The closest thing we have to a Cornish split here in "The Colonies" is called Strawberyy Shortcake. No companrison once you have had the real thing! YUM!!! Jan in San Diego ----- Original Message ----- From: "John" <dazzleme@live.co.uk> To: "Cornish List" <cornish@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2013 10:42 AM Subject: Re: [CORNISH] Party 2013 - Win Party Prizes - Real Ones! > Thank you for getting the ball rolling with a story about your memories > Jan! > > Someone had to start the tales of Christmas / family stories / tales of > your ancestors, and that is a lovely start from Jan in San Diego! > > Meanwhile, we've just got back home (in even worse wind and rain) from the > Cornish Carols at St Ive Chapel... and for those who are wondering, that > is the correct spelling, and the chapel is at St Ive near Liskeard (in > East Cornwall) and not St Ives in West Cornwall. > > I recorded the whole of the service, and I'll try and get some clips from > it onto the Kowethas web site (this is the Cornish Language Fellowship, > and I'll post a link if we get it sorted for you). > > And we had a lovely tea afterwards, but sadly no Cornish splits, although > the Saffron Cake was lovely! So to get the taste buds going, this is what > splits are: > > Either a scone (this is a rather dry tasting small cake or bun made with > bicarb or raising powder) or - preferably - a small yeast bun, split open > while warm, and served with strawberry jam and a big dollop of clotted > cream - if you tear the bun open (instead of cutting it) the jam and cream > really soak into the bun and you don't need butter. Yum Yum! If you can't > get proper clotted cream where you are, then whip up double cream until it > is nice and stiff, but it won't have the sort of lovely rich buttery > flavour that proper Cornish Clotted Cream has. > > John and Anna in wet and windy Cornwall (where we really needed that > lighthouse so that I could find the car in the pitch black of the Cornish > countryside tonight). Lorna - where were you? > > > > This > message and any attachments are confidential and may be legally > privileged or > otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the recipient > please > email the sender and delete this message and any attachments from your > system. If you are not the intended recipient you must not copy this > message and attachments, or disclose the contents to any other person. > Although we have taken steps to ensure that this > message and any attachments are virus free, We can take no > responsibility > if a virus is actually present. We advise you to carry out your own > virus check. > >> From: jandavis3@cox.net >> To: cornish@rootsweb.com >> Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 09:35:46 -0800 >> Subject: Re: [CORNISH] Party 2013 - Win Party Prizes - Real Ones! >> >> That is very nice of John to offer those prizes at The Party! >> My favorite memory of Christmas while I was growing up in the hills of >> Oakland, California was of my mom's sisters and their families coming to >> our >> house for a big turkey dinner. The aunts brought their special side >> dishes >> and the six of us cousins loved to run aroound outside with our newly >> upwrapped presents and show them to the other neighborhood kids. The >> weather >> there is not as bad as in Cornwall, but is colder than where I live now >> (San >> Diego) so we were usually able to go outdoors. >> We all hiked up the hills behind our house near Lake Temescal before >> dinner >> to fly kites with the three dads, running along with them to see whose >> went >> higher. At dinner there was the annual "fight" over which dad got the >> turkey >> drumsticks, a there were two legs and three dads. One year, my mom >> roasted >> an extra leg so when she brought out the turkey, there was that extra one >> sitting next to the bird on the serving platter. Expecting the >> traditional >> whining from the dads about "she likes you better, wah wah" we all >> started >> laughing so hard! >> I miss those days, but life goes on. The moms and das are all gone now >> and >> we six cousins are all in our 50s and 60s and live all over the map ( One >> in >> Washington State, one in Marin County, one in Sonoma County, two in San >> Diego, and one in The Netherlands) and seldom see each other. Thank >> goodness >> for email! >> Have a wonderful Christmas, everybody! >> Jan in San Diego >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "John" <dazzleme@live.co.uk> >> To: "Cornish List" <cornish@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2013 3:50 AM >> Subject: [CORNISH] Party 2013 - Win Party Prizes - Real Ones! >> >> >> > Once again, Anna and I are offering the chance to win some REAL prizes >> > for >> > your Cornish stories, the stories that have come down through your >> > families, and that you would like to share, or the stories that you >> > have >> > discovered in the course of your researches. >> > >> > So, for the best of the stories here are the prizes (which we'll post >> > out >> > to you after Christmas): >> > >> > A CD called 'The Season's Best from Cornwall' by the famous Holman >> > Climax >> > Choir & Mabe Ladies Choir. >> > >> > My book 'Kernow and the Cornish' which is based around the Virtual >> > Tours >> > that I've done for previous Cornish List parties. >> > >> > 3 copies of the little 'Historic Cornwall' map produced by Cornwall >> > Tourist Board. >> > >> > A copy of the Cornish List Christmas Souvenir CD that we produced for >> > the >> > 2002 Party (this has the famous Cornish carols by Merritt and Williams, >> > sung by Four Lanes Male Choir and the Camborne Circuit Ladies Choir, as >> > well as some new carols by Jeamus Downing, and the traditional Padstow >> > Carols sung by local people in Padstow Social Club). >> > >> > So please share your stories and tales of your families this Christmas, >> > so >> > we can all enjoy them! 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