Scones in the news.

Earlier this week I was asked to comment on the news that the National Trust had announced that their scones were made with margarine, so therefore, vegan friendly. Well, to be honest, my scones and the hundreds (maybe thousands) made in my classrooms over the years have always been made with margarine. Butter would create too much flavour and that’s not needed with scones as they are a vehicle for stronger flavours themselves. We typically spread butter or cream and jam on them, so they don’t need a strong tasting matrix. This whole argument has been labelled as “woke” but really all the National Trust are doing is conforming to labelling requirements, nothing has changed, just the information that’s required is now front and central. I don’t want to even mention the cream-or- jam- first debate. 😉