Scones with jam and tea--one of Julian Bashir's favorite meals. I'd never had scones before, and I was curious about them, so when I saw some scone mixes for sale recently, I bought a couple. One mix was plain and the other mix has blueberries in it. I baked a batch today. It was the plain mix, I wanted to try the "classic" scones first. They turned out great. Sixteen big, warm, golden, flaky, tender, buttery scones. Yum. My teddy bear, Kukalaka, sat beside me on the sofa, and we had a very nice tea party. I ate three scones with butter and strawberry preserves and raspberry preserves. Delicious. After that, I'd had enough preserves, so I looked in the refrigerator for something else to top a scone with. Turns out scones are good with Spam too. (Wonder if Julian ever tried that? Can food replicators produce Spam?) I washed it all down with a large cup of piping hot chamomile tea. It sure was good. Now I know why Julian likes scones. I'm stuffed.

Peridot

Hmmmm...Sco-o-ones (sounding like Homer Simpson) I wonder how they'd taste without the Jam (I don't like jam or jelly-always ate peanut butter sandwiches WITHOUT the jelly)

Maybe my bakery would have them

I love scones, especially wholemeal fruit scones with dried fruit and devonshire clotted cream! Cheese scones are good too, but have to be made with chedder cheese. Unlike Julian, I would NOT want to eat for breakfast! Afternoon tea is just fine.

I've heard about clotted cream from"The Girls Next Door" GROSS!

I hadn't a clue about Devonshire clotted cream, so I looked it up in the dictionary.
Definition: A thick cream that is made primarily in England by heating milk until
a layer of cream forms on its surface that is then cooled and skimmed off.
That sounds good to me.
It's funny how foods that are so popular in England can be uncommon here in America.
Or maybe they're around and are just known by different names.
Scones for instance. When I baked up my batch, I was surprised by how much they looked
and tasted like what we Americans call 'biscuits.' But then, I know that in England what folks
call 'biscuits' are what Americans call 'cookies.'
It's all rather puzzling.

Reminds of a "Noal Coward" song about tomatoes and bananas !
I am living with an American guy who has not lived in the USA for 25yrs but still has his accent and still likes his cookies and milk! Crisps forl example, I think you call chips? which to me a fat fried long piece of potato Its fun having differences. Although I do remember when the expression "to go " for "take away" came in that I am afraid upset me!

I remember posting clotted cream from holidays in Devon to friends annd family they seemed to have survived the experience!

Wonder if the producers of DS9 picked scones for Julian's breakfast to remind us of his British background.

I think that this is quite plausible. It emphasises Bashir's "Britishness" and sophistication: instead of letting him scoff a big fry-up with black pudding, beans and fried toast, they've chosen these utterly delicious calorie bombs to add a hint of classiness (only a hint, because it's normally not eaten as breakfast).

It is soo yummy. I recommend to book a table at the Ritz or check out Fortnum&Mason for the ultimate "Cream Tea" experience when visiting London.

And what Brits call 'crisps' we call potato chips. Their 'chips' are our French fries!

Pants or trousers? I prefer the latter, and I have smile when trousers are referred to as "pants". I was disappointed when OBrien, a true blooded Irishman called his trousers "pants" when he ripped them. I just have visions of "Bridget Jones" style "pants" ! what do other Sidcitiizens call them?

Debbie

I usually call them slacks or trousers. However, all my southern friends call them pants (I'm the Northern girl who is delightfully stranded in nice and warm Georgia). It's kind of like the soda/pop/coke debate. It's "coke" in Georgia, but in Michigan (where i'm from) it's soda or pop.

We call them "pants" here in Kansas, but that's also a game we play with various movies. You know, where you take a quote from the movie and switch out a word for "pants".

"Hallo, my name is Inigo Montoya. You keeled my father. Prepare to pants."

I have a good friend who has a T-shirt that looks like it has a "Hello" sticker on it. But if you look closer, you can see that it says the message above. The company president stopped him in the hall and told him he did NOT kill his father. My friend acted a bit sceptical. "Oh really? Let me see your hand." Company president holds out a hand. "See. I don't have six fingers."

I've got to tell you, I love working for a company where the president knows his pop culture!

Carol