I’ve had quite a scornful relationship with scones. In my childhood, my family would always by them at the State Fair, cost a small fortune, and usually consisted of generic jam stuffed into big hunk of dry bread like substance. Everybody praised them as being awesome while I would mistakenly give them a try (again) and finding myself hacking up crumbs that got stuck in my throat. Yuck. But then I got to thinking. I like tea. Scones are supposed to go great with tea. Maybe I was eating the wrong scones at the wrong time. Maaaaybe, if I added
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Persimmon and Brie Crostini
One night, I was feeling fancy, as you do. Maybe not that fancy since I was wearing leggings, a hoodie, and llama socks, but I was heavily using my imagination here. So I wanted to make something sophisticated. And because I’m lame, I went to Martha Stewart because she has dishes that seem elegant but a super lazy person like me can make. You can see how fanciful my fanciness actually was that night. Then I found it. The Persimmon and Brie Crostini. I’d never had a persimmon, but it sounded like something that would be served at a high-class