drop scone
Scotch pancake

Had a bit of a scene over a drop scone?'

The American pancake is similar to a Scotch pancake or drop scone.

In Scotland they are also referred to as drop scones or dropped scones.

Also on the menu at Bradford's, which has been serving Glaswegians since 1924, are pancakes, known in England as dropped scones.

Scones and pancakes (dropped scones) are home-baked, and excellent; About $4.

She was so full, so tight with sad happiness, she felt she would burst if she ate one more drop scone.

'Ah ... I see he's been making drop scones,' said Carrot.

These include boomerang biscuits, drop scones (a reference to real drop-scones) and close-combat crumpets.

Share between two before trying the rump of lamb with butternut squash, a rosemary drop scone and redcurrant jus (£17.50)

The Farewell Tea was spread in Hepzibah's kitchen: cold chicken and salad, a cheese and onion pie, a big plate of drop scones, thickly buttered.

The addition of cornmeal to a traditional dropped scone batter adds a Southern touch to this Anglican classic, resulting in a quick, earthy bread similar to hush puppies.

But cornmeal dropped scones have a higher proportion of flour to cornmeal than hush puppies - and they're not deep fried - so they are lighter and a bit more refined.

However, in Scotland pancakes, known as Scotch pancakes or drop scones in the rest of Britain, are more like the American variation and are served as such (see below).

The most popular scones are soda scones, wholemeal scones, rich white scones, treacle scones, potato scones, ballater scones and drop scones.

Around 160,000 cups of tea, 54,000 drop scones and 48,000 slices of chocolate and lemon cake were served at Jubilee Garden Parties at Holyroodhouse, Buckingham Palace, Balmoral and Sandringham during the summer.

The term "pikelet" is also used in Australia and New Zealand for a similarly flat cake, of the type that in Scotland and North America would be called a pancake and in England a Scotch pancake, girdle or griddle cake, or drop scone.

Other common varieties include the dropped scone, or drop scone, like a pancake, after the method of dropping the batter onto the griddle or frying pan to cook it, and the lemonade scone, which is made with lemonade and cream instead of butter and milk.

A classic take on Scotch pancakes - easy, quick and delicious.

There's some Scotch pancakes and hot cross buns as well.

Scotch pancakes often have sugar in the batter.

Can I have a Scotch pancake now please?

The American pancake is similar to a Scotch pancake or drop scone.

Erm, can you finish your lunch and then you can have a Scotch pancake.

Scotch pancakes (or Scottish pancakes) are more like the American type and are served as such.

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"Flatter than a Scotch pancake in a Chinese hell," said Grosbeck, "and you're not going to get anywhere by leaving him in his flatness.

However, in Scotland pancakes, known as Scotch pancakes or drop scones in the rest of Britain, are more like the American variation and are served as such (see below).

Some are very much like American pancakes, others may be made with yeast (called crempog furum) or oatmeal (although this is also true of American pancakes) and some are like scotch pancakes.

A Scottish crumpet is essentially a pancake cooked in a slightly different way, made from the same ingredients as a scotch pancake, and is about 180 mm (7 inches) diameter and 8 mm (0.3 inches) thick.

Traditionally, English scones are made either from a rich dough that is rolled, baked and cut into wedges or from a batter that is dropped onto a hot griddle to make "dropped" scones, also called Scotch pancakes.

The term "pikelet" is also used in Australia and New Zealand for a similarly flat cake, of the type that in Scotland and North America would be called a pancake and in England a Scotch pancake, girdle or griddle cake, or drop scone.

Pancakes similar to the North American pancake but smaller (usually about 3.5 in / 9 cm across) are known in the British Isles as Scotch pancakes or (after the traditional method of dropping batter onto a griddle) drop-scones, and in Australia and New Zealand as pikelets.