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Jonathan de Boyne Pollard Jonathan de Boyne Pollard is offline
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Default the sweetness of scones

> Some are very slightly sweet, but otherwise they are extremely
> bland, even by American food standards.


That's what you get for calling them "biscuits". If you called them
"scones" like the South Africans, you'd be able to put raisins,
blackberries, blackcurrants, cranberries, or even spinach in them.

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