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1. HebrideanHecate (hebrideanhecate@spinster.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 24-Sep-2023 20:06:40 JST HebrideanHecate

   • Flick 🇬🇧
   • HebrideanHecate
   • Maud Gonner 🇮🇪

   @Maud_Gonner @Flick I remember reading about that, re the Irish famine “flour”.

   Apart from one episode on a baking prog on BBC Alba once, I have never seen a reference to it. I have to say too, hers don’t look as good as the ones made by the women I remember, they are a little stiffer than ordinary scones but they should not look like they could knock you out, and I’m afraid hers do! She doesn’t use butter either…cardinal sin as far as I’m concerned…so was looking for a recipe that seems a bit better than hers, but seems I might end up having to give it a try after all, as not getting anywhere looking for one, just put butter into it instead of the oil she uses 🤔

   https://learngaelic.scot/watch/food.jsp?v=124

   • Flick 🇬🇧 (flick@spinster.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 24-Sep-2023 20:06:39 JST Flick 🇬🇧

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     • Maud Gonner 🇮🇪

     @HebrideanHecate @Maud_Gonner I’m seeing quite a few hits for “cornmeal scones”, might be worth a look to compare recipes?

   • HebrideanHecate (hebrideanhecate@spinster.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 24-Sep-2023 20:06:48 JST HebrideanHecate

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     • Flick 🇬🇧
     • Maud Gonner 🇮🇪

     @Flick @Maud_Gonner https://www.food.com/recipe/cornmeal-scones-14835

     And Flick, a sassenach, wins the day 😆 :blobcheer:

     These look quite similar indeed.

     Except…these American cups always make me growl, it’s the butter, how do you get a cup of butter accurately?

   • Flick 🇬🇧 (flick@spinster.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 24-Sep-2023 20:06:48 JST Flick 🇬🇧

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     • Maud Gonner 🇮🇪

     @HebrideanHecate @Maud_Gonner I think, but may be wrong, that their “sticks” (pats) map closely to cups. And I also think that a stick is about half a pat, but check before listening to me!

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   • Caffosaurus☕🍁:mayo: (fullycaffeinated@spinster.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 24-Sep-2023 20:07:01 JST Caffosaurus☕🍁:mayo:

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     • Flick 🇬🇧
     • Maud Gonner 🇮🇪
     @HebrideanHecate @Flick @Maud_Gonner You use the displacement method. Put one cup of water in a two-cup measuring cup, add butter until the waterline is at two cups. Drain water. Voilà! One cup of butter. Or you mash soft butter into a one-cup measure and hope there are no big air pockets.
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   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Sunday, 24-Sep-2023 20:07:10 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     • Flick 🇬🇧
     • Caffosaurus☕🍁:mayo:
     • Maud Gonner 🇮🇪
     @Fullycaffeinated @Flick @HebrideanHecate @Maud_Gonner :blobfoxscience: