D Is For Dates

D is for dates, which bring back childhood memories for me of eating them out of a cardboard packet at Christmas using little wooden forks.

D is also for doughnuts, a deep fried ring of dough sprinkled with sugar or cinamon. Although they are known as a typically American food, doughnuts appear to have been brought to the USA in the early 19th century from Holland.

Another D is dumpling. A great winter warmer is stew and dumplings. Suet based dumplings are by far the best.

D is also for dripping, the wonderful juices left over after roasting joints of meat in the oven. Another childhood memory is dripping on toast for Sunday tea!

Our recipe for D is drop scones, traditionally eaten in Scotland and often called Scotch Pancakes.

Steps for cooking Scotch Pancakes:

Mix 4oz of self raising flour with a pinch of salt and 2oz of castor sugar in a bowl.
Add one egg and gradually beat in 4 tablespoons of milk.
You should achieve a fairly thick batter with these quantities but do adjust if necessary.
Drop one dessert spoonful of batter at a time into a hot oiled pan, allowing room between for them to spread a little.
Cook each side until it is golden brown and serve with natural yoghurt, fromage frais, maple syrup or your favourite fruit.
The choice is yours!

D’s not associated with foods and cooking are:

daisies, a cheddar cheese in America,
dandelion, leaves can be boiled for a vegetable or eaten in salads, and the flowers are used in wine making,
dove, it says in the Tanekh that doves are kosher, and
dragon, which is Dutch for tarragon, very apt since tarragon is also known as dragon’s-wort.

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