Food for Fort: On flat griddles and organic farmed salmon

I am looking for an old-fashioned griddle iron, the sort with a heavy, flat plate and a large handle over the top. It would avert my drop scone disasters – they invariably fall off the spatula when being turned because I currently have to cook them in a very heavy, deep-sided frying pan. I know just what you're looking for: it has a hooped handle that arcs over the top. I used to have one myself. You might be able to find one in an antique shop or, failing that, try a Silverwood heavy-duty griddle for £46.98 . Alternatively, try castinstyle.co.uk's chapatti pan or large, flat griddle pan (£34-£40) with conventional handles, or Divertimenti's £56.58 nonstick pizza/pancake griddle . And cookingmarvellous.com/cookware has a selection of cast-iron griddle and pancake pans. The supermarkets and fishmongers seem unable to get organic farmed salmon at the moment, but no one seems able to tell me why. This is far too vexed a subject to cover properly here, and the supermarkets are characteristically circumspect on the matter, but there seems to be a temporary supply shortage of organic farmed salmon from the Orkneys. Normal service should be resumed shortly. Some supermarkets (eg, Waitrose) stock wild Canadian and Alaskan salmon, if you can stomach the air miles involved, while organic salmon from Ireland is available from the likes of Abel & Cole . Or buy sea trout instead – in my view, it's finer eating anyway. • Got a culinary query for Matthew? Email [email protected] Follow Matthew on Twitter: twitter.com/matthewfort . Or visit his blog, Fort on Food