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"My grandmother will be 96 this year, she was born in Banffshire, Scotland in 1915. She lived on her own, in her house until she was 92 and it was only because of her failing eyesight that she had to move into a senior's lodge. Her health is amazing but unable to keep her mind active like she used to, she is struggling with memory issues. She is..."

Ingredients: cream of tartar, salt, sugar...

"I spent a summer in the UK a few years back and practically lived off McVities Digestive Biscuits. Cheap and easy to find in the UK, fairly expensive and hard to find in the US, so I decided to make them myself. I was not able to find a recipe that tasted enough like them, so I made my own recipe. They have been really popular with other McVitie lovers...."

Ingredients: wheat bran, cream of tartar...

"These are soft pancake-like or crepe-like fare but made larger and more thinly than pancakes. They can be spread with butter and/or jam and they are traditionally rolled up before eating. The quantities below will make about 16 crumpets. Posted from an online source in response to a recipe request. Cooking time is approximate."

Ingredients: eggs, granulated sugar, milk...

"A Scone is a small Scottish quick bread, especially popular in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland, but are also eaten in many other countries such as the Scandinavian countries and Argentina. The original scone was round and flat, usually the size of a medium size plate. It was made with unleavened oats..."

Ingredients: currants, eggs...

"I found this recipe in the Toronto Sun. Although I made the cookies with salted butter as directed, the feedback I got was that the cookies were too salty. Next time, I would make them with unsalted butter and just add a little salt to bring out the flavour of the chocolate. Use your own judgment."

Ingredients: cornstarch, salted butter...

"I started with a basic scone recipe from "The Twelve Teas of Christmas" by Emilie Barnes (page 23), but this is far from it. I began tweaking the recipe according to my own preferences, after having other scones that were too sweet, not sweet enough, too dry, too soft, not flavorful enough, etc. This is where I've settled--for now!..."

Ingredients: dried sweetened cranberries, orange juice...

"Fresh, warm, buttery "biscuits" with dried cranberries, drizzled with a little bit of a sweet orange glaze. My kids and grandkids (and I) loved 'em! Took a couple of different scone recipes and modified as I went along."

Ingredients: cinnamon, dried cranberries...

""The Creek Indians in Tennessee and Georgia were using corn ... for generations before the European settlers arrived.... This simple list of ingredients found in this famous Southern quick bread resembles Irish soda or wheaten and I cannot help but imagine how the Ulster-Scots settlers improvised and adapted to the new found colourful cornmeal...."

Ingredients: cornmeal, eggs, fennel seeds...