SCOLYMUS

or Golden Thistle: a vegetable with roots resembling those of the Oyster Plant in flesh-character and flavor and similarly prepared. originally a Scotch “cake,” generally of oatmeal but also sometimes of SCONE: barley or wheat. The title is now applied to a round or three-cornered home-made “biscuit” of dough or batter mixed with sour milk or buttermilk and bicarbonate of sodium, cooked either in the oven or on a griddle. SCOOPS. It is economy to buy only good, strong scoops capable of standing plenty of use. Steel and three-ply wooden types are among the best. [s. 568]