I double-dog dare ya to tell my Scottish friends. I read somewhere that, although baking powder is used today, originally the leavening agent was wood ash from the fireplace. A delicacy born in poverty/ -M On Sun, Jul 24, 2016 at 5:53 AM, Ferdinand von Prondzynski (sms) < f.von-prondzynski at rgu.ac.uk> wrote: > Well, in truth scones are Irish. >