Great stuff @Lyn. @AuntyRach we watch SCD after dinner so we can see it on the big TV in peace and dinner will be another 30 mins - black Venetian rice with "maigre" steaks (firm white fish) cooked on a base of onions, garlic, the last of our tomatoes and a bit of chili. There may be ice cream later but no cake.
@Dovefromabove drop scones are the British forerunner of American pancakes. The batter is thicker than for normal pancakes and is made with self-raising flour or plain flour and baking powder so they fluff up. Sugar is often added but not obligatory.
Mix the dry ingerdients, add the egga nd some ilk and beat till a good dropping consistency is obtained. The amount of milk will vary depending on the flour and whether you use skimmed, semi or full milk.
Lightly grease a solid based griddle or frying pan and, over a medium heat, pour on tablespoons of the mixture. Turn when bubbles appear on top and it is no longer all liquid. Cook in batches and keep warm on a heated plate and wrapped in a clean tea cloth.
Serve with butter and your favourite jam or syrup, or, if you're a Belgian child, Nutella.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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Yes ... got that .., I remember when an American cookery demonstrator came to our WI in the 70/80s? and demonstrated how to make American pancakes ... all the WI members were very sniffy about the effrontery of being shown how to make drop scones 🙄 😆
But are they the same as Scotch pancakes and are Scotch Pancakes the same as @Fairygirl ’s ‘thin crumpets’ ?
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My guess is that they're not, because crumpets have essential holes on one side to absorb whatever you put on them - whether they're thick or thin. But we need @Fairygirl's input to be sure...
I like unsweetened drop scones, with added herbs, and cream cheese or other savoury toppings.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
I'd go with pikelets being thin crumpets but Scotch Pancakes being something else. Can't claim to be an expert and anyway I like proper crumpets.
Had an interesting afternoon; met up with a cousin who has taken on the Family History research from my Mum (and Mum's father before that), so I was handing over a box of stuff I had from Mum's house with photos and wills and birth/death/marriage certificates. A few oddities in there that she didn't know about, but lots she could tell me about the people and places in the photos. She and Mum had regularly talked about it, so I don't think I was giving her much that was new, but I thought it best for all of the originals to be in one place, in case the next generation decide to take it on further. It's given her one or two new leads to chase up though
Some of the back roads on the way to town were more like rivers. Very wet and windy here today. Hoping for a bit quieter weather tomorrow.
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@Dovefromabove drop scones are the British forerunner of American pancakes. The batter is thicker than for normal pancakes and is made with self-raising flour or plain flour and baking powder so they fluff up. Sugar is often added but not obligatory.
120g self-raising flour or plain flour + 5ml baking powder
30g fine caster sugar
1 sachet vannilla sugar
1 egg
milk
Mix the dry ingerdients, add the egga nd some ilk and beat till a good dropping consistency is obtained. The amount of milk will vary depending on the flour and whether you use skimmed, semi or full milk.
Lightly grease a solid based griddle or frying pan and, over a medium heat, pour on tablespoons of the mixture. Turn when bubbles appear on top and it is no longer all liquid. Cook in batches and keep warm on a heated plate and wrapped in a clean tea cloth.
Serve with butter and your favourite jam or syrup, or, if you're a Belgian child, Nutella.
But are they the same as Scotch pancakes and are Scotch Pancakes the same as @Fairygirl ’s ‘thin crumpets’ ?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I like unsweetened drop scones, with added herbs, and cream cheese or other savoury toppings.
Hosta - I bet if a cat gave you the gooey eyes and snuggled-up then you’d be smitten.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Had an interesting afternoon; met up with a cousin who has taken on the Family History research from my Mum (and Mum's father before that), so I was handing over a box of stuff I had from Mum's house with photos and wills and birth/death/marriage certificates. A few oddities in there that she didn't know about, but lots she could tell me about the people and places in the photos. She and Mum had regularly talked about it, so I don't think I was giving her much that was new, but I thought it best for all of the originals to be in one place, in case the next generation decide to take it on further. It's given her one or two new leads to chase up though
Some of the back roads on the way to town were more like rivers. Very wet and windy here today. Hoping for a bit quieter weather tomorrow.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
This is the sort of thing isn’t it @Lyn
https://www.selfsufficientish.com/main/2008/06/friendship-cake-starter-recipe/
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.