I recall being told by a confident person
that the microwave oven
had been the Death of
the Traditional British Scone -
by inducing tearooms etc,
to bake far less often.
- as metrical as most of my snaps...
Max
Quoting Christopher Walker <[log in to unmask]>:
> Joanna:
>
> <snip>
> I do believe and trust you are not talking about the home made
> variety here. Something very odd happens to the industrial scone
> <snip>
>
> No indeed. Two points. Firstly, I trust bakers in the North of England
> (whether home, artisan or even light industrial) more than those in the
> South. Secondly, there's the Chorleywood process (and allied horrors). The
> CP has led to the death of real bread in much of Britain and elsewhere; an
> analogous process (no doubt involving diglycerides) must be used for
> industrial scones.
>
> CW
> _______________________________________________
>
> 'To write and eat at the same table' is harder than it sounds.
> (J H Prynne)
>
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