My computer does not work

It occured to me that some of my friends might be wondering how come I am not updating my blog.

Well.... My computer went on strike last Thursday, and is not working.
I am writing this using my husband's computer. Unfortunately his computer does not write Japanese, hence English.

I wanted to write about buttermilk. While looking for good recipes for scones, I often came across this ingredient. But I have never seen it in Japan.
So I told myself "I will make scones using it and sel-raising flour when I am in London."
And I did!



This is buttemilk I bought at a supermarket. It looks like milk, but is slightly thicker (a little thinner than "drinking yogurt" sold in Japan maybe) and tastes a little sour.

I made scones using "self-raising flour". Again, this is something we can't get here in Japan. It is basically flour with baking powder, as I understand.



Since Emmatchi doesn't have cookie cutters, I resorted to just cutting the dough into triangles.

We had them with "double cream" instead of "clotted cream".


We had them with "double cream" instead of "clotted cream".
And raspberry jam.

The texture was soft and crumbly, I must say the scones were very good! I am not sure if that was because of the "buttermilk" or the "self-raising flour".


Well, it doesn't matter, they were delicious and we had a lovely time eating them with nice pot of tea, and that is what counts, right?