i’m not much of a twitterer (tweeter? twit?). that whole twitter scene is far too noisy for me. of course, it has its uses: i did get that chocolate bar from @thirdrawerdown.
and just the other day, a tweet by @grabyourfork alerted me to the existence of scone toast. i have been mildly curious every time i’ve been to the supermarket and noticed the crumpet toast, but have so far managed to not buy it due to my general meh-ness about crumpets. but scones — scones are different: warm and fluffy vehicles for copious amounts of jam and cream. in fact, what i twittered back was “any excuse to eat thick cream on bread”. and then i went out to the supermarket and bought myself a loaf.
scone toast is part of tip top’s café range, which you may remember from café raisin toast, which i had dismissed as being ridiculous because it appeared to be normal raisin toast, only sliced thicker. scone toast, according to the website, “has been inspired by the taste and texture of traditional scones, and is presented in a thick cut, flour dusted loaf.”
thick slices indeed! 2cm blocks of spongy white bread. once toasted, i ignored the pitiful serving suggestion on the bag — note paltry dab of cream attached to the toast with a tiny puddle of jam — and slathered the slice with raspberry jam, several dollops of whipped cream, and sliced strawberries. and it was… ok. it had quite a light, chewy texture, and a fleeting taste of an actual scone, but in the end it was more bready than crumbly-cakey. quite a bit more enjoyment was to be had from the berries and cream.
the next day i had another slice with a good smear of home-made lemon curd, and i couldn’t help but think that there were other, better breads that i’d rather be eating.
so yeah, it wasn’t terrible by any means, and i can’t even say i’m disappointed. i mean, if it had been delicious and sconey then i would have been truly surprised and pleased. for now, i’ll save my stomach space for real scones, and half-heartedly await the next installment in the café series. maybe a sub-par banana bread?
speaking of twitter, i recently added @farmtable to my stream, a restaurant in san francisco about which i know nothing; it was mentioned randomly on someone’s blog. they mostly post their daily menus, which makes for quite a delicious stream-of-consciousness:
chocolate cake w edible flowers
about 7 hours agoprosciutto butter sandwich w scallion oil. chicken posole soup. little gem salad w cherry tomatoes zucchini radish & creamy basil dressing
about 8 hours agohb eggs over baguette w smoked salmon capers zucchini yogurt dill sauce. dt=ww w panir honey strawberries boysenberries. apricot bcakes.
about 11 hours agopm: roasted zucchini w housemade hummus & mint oil on sourdough, chicken pozole soup, mixed greens w tuna salad
4:45AM Jun 17thspicy tuna salad sandwich w eggs. moroccan chickpea soup. mixed baby green salad w nectarines pecans chevre & vinaigrette. cherry pie!
4:36AM Jun 16thhb eggs on baguette w summer squash, leeks, pantaleo cheese. dt=pan de mie w white nectarines fromage blanc blueberries. cereal is back!
1:50AM Jun 16thpm: farro salad w basil spring onions baby carrots & avocado, moroccan chickpea soup, pulled pork on challah, yogurt cake, cardamom palmiers
5:02AM Jun 15tham: cherry brioche bread pudding, hb eggs over baguette w burrata carmalized spring onions basil oil, dt-mascarpone bananas toasted pecans ww
2:02AM Jun 15thwhite peach bread pudding, roasted white peaches bacon chevre on pan de mie, dt-pan de mie mascarpone cherries pecans, coconut chard soup
4:32AM Jun 13thlittle gems blue cheese radish lemon walnut dressing, yogurt cake, fromage blanc tart w mixed berries, orange blossom olive oil cake
4:32AM Jun 13thpm: meatloaf friday! coconut and red chard soup, mixed greens strawberries walnuts balsamic vinaigrette, pecan rounds, fudgy brownies
4:58AM Jun 12thpm: bacon arugula ascutney mt cheese on baguette, carrot & german butterball potato soup, mixed greens w strawberries chevre walnuts balasami
4:58AM Jun 11thpm: egg salad on sourdough, creamy tomato soup, rooftop greens baby carrots radish spring onions w housemade green goddess dressing
6:21AM Jun 10tham: dt-pan de mie fromage blanc mixed berries honey, hb eggs over baguette mixed sauteed summer squash fresh chevre, polenta maple b cakes
2:30AM Jun 10th
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oh! i do believe you and i may have had a noisy tweet exchange about scone toast some months ago. it was a bit meh (the toast) … but i think it would be a good vehicle for french toast. french scone toast! ah – two rival nations on one plate. heh.
ah how sad the scone toast did not live up to tasty expectations but wow you sure had my heart a-thumping with that giant splodge of cream and jumble of strawberries!
That cat plate is too cute – can I ask where you got it?
btw, my brother works for a food company and he’s always trying to offload bread to me – what I’m trying to say is, I haven’t tried the scone bread (sounds icky), but the apricot cafe toast is quite good. You need a big toaster or toaster oven to cook it, though.
Such selfless purchasing in the name of research! I do like the way you’ve placed those strawberries in that tumbling surf of cream. And I ended up being very happy with my Soreen Loaf – I’ve worked out it’s much like a dense chewy gingerbread without the ginger. Good indeed.
deb: we did too! you see? how quickly the tweets fall from my mind! well, i sprang into immediate action and made french toast with my last two slices. it was pretty alright, but i suppose the same could be said of anything if you douse it in enough maple (flavoured) syrup. 😉
suze: yes, cream makes everything better. (also see maple syrup rule above.)
bel: sorry, lady. i bought it at the japan center in london three years ago, and they did not have any when i went over easter. the scone toast wasn’t icky, but it certainly wasn’t sconey either. life’s too short for mediocre bread! (but y’know, try it? maybe?)
helen: i did see soreen loaf on the top shelf of the novelty bread section. clearly they didn’t pay their premium positioning fee! nevermind, i will certainly give it a go next. sounds like it will be yummy with salty butter.