Some co-workers are visiting this week from an office branch in Ireland. For one of their first nights here, they were invited to a dinner a local Mexican restaurant. Someone told them it was “authentic”, which made some of us from the area laugh. We explained that in America, Mexican restaurants almost always actually serve Tex-Mex food. We all agreed that if a place is described as “authentic”, that’s generally a sign it won’t be very authentic at all. When I decided to make scones for a family brunch, I first thought I wanted to make authentic scones. But then I realized I probably have never had a properly authentic scone. Scones originated in the…