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Yes, we're talking real singing!
I love to make scones. I'm good with them, having inherited my grandmother's "pastry gene", as my mom calls it. Right now this is sad, since I can't eat them, but I have a bunch of recipes, and I collect stories.
One variety is called "Singing hinnies". It has been mentioned as Welsh, or Scottish, or...here's another variant of the story, and it follows the same lines, no matter where I've found it. This is a UK site about Geordie (NorEast UK) cooking:
"SINGING HINNIES
The singing hinnie was so called as, when the butter and the cream melted during the baking,
it sizzled on the hot girdle and was thought to be singing. An old tale is told of how this large tea-time scone first became known as a singing hinnie.. a north country housewife was baking this scone for tea and on repeatedly being asked by her children if it was ready to eat, her final reply was "No, it's just singing, hinnies". (Hinnies a Geordie term of endearment for children and loved ones)"
I always bake scones, having never tried any of the griddle versions. But I have noticed, more than once, that when I put a bit of butter in a pan, add wedges of sweet potato (peeled and microwaved 1.5 - 2 minutes to take off the knife edge of it) and sprinkle with allspice, cinnamon, and a bit of sugar, cooking and turning on mid-heat, the combination of heat, butter, sugar and steam escaping from the potatoes makes them sing.
We're not talking about a weird little noise that might echo singing. No, we're talking an entire glade of birds determined to wake up the world with their singing!
So, if you have kids, you might try this just so they can hear the wonderful weirdness of singing food!
One variety is called "Singing hinnies". It has been mentioned as Welsh, or Scottish, or...here's another variant of the story, and it follows the same lines, no matter where I've found it. This is a UK site about Geordie (NorEast UK) cooking:
"SINGING HINNIES
The singing hinnie was so called as, when the butter and the cream melted during the baking,
it sizzled on the hot girdle and was thought to be singing. An old tale is told of how this large tea-time scone first became known as a singing hinnie.. a north country housewife was baking this scone for tea and on repeatedly being asked by her children if it was ready to eat, her final reply was "No, it's just singing, hinnies". (Hinnies a Geordie term of endearment for children and loved ones)"
I always bake scones, having never tried any of the griddle versions. But I have noticed, more than once, that when I put a bit of butter in a pan, add wedges of sweet potato (peeled and microwaved 1.5 - 2 minutes to take off the knife edge of it) and sprinkle with allspice, cinnamon, and a bit of sugar, cooking and turning on mid-heat, the combination of heat, butter, sugar and steam escaping from the potatoes makes them sing.
We're not talking about a weird little noise that might echo singing. No, we're talking an entire glade of birds determined to wake up the world with their singing!
So, if you have kids, you might try this just so they can hear the wonderful weirdness of singing food!