!
I thought what you call ‘biscuits’ we called scones? A dough made of self-raising flour, milk and a little fat, cut into circles, packed close together and baked in a very hot oven for a short time?
I would have made blueberry muffins but that’s a whole other language discussion!! LOL
PTL! Good on ya, mum!
I thought what you call ‘biscuits’ we called scones? A dough made of self-raising flour, milk and a little fat, cut into circles, packed close together and baked in a very hot oven for a short time?
I would have made blueberry muffins but that’s a whole other language discussion!! LOL
Huh. I think my parents would have said that I could eat what I had in front of me or go hungry!
Could you send me a scone, too? 🙂
Huh. I think my parents would have said that I could eat what I had in front of me or go hungry!
Could you send me a scone, too? 🙂
You ROCK!!!
Mine get to choose to make their own cereal or make their own toast.
Can I have one too???? YUM
You ROCK!!!
Mine get to choose to make their own cereal or make their own toast.
Can I have one too???? YUM