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Nom nom... clotted cream! oh for Devonshire scones.

However the carbs are criminal and they should be banned!

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Originally Posted by Benay

Whenever I think of UK afternoon tea - I don't think of tinned fish.

Instead I think of afternoon tea at the Hotel Russel on Russel Square, London.

I am grateful I do not live in London with easy access to the Hotel Russel.

I quickly developed an addiction to scones with strawberry jam and clotted cream.

The memories live on in my fat cells!

Yep, this is the problem. Sometimes visitors point-blank refuse a meal and say "we'll just have afternoon tea instead". But we have nothing like that in the house, so we have to bake scones and make jam instead of having our lunch, then if the visitors stay for ages, I'm starving and end up eating scones for energy. So I need to have a tin or jar of something instant for myself.

Afternoon tea generally has some savouries like mini quiches, sandwiches, etc., so I just need to think of something easy for myself.