Professor George McLivet is one of my neighbours.
He comes over rather often to have a friendly conversation with me and to taste one of my special scones.
If you want to try my recipe, I cannot guarantee that you'll receive a visit of Professor McLivet as well, but you'll have delicious scones for your teatime.

For the dough you need

2 cups (280 grams) all-purpose flour

1/4 cup (50 grams) granulated white sugar

2 teaspoons (10 grams) baking powder

1/8 teaspoon salt

6 tablespoons (85 grams) cold butter, cut into pieces

1 cup (150 grams) fresh blueberries

1 large egg, lightly beaten

1 teaspoon (5 grams) pure vanilla extract

1/2 cup (120 ml) milk or cream.

Start by preheating your oven to 220 degrees C and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.

In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
Cut the butter into small pieces and blend into the flour mixture with a pastry blender or two knives. The mixture should look like coarse crumbs.
Gently fold in the blueberries.
In a small measuring cup combine the cream, beaten egg and vanilla.
Add this mixture to the flour mixture and stir just until the dough comes together.
Do not over mix the dough or the scones will be tough.

Transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface and knead the dough gently four or five times and then pat the dough into a circle that is about 16 cm round and about 4 cm thick.

Cut this circle in half, and then cut each half into four pie-shaped wedges (triangles).
Place the scones on the baking sheet. Brush the tops of the scones with a little cream or milk.

Bake the scones until nicely browned, about 15 - 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre of a scone comes out clean.

"Would you like another cup of tea, Professor McLivet?"
"Yes, please, Mrs. Violet"

"What is the book you have on your bed table in these days, professor McLivet? You always have the most interesting reading for your nights..."
"Thank you, Mrs. Violet, I'm reading again, maybe for the 30th time, "Candide" by Voltaire.
Political satire doesn't age well, but occasionally a diatribe contains enough art and universal mirth to survive long after its timeliness has passed.
Candide is such a book.
And I think that nowadays we can find many points in common with the situation which inspired this ironical book by Voltaire"

" You are so right, my wise friend..."