These were the first totally successful scones I have ever made as well - they're wonderful.  I always have a stock sitting in the freezer now for when visitors come (and for me when visitors don't come!).

Hi Mindmapper and welcome to the forum - it's a wonderful place to be.

To the best of my knowledge most of us would use bread improver.  I personally use Vitamin C powder, which I believe is much the same thing - but if you just wait a wee while, I am sure you will get a huge number of responses to your query which will answer your question more fully that I have.

Thanks for your help, Julie.  I've got the hang of it now and you were right, it was very easy.

In various posts on this forum I have noticed references to heating the bowl whilst the bowl was empty.  Is it OK to do this?  What effect does it have on the bowl - I would have thought that it would be a bad thing to do.  Apart from drying the bowl out, why would you do it?  If you do do it, what would be the maximum times and temperatures involved without causing any damage?

... we were recently on one of the Coxy's Big Break programmes late last year (I stayed well in the background!)

Stay safe all of you.

I'm not sure that this is an answer to your question, but I have heard for a long time and read that certain Manuka honeys (which you will generally find in health food stores - I think they display a number to indicate their strength) are purported to have extra healing and beneficial properties over other honeys.  I believe that that is empirical knowledge (however it is known that the ancient Romans used honey to heal wounds), but I recently heard that there have been medical trials of honey impregnated dressings being used on non-healing wounds with great success.  I am sure if you Google Manuka honey you will get further information.