Scone
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A scone is a traditional British and Irish baked good, popular in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. In the US, scones are a different baked product from the rest of the w
Clockwise from bottom: hot buttered tattie scones next to a cheese scone, shiny and flat treacle scones, and a milk scone above a fruit scone
A fresh batch of homemade buttermilk scones
An Irish scone with sultanas
Scone with cream and strawberries
Tea (meal)
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Tea is an umbrella term for several different meals consisting of food sometimes accompanied by tea to drink. The English writer Isabella Beeton, whose books on home economics were widely read in the
Scone
…either lightly sweetened or savoury, and can be occasionally glazed with egg wash. The sweetened scone is a basic component of the cream tea, and the afternoon tea. It differs from teacakes and other types of sweet breads that are made with yeast. Scones were chosen as Ireland's representative for Café Europe…
Afternoon tea with scones, jam, and little cakes at the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong
Thé avec des artistes ("Tea with the artists"), Jules Grün, 1929
Anna Russell, Duchess of Bedford, 1820, the founder of afternoon tea
Women's Royal Naval Service ratings sitting down to tea at their mess during World War I