If you buy too many of the first of the season's homegrown strawberries, you may need a vehicle for them.
In the battle of the recipe candidates, scones will always win.
They are also the finest excuse in the world for buying clotted cream.
The homemade strawberry jam ran out long ago. But it looks like the next batch may not be too far around the corner.
Is it possible to have too many home grown strawberries? Not that I would complain about having to combine them with scones and cream!
Posted by: Gina | 19 May 2011 at 15:04
I was trying to explain clotted cream to someone here recently and I realised that "clotted" sounds rather unattractive until you've tasted it that is...
Posted by: lina | 19 May 2011 at 15:05
I'm glad I'm not the only one going overboard with the local strawberries! They are so good this year though aren't they?
Posted by: Jane | 19 May 2011 at 15:12
I emitted a groan of desire as I saw those scones. Love strawberry season. I walk past strawberry farm each day with the dogs, the smell is amazing,especially in the evenings.
Posted by: Rebecca | 19 May 2011 at 15:14
Oh, how I miss clotted cream! (It does sound silly to miss something that I only had once, in London, seven years ago. But there you go.)
Posted by: Laura | 19 May 2011 at 15:15
my weak spot. Scone, clotted cream & strawberries. My desert island dish!
Posted by: myhome | 19 May 2011 at 16:17
i won't see strawberries for a few more weeks, but now i know what i'm going to do with them! i can't wait! :)
Posted by: jen : painted fish studio | 19 May 2011 at 17:18
Now those are some perfect looking scones - mine always turn out dry and horrible!
Posted by: Julie | 19 May 2011 at 17:28
Oh please don't talk about scrummy food - I'm on a diet........again! :o(
Posted by: lucylocket | 19 May 2011 at 17:30
Good looking scones Ali.
Posted by: Karen | 19 May 2011 at 18:54
one of my favourite things in the world is a scone with clotted cream and strawberries :o)
your post is not good for my diet!
jx
Posted by: jooles | 19 May 2011 at 19:44
Oooh, I have strawberries in the fridge ...
Posted by: dottycookie | 19 May 2011 at 21:26
mmm bought lots of strawberries today, don't have the energy to make scones just now. But they do look delicious....
Posted by: French Knots | 19 May 2011 at 21:43
Clotted cream. You're killing me.
Posted by: The Coffee Lady | 20 May 2011 at 09:49
Mmmmmmmm. A feast for the eyes and stomach.
Posted by: Amanda | 20 May 2011 at 09:56
We're clinging to the last jar of strawberry jam in eager anticipation for the ripening of this seasons. Let the batch making begin.......nearly.
Have a lovely weekend
Nina x
Posted by: nina - tabiboo | 20 May 2011 at 13:25
When there's the prospect of scones and clotted cream, the diet can always wait until tomorrow! x
Posted by: PinkCatJo | 20 May 2011 at 17:55
I need to find some more UK flour and make some scones (my last attempt using American ingredients was rubbish). I had a cream tea at an English pub in Santa Monica a few weeks back, but they had put raisins in the scones. Sure, they tasted fine, but I grew up with plain scones and it just wasn't the same. Actually, I should just start a list of things that I need mum to make on my next visit home - my cooking never compares to hers, anyway...
Posted by: UK lass in US | 21 May 2011 at 05:15
Mmm! Can I please come over for tea?! K x
Posted by: kristina | 21 May 2011 at 07:23
One can never have too many strawberries, but these look delicious anyway!
Posted by: Lisa | 21 May 2011 at 09:32
you evil evil person... scones? I just can't resist them...
Posted by: Monica | 22 May 2011 at 10:48
You have just given me an urge for afternoon tea. It cannot be suppressed.
Posted by: Emma | 22 May 2011 at 12:50
YUM. Delicious photos, I can only imagine the delicious taste!
Posted by: domestikate | 23 May 2011 at 10:54
it's beyond the end of the season here. I paid $8.99 a punnet for some today because they looked good. FOOLED I was! They tasted powdery. But I am enjoying the golden raspberries. Scones! Y U M !
Posted by: tiel | 23 May 2011 at 12:10
Yum, yum, yum. I fear making scones for some unknown reason (perhaps because my granny made the best and was gone before I got the recipe committed to family history). This weekend saw my first strawberries deposited on a large pile of vanilla buttercream on a thick vanilla sponge. Even the men didn't complain about the sweetness.
MD xx
Posted by: Modern Dilemma | 23 May 2011 at 23:16
Well the skirting boards certainly will not see their second coat of paint tomorrow morning. I'll be baking scones as soon as I'm back fron the school run. Darn you and your blog! Ax
Posted by: Magic Bean | 24 May 2011 at 19:07
Strawberries are indeed a reason to buy clotted cream. On the aeroplane I was on yesterday, afternoon tea was on the menu (never had this on a plane before!) and it wasn't bad at all - warm scones, strawberry jam and rhoda's cornish clotted cream. It was like a little 'welcome home' via plane food.
The strawbs in my garden are now small and green, but they are abundant, so I think I'll be making a glut of jam again this year, just in time for the last jar being used from last year - I've been saving it!
Posted by: Monda | 24 May 2011 at 20:15
Lovely recipe, looks so yummy. I adore strawberries and with those clotted cream is so awesome.
Posted by: rent holiday apartment london | 02 June 2011 at 08:33
These are similar to American strawberry shortcakes, one of my childhood favorites growing up in New England. Nice blog!
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