A puftaloon is a fried scone, a kind of quick bread, most often cooked in Australia.[1] Popular with children in winter, they are made from flour, salt, butter and milk, and traditionally fried in dripping (rendered animal fat).
Alternative names | Johnnycake |
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Type | Scone |
Place of origin | Australia |
Main ingredients | Flour, salt, butter, milk |
Puftaloons are also known as johnnycakes, mentioned in the Australian folk song "Four Little Johnny Cakes", in which an itinerant sheep shearer describes the food at his riverside camp:
"With my little round flour-bag sitting on a stump, / My little tea-and-sugar bag looking nice and plump, A little fat cod-fish just off the hook, / And four little johnny-cakes, a credit to the cook".
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