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WANT SCONES WITH THE TEA FROM YOUR ELECTRIC HOT WATER KETTLE?

Put some water in your electric hot water kettle because we are going to be making scones. When they are done you will definitely want some Earl Grey tea to go with them.

The ingredients you will need to gather are:

2 C flour
2 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
¼ C butter
¾ C buttermilk

Combine first four ingredients until soft crumbles form then add buttermilk. Stir to form dough. Cut the dough in half and form ball. Roll ball into round and then score into quarters. Bake @ 425 degrees for 10-15 minutes and serve with Earl Grey tea.

Earl Grey tea is traditionally a black tea that has some of the rind of a bergamot orange mixed in with it. The bergamot orange is grown in Italy and France and blossoms in the winter months.

Legend states that the tea blend was given as a tribute to one of Lord Grey's men for saving a Chinese man's son from drowning. Though this is not a very plausible story. It is said that Lord Grey never set foot in China.

The story is more likely to have been that the Prime Minister, the 2^nd Earl Grey, was given a diplomatic gift in the early 1830s and it was named after him.

Whatever the true story of the start of the tea, it's the best tea blend to go with our delicious scones. So make sure that your electric hot water kettle is ready, I think I smell the scones now.