Thanks, Maw Broon
Maw Broon, you are my hero! I've never been great at making scones! Cakes, pancakes, dumpling everything else I'm passable at, but scones have always been my downfall. Until last week.
I decided that I would give scones another go, and picked a recipe book at random from my collection - Maw Broon's Cookbook. Of course this Scottish stalwart had a recipe for scones - and it worked! Yeah!
The scones look a bit rough, probably because I wasn't expecting them to be a success and didn't take much care in presentation, but they actually turned out edible! Crumbly and delish with lashings of butter.
Chose a vintage plate (charity shop find) at random to put them on and found out that it had a Scottish connection too - made by Haviland, France for McDougall & Sons in Glasgow.
The Broons are a Scottish cartoon strip family made famous in the Sunday Post newspaper published by D C Thomson. My Dad used to read my brother and I the cartoon, with all the different voices on Sunday evening at bed time and we used to get the Broons or Oor Wullie annual at Christmas. I bought them for my sons too. Love the older cartoon characters. I've noticed recently that they have tried to update them - do not like that at all! This is how the characters I love look.
Going to see if my luck holds and make another batch of scones next week.
Love, Liz
I decided that I would give scones another go, and picked a recipe book at random from my collection - Maw Broon's Cookbook. Of course this Scottish stalwart had a recipe for scones - and it worked! Yeah!
The scones look a bit rough, probably because I wasn't expecting them to be a success and didn't take much care in presentation, but they actually turned out edible! Crumbly and delish with lashings of butter.
Chose a vintage plate (charity shop find) at random to put them on and found out that it had a Scottish connection too - made by Haviland, France for McDougall & Sons in Glasgow.
The Broons are a Scottish cartoon strip family made famous in the Sunday Post newspaper published by D C Thomson. My Dad used to read my brother and I the cartoon, with all the different voices on Sunday evening at bed time and we used to get the Broons or Oor Wullie annual at Christmas. I bought them for my sons too. Love the older cartoon characters. I've noticed recently that they have tried to update them - do not like that at all! This is how the characters I love look.
The Broons D C Thomson |
Love, Liz
Comments
My Canadian born and raised daughter in law borrows them.
It was so funny coming here and reading your post. I visit my sister just outside Edinburgh twice a year and bought both the Broons cookery books on one of my visits! I've read them quite a bit but confess not made any of the recipes yet. I will have to give them a try. Your scones look great. Jenny x
Those scones look delicious! xxx