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18 January 2004 - Scone Cold Austin My mother's recipe for Scotch Graham Scones is actually from the Laura Secord Canadian Cookbook, originally published in 1966. This cookbook has a few of my all-time favourite childhood recipes, including but of course not limited to these scones. Cream of Potato soup, popovers, and a delicious version of Gingerbread are a few recipes my mom made when I was a child and come to mind quite quickly when I think about this book. I remember seeing it on the counter, pressed open to a few different recipes when I was young, my mom's handwriting just above the recipe title, stating the date when she had first attempted to make it. Now that I look through it (a new edition, lacking her handwriting and ingredient stains, unfortunately), I see other somewhat familiar recipes: Shepard's Pie, Chicken Cacciatore, Salmon Loaf, Pineapple Upsidedown Cake and Tea Biscuits...all staples of growing up, eating dinner at my mom's table. Who would have known this soft cover, 180 page cookbook would have had such an influence on my mother...and in turn upon myself. I have made these scones a few times in the past month -- breakfast on Sunday morning with a bodum of coffee and a dollop of butter seems to be one of my biggest downfalls to my diet -- each time they taste absolutely spectacular. My sister made them not long ago to accompany homemade turkey and vegetable soup just after Christmas and they were the perfect addition. My mother always made them with dates, but S. prefers cranberries so I made that substitution up front and may never return to the orginal recipe. S. and I had them this morning for our anniversary breakfast, coffee for me and scorching hot chocolate (I did appologize profusely for burning his tongue) for him and we were fortified for a nice walk out in the snow along Queen Street West afterwards...quite an enjoyable, leisurely morning with the scent of freshly baked scones and coffee wafting around the apartment...perfection. |