Hi Crawford et al I saw on the Net that a Be-Ro cookbook can be ordered but for delivery UK only.Cheers Ella ----- Original Message ----- From: "Crawford MacKeand" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Cc: "Diana Henry" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 12:18 PM Subject: [WIG LIST] Shortbread etc. > Hi Jenny, Maisie and Ella > > In the matter of shortbread, my cousin Shona in Ayrshire recommended > to us the use of Arrowroot, and lo and behold it worked fine too here > in Pennsylvania. I have to think that such a fine recipe as a good > Scottish shortbread will work with any of them!! > > I was delighted to see the BeRo recipe book mentioned again. That came > up when Diana gave us a recipe for potato scones a few weeks ago. > Good, very good, and in fact I had some for dinner tonight. But what > the mention really did was to remind me of my mother's cooking when I > was a kid. She also cooked with what my wife says is "al ojo del buen > cubero" or translated (Anna is half Spanish) "with the eye of a good > cooper" and that's a good eye indeed. However, when she (my mother, > from Norfolk but living in Yorkshire) occasionally used a cookery book > it was Be-Ro. So naturally I looked it up on the internet, and Be-Ro > still exists, (in Northumberland) as does their cook book. So if you > want one for old times sake (or presumably for some good recipes) it > seems to be still available. > > Regards, > > Crawford.