A kind of currant cake baked on a griddle, originating in northern England.
葡萄干烘饼
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Grandfather's singing hinny was made with a mix of butter and lard and was said to ‘sing’ as it sizzled on the flat top of a solid-fuel stove.
Examples are singing hinny ‘a kind of pancake’and girdle cake ‘another pancake’.
A singing hinny is a kind of scone that you bake on a hot griddle.
Irene's own memories of regional food include singing hinny hilly scones, so called because they were so rich in fat they used to sing on the griddle.
Scottish foods cooking in every working kitchen, including forfar bridies (a meat-filled pastry), stovies (fired potato mixture), baps, clootie dumplings, singing hinnies (a fried scone) and the traditional haggis, tatties and neeps (turnips).