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pe from Cooking with the Two Fat Ladies</b><br><br><b>SCONES</b><br>Makes about 12<br><br>Fresh scones, still warm from the oven, are part and parcel of the delicious teas of our childhoods.  No one seems to make them nowadays; instead, they buy terrible things in supermarkets tasting of soda and studded with soggy fruits.  Scones take but a moment, so do try them.<br><br>1 2/3 cups self rising flour<br>small pinch of salt<br>4 tablespoons butter<br>2/3 cup milk, fresh or buttermilk.<br><br>Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.  Mix the flour and salt in a large bowl.  Rub in the butter with your fingertips until it all resembles crumbs.  Mix in the milk.  Form into a soft dough with a metal spatula.  Knead lightly on a floured board, then pat out into a round 3/4 inch thick.  Cut into 2-inch rounds with a cutter.<br><br>Place the rounds on a greased and floured baking sheet