Why is shortbread called petticoat tails?
Why is shortbread called petticoat tails? It has been suggested that a French term for the wedges of shortbread was petits gâteaux or petites gatelles – little cakes, and this became “petticoat tails”. It is now thought the Scots term derives from the decorated round edge of the segments which resemble petticoats. When was the […]