Girdle Scones

[kiltedpict]

Well, thanks to Bilmo-p5, i got an old, cast iron Girdle- it has a fixed arm but that's not a big deal for me.

After a day or so spent scrubbing and seasoning 4 times with Rapeseed Oil, I thought I'd try it out this morning....

The wee one certainly enjoyed them!

Cheers
ATB

KP

 

[bilmo-p5]

Champion stuff!

 

[Mesquite]

Damn... I saw a folding version of one of those at the bootfair last week and didn't get it.

Lovely looking scones though

 

[rik_uk3]

Now you have 'joined the club' try
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/5569/welsh-cakes very simple and very tasty

 

[Toddy]

mine gets a lot of use and always has done.
Scones, pancakes, tatties scones, bannock, oatcakes, cheese bread...........it's a great bit of domestic and camp kit

cheers,
Toddy

 

[Mikey P]

Surely 'griddle'? A cast iron 'girdle' would hurt like hell!!!

 

[kiltedpict]

Surely 'griddle'? A cast iron 'girdle' would hurt like hell!!!

Well, if yer nae Scottish it would but...

http://www.scotland-placestovisit.com/twv//articles/123/1/Scottish-Girdle-Scones/Page1.html

 

[santaman2000]

Great pix. Those look an aweful lot like pancakes to me though.

 

[kiltedpict]

Aye, yer dead right, I should have called them Dropped Scones... Just learning though !

 

[Mikey P]

Well, if yer nae Scottish it would but...

http://www.scotland-placestovisit.com/twv//articles/123/1/Scottish-Girdle-Scones/Page1.html

A-ha! So it is! Never knew that. Shall buy my wife a griddle to keep her waistline in.

 

[Toddy]

I have a square one that doesn't get used now (doesn't fit on the hob now) and on the bottom, cast into the metal is the legend, "Made in England, Cast Girdle"

Ogri and John Fenna call it a bakestone.........which is what I call the ceramic plate that goes in the oven to cook pizzas and flat breads....funny old world sometimes

cheers,
Toddy

 

[Ogri the trog]

I have a square one that doesn't get used now (doesn't fit on the hob now) and on the bottom, cast into the metal is the legend, "Made in England, Cast Girdle"

Ogri and John Fenna call it a bakestone.........which is what I call the ceramic plate that goes in the oven to cook pizzas and flat breads....funny old world sometimes

cheers,
Toddy

Blessed diversity eh? From the little I know about them, the metal plates are an advance over the old slate versions used donkeys years ago - which kind of makes your ceramic pizza stone a remake of an even earlier version!

Ogri the trog

 

[roger-uk]

Can these be used on electric cookers

 

[Harvestman]

Ah well, Ogri and John Fenna are both in Wales, as am I, and mine is a bakestone too.

Got mine from my grandmother when she died, having coveted it for years.

 

[Toddy]

Can these be used on electric cookers

I've used mine on electric cookers for over thirty years

If you're thinking of buying one then measure carefully. My new hob won't let me use the old cast iron ones, but it's brilliant with the modern flat plate kind
My new one's is like this

http://compare.ebay.co.uk/like/260984524329?var=lv&ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar&adtype=pla

http://www.thecookscupboard.co.uk/cast-iron-bakestone-775-p.asp

Seemed very rough compared to the old ones I have, but they've been well used, but it's really very, very good indeed.
Happy to recommend these for electic hobs

cheers,
Toddy

 

[bilmo-p5]

I use an aluminium one with a folding handle. It's flat and has a lip around the edge so you can fry without the fat running off.

 

[kiltedpict]

Ah, now judging by the state of my cooker- that would be handy!!! Hahaha

 

[roger-uk]

I've used mine on electric cookers for over thirty years

If you're thinking of buying one then measure carefully. My new hob won't let me use the old cast iron ones, but it's brilliant with the modern flat plate kind
My new one's is like this

http://compare.ebay.co.uk/like/260984524329?var=lv&ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar&adtype=pla

http://www.thecookscupboard.co.uk/cast-iron-bakestone-775-p.asp

Seemed very rough compared to the old ones I have, but they've been well used, but it's really very, very good indeed.
Happy to recommend these for electic hobs

cheers,
Toddy

Ordered I can taste the welsh cakes now

ta Toddy - your an Angel