1 You may also want to consider a hormone test for progesterone and estradiol. 2  SYMPTOM GROUP 2 Estrogen deficiency: This hormone imbalance is most common in menopausal women; especially if you are petite and/or slim. You may need to make some special changes to your diet; take some women's herbs; and some women may even need a little bit of natural estrogen (about one-tenth the dose prescribed by most doctors). 2  You may also want to consider a hormone test for the estrogen estradiol.
For other uses, see Scone (disambiguation). A scone is a single-serving quick bread, usually made of wheat, barley or oatmeal with baking powder as a leavening agent and baked on sheet pans. A scone is often lightly sweetened and occasionally glazed with egg wash. The scone is a basic component of the cream tea or Devonshire tea. It differs from teacakes and other sweet buns that are made with yeast.
Short pastry is a soft, tender pastry that is made from flour, fat, salt and water. It is made by mixing the fat and flour together, adding water and then rolling the paste. It is cooked at 180Â°C. Different types of short pastry are used for different foods.Short pastry is used to make meat and other savoury pies.t has less water and more fat than the dough which is used for bread and scones. In bakeries a special pastry margarine is used, whereas the tastiest fat to use at home is butter. The two major types of pastry used in New Zealand are short and puff.