An Edible Gift
These were a very nice and unusual holiday gift to me from the Barb of Barb and Art.
What I received was a tightly sealed plastic jar with an intriguing powder dotted with dark. When I opened it, there was a tiny Ziplocked bag with directions. Add egg, water and mix a bit, knead a tiny bit, pat out and bake. So I did. And this was the result: blueberry scones.
Delicious they were. I made half the recipe, six scones, and I ate them all, sent Barb a thank you email and fell onto my bed, not to wake for nine hours.
I know in general what goes into scones, but I don’t know the recipe for these. You need to click on the link at the right, which will take you to Barb’s site. Then you can ask Barb. She’s a very generous lady and she just might tell you. If you buy her house I can almost guarantee she’ll give you the recipe. And then you’d be my neighbor.
That, by the way, is one of my new dessert plates. They are contemporary Umbrian hand-painted pottery from Deruta, and of the ten none are mated. If you buy Barb’s house, she might throw some of those in, too.
4 comments February 4th, 2007
