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Date: 04 June 2003 19:43:29
Questions! Well, the first thing I have to say is that I was already translating when I wrote the wiblog. What daughter likes are, in fact, what we in Scotland call, simply, pancakes. But what people south of the border call pancakes is something else (I think the same, more or less, as what people in the USA call pancakes - and cover with maple syrup - delicious). So, in deference to my readership, I called them drop scones. The Bero recipe book calls them dropped scones (probably because they are made by dropping the mixture on to a griddle). The main difference between (let's call them) breakfast pancakes and drop scones is, I think, that the latter are made with self-raising flour, and include sugar in the mixture.
I have been reasonably successful following the Bero recipe for dropped scones. The quantities are: 100 g (4 oz) of self-raising flour, a pinch of salt, 50 g (2 oz) of caster sugar, 1 medium egg, 60 ml (4 tbsp) milk. For the full recipe, I guess that I should encourage you (perhaps not so easy if you don't live in the UK) to send a cheque or postal order for £1.25 payable to 'Be-Ro Recipe Book' to The Be-Ro Kitchen, PO Box 100, Blackburn, Lancs, BB0 1GR.
Having gone to the effort of typing in the above, I'm going to let it remain, but I have now discovered the Be-Ro website (previously I searched for 'bero', and didn't find it). So, why not visit http://www.be-ro.com/? I haven't had a chance yet to explore for myself.
Regarding the server which hosts my pictures, I recommend a visit to http://www.fish.co.uk/. Fish.co.uk is an ISP, whose profits benefit Christian Aid. The provided package includes webspace, which, in my case, is http://chas.webspace.fish.co.uk/. I wasn't really expecting visitors, so you'll have to forgive me if the ambience is somewhat spartan. Since I maintain the website using FTP (perhaps I should confess also to using DreamWeaver from my work), I can upload images which don't appear on the main pages, but are available to be referred to from elsewhere.
The rain, by the way, has reached us.