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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1935
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CLAP SCONE, n. comb. A kind of scone made with flour, salt and boiling water, and flattened out by patting lightly with the palm of the hand (Sc. 1929 F. M. McNeill Scots Kitchen 178).Sc. 1935 Victor McClure Scotland's Inner Man 126:
CLAP SCONES.-A sort of simple Scots pancake of wheat flour with no flavouring but salt, made with boiling water, patted thin and baked on a hot floured girdle. They need a very deft treatment, and are to be eaten fresh, with butter and syrup or honey, rolled up into a miniature Swiss roll.
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