Queen Elizabeth II’s pancake recipe is a good example of what life is like for a monarch.
The archives of the queen’s life and interests have been opened in the wake of her death. Users are recirculating an old pancake recipe that the queen liked.
The recipe can be found in the National Archives. The original recipe was written in 1960 after Eisenhower and his wife visited with the queen.
The queen died at a large estate house in Scotland.
She wrote in the opening of her letter that she had never sent the recipe of the drop scones she promised Eisenhower. I hope you will find them successful.
The queen explained the ingredients and recipe for the drop scone, a thicker version of standard American pancakes which are dropped onto griddles.
There are ingredients.
Four cups of flour.
4 ounces of sugar.
2 cups of milk.
There are two whole eggs.
2 cups of soda.
A small amount of cream of Tartar.
2 ounces of butter.
There are instructions.
Beat eggs, sugar, and about half the milk together, add flour, and mix well together, adding the rest of milk as required, also bicarbonate and cream of Tartar, fold in the melted butter.
In her letter, the queen said that when there are fewer, she uses other ingredients instead of flour and milk. I’ve tried using golden syrup or treacle instead of sugar and it’s very good.
The queen told the 34th president that the mixture needed a lot of beating and shouldn’t stand for too long before cooking.
The late queen would have liked the recipe. The former royal chef told The Telegraph she kept a disciplined diet throughout her life.
He said that she eats to live and that she is very disciplined. It is not the rule.
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