The earliest country of origin was Portugal, which was introduced to Britain with the arrival of the great sailing era. It was first used by nobles and developed because of its popularity. So it's called English grape scones, also called English waffles, cream buns and cream buns. It is an English snack with a taste between cake and fast food bread, and can be eaten as a light food or dessert.

Scones are generally made of wheat, barley or oatmeal as leavening agent, baked on a baking tray, and sometimes coated with egg paste.

Scones are considered as the representative dessert of English afternoon tea culture, and often appear on the second floor of English afternoon tea tray, with raisins or chestnuts. Innovative scones with sweet potato and cranberry flavor are also very popular in Taiwan Province province.

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Cuisine characteristics

Traditional scones are triangular in shape, with oats as the main ingredient, and rice balls are baked into pancakes in a shallow pot.

Now flour has become the main material, and it is baked in the oven like ordinary pasta. Its shape is no longer a fixed triangle, and it can be made into various shapes such as circle, square and diamond. Scones can be made sweet or salty. Besides breakfast, it can also be eaten as a snack.