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I remember eating Scottish scones in Scotland. Unlike the scones in
England, these were wedge shaped and, I believe, not as sweet. They
were thick enough to be split in half and we ate them with butter and
jam as with the English ones. Does anyone else remembere them?
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> I remember eating Scottish scones in Scotland. Unlike the scones in
> England, these were wedge shaped and, I believe, not as sweet. They
> were thick enough to be split in half and we ate them with butter and
> jam as with the English ones. Does anyone else remembere them?
>

My Scottish grandmother made scones like you're referring to.

Grandma Brown's Scones

2 c. flour, sifted
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. cream of tartar
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. sugar
1-1/3 c. buttermilk
1-1/2 tsp. oil or melted fat (she would have used the fat)

Blend all dry ingredients together. Stir in buttermilk until well mixed,
then stir in the oil. Roll out onto a floured board to 1/2" thick. Cut
into triangles, about 3 inches across at the widest point. Bake on a
greased griddle on high, even heat (about 400F degrees) until golden brown
on
each side.

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It Wuznie Me wrote:

> I remember eating Scottish scones in Scotland. Unlike the scones in
> England, these were wedge shaped and, I believe, not as sweet. They
> were thick enough to be split in half and we ate them with butter and
> jam as with the English ones. Does anyone else remembere them?


My mother and both my grandmothers baked scones. I don't remember them
being sweet. They often put raisins or currants in them, and we add them
with butter and jam, or with whipped cream. I occasionally buy a scone in
coffee shops, but I find them terribly sweet, not at all like the scones
I grew up on.


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> I remember eating Scottish scones in Scotland. Unlike the scones in
> England, these were wedge shaped and, I believe, not as sweet. They
> were thick enough to be split in half and we ate them with butter and
> jam as with the English ones. Does anyone else remembere them?


Are they the ones called girdle scones?

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>It Wuznie Me wrote:
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>> I remember eating Scottish scones in Scotland. Unlike the scones in
>> England, these were wedge shaped and, I believe, not as sweet. They
>> were thick enough to be split in half and we ate them with butter and
>> jam as with the English ones. Does anyone else remembere them?

>
>My mother and both my grandmothers baked scones. I don't remember them
>being sweet. They often put raisins or currants in them, and we add them
>with butter and jam, or with whipped cream. I occasionally buy a scone in
>coffee shops, but I find them terribly sweet, not at all like the scones
>I grew up on.
>

I dislike grocery store and coffee shop scones intensely. You might
as well suck on a sugar cube. We used to have a place down the street
that made fabulous scones, some of them were *not* common, like the
jalapeno flavor.

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> On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:07:25 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> It Wuznie Me wrote:
>>
>>> I remember eating Scottish scones in Scotland. Unlike the scones in
>>> England, these were wedge shaped and, I believe, not as sweet. They
>>> were thick enough to be split in half and we ate them with butter
>>> and jam as with the English ones. Does anyone else remembere them?

>>
>> My mother and both my grandmothers baked scones. I don't remember
>> them being sweet. They often put raisins or currants in them, and we
>> add them with butter and jam, or with whipped cream. I occasionally
>> buy a scone in coffee shops, but I find them terribly sweet, not at
>> all like the scones I grew up on.
>>

> I dislike grocery store and coffee shop scones intensely. You might
> as well suck on a sugar cube. We used to have a place down the street
> that made fabulous scones, some of them were *not* common, like the
> jalapeno flavor.
>

LOL Leave it to Californians to put jalapenos in scones!


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On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:54:41 -0400, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

>> On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:07:25 -0400, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> It Wuznie Me wrote:
>>>
>>>> I remember eating Scottish scones in Scotland. Unlike the scones in
>>>> England, these were wedge shaped and, I believe, not as sweet. They
>>>> were thick enough to be split in half and we ate them with butter
>>>> and jam as with the English ones. Does anyone else remembere them?
>>>
>>> My mother and both my grandmothers baked scones. I don't remember
>>> them being sweet. They often put raisins or currants in them, and we
>>> add them with butter and jam, or with whipped cream. I occasionally
>>> buy a scone in coffee shops, but I find them terribly sweet, not at
>>> all like the scones I grew up on.
>>>

>> I dislike grocery store and coffee shop scones intensely. You might
>> as well suck on a sugar cube. We used to have a place down the street
>> that made fabulous scones, some of them were *not* common, like the
>> jalapeno flavor.
>>

>LOL Leave it to Californians to put jalapenos in scones!
>

Hey, we had the regular stuff too.
<sniffle>

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