Drop-Scones or Dropped Scones

• flour
• castor sugar
• bicarbonate of soda
• cream of tartar
• egg
• buttermilk</

Mix in a basin a pound of flour, two tablespoonfuls of sugar, a small teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda, another of cream of tartar, and a good pinch of salt. Make a well in the centre and drop in an egg. Add a little buttermilk and beat well with the back of a wooden spoon for a few minutes; th