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Reports from the time describe an informal and friendly meeting during which the Queen served drop scones at a lakeside picnic.

Recipes like drop scones with prunes and sour cream, home-cured ham, old-style chestnut patties and a half-and-half apple cheesecake invite readers to engage with a cuisine that's diverse in spices, flavor and culinary history.

Or that he requested Queen Elizabeth’s recipe for drop scones after she hosted him at Balmoral Castle in August 1959?

Another distinguishing mark was the absence of the usual porridge and the presence of a plate of drop scones, a favourite dainty of Marjory's which Lisbeth always made for Sunday.

Does history come alive in the kitchen when one attempts to recreate the queen’s drop scones in one’s own kitchen?