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Queen Elizabeth II’s Drop Scones
₵♡Ϛ❘Ν₳ νΕ₲α₪Ⓐ✍. Salvador. @cook_Salvador
@hirokoliston a great woman has left our world. Long life in eternity for this Queen.
Hiroko Liston @hirokoliston
I knew this great Queen was loved by people in UK. Since her death, I have been witnessing people grieve and show their respect to the Queen. She will be missed deeply.
₵♡Ϛ❘Ν₳ νΕ₲α₪Ⓐ✍. Salvador. @cook_Salvador
@hirokoliston you're right. She is an icon and people love her and are sad now she is absent. My respect for her and my empaty with you.
Emma-Jane @EmmaJaneR
What a lovely tribute @hirokoliston - So interesting to read the original version that had teacups as a measurement, how wonderful. It reminds me of old recipes from a time when home cooks often only had one tool for measuring, a family friend back on St Helena would make me as a child a 7 cup pudding with all ingredients measured in a teacup. A memory I hold dear. Thank you for sharing and your tribute to a great lady.
Hiroko Liston @hirokoliston
I received a message from a man who said he was Scottish. This Queen's Drop Scone batter seems far too thick. The man said Scottish Pancakes are supposed to be very thin. I don't know if it is true, but it doesn't matter. This is what the Queen used to make.
Emma-Jane @EmmaJaneR
@hirokoliston I have eaten "Scottish drop scones" and have seen recipes for both versions. I have had versions that look like this traditional one that you did from the queen's recipe and also ones that look more like pancakes which some people also call "drop scones" today. You re-created a recipe that was written by the queen (and in public record/ on the internet) as a lovely tribute and thats how i see this recipe.😍
Cookpad Greece @cookpad_greece
Thanks @hirokoliston for sharing, we didn't know that story! And thanks for letting Cookpad Greece sharing your recipe with the Greek community (you can see it here https://cookpad.wasmer.app/uk/recipes/16504628 )
Hiroko Liston @hirokoliston
Thank you again for sharing my recipe (Queen Elizabeth's recipe this time) with the members of Cookpad Greek community.
Laura @FeelBetter
This is a delightful story. Haha yes I can just imagine a proper China teacup decorated with real gold being used as a measure.
Lynn Greenaway @cook_113549105
Hi Hirokoliston, I'm Scottish and can assure you the pancake you've posted is Scottish. We do have another pancake made with a thinner batter. If a recipe is named Drop Scones, it's for the thinner batter pancakes.
Hiroko Liston @hirokoliston
Hi Lynn. Thank you for your comment. This is the Queen's old recipe, and I believe she learned it from someone in Scotland, maybe at Balmoral. The batter might be too thick to be called Drop Scones, but this is what she used to make. Thinking of her measuring ingredients using a teacup gives me a smile. She was a good Queen.
