Staffordshire Oatcake
Six teaspoons of oatmeal, 8 teaspoons of flour, a small teaspoon of carbonate of soda, 4% teaspoon of salt, and sour milk, or milk and water to mix. Mix all the dry ingredients together, and then mix to a thin paste with milk and water, or sour milk. Cook on a hot girdle like pikelets; wrap in a clean teacloth, and keep warm in the oven till the bacon is ready. They are very nice with honey. If you don’t get them right the first time, just try again, Be sure to have the batter thin,
Lancashire Oatcake Quarter of a pound of fine oatmeal, Y4lb. coarse oatmeal, 4lb. white flour, 24202. of lard, 1 teaspoon salt, pinch carbonate of soda. Rub the lard into the flour and the oatmeal, add the soda and salt, and mix to a dough with hot water and roll out very thinly. Place on a floured baking sheet, and bake in a moderate oven, turning them overt halt way through. I fancy it is the Scotch Oatcake which is hard, At any tate, the story is told of the little English boy who was staying with his Auntie in Edinburgh, and as a reward for running some errand, was
given one of her oatcakes spread with raspberry jam. After a few minutes, the boy came back and said: "The jam was lovely, Auntie, and I’ve brought you back your board," Perhaps some English readers will write us some mote information about "Haver bread."
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 99, 16 May 1941, Page 46
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251Staffordshire Oatcake New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 99, 16 May 1941, Page 46
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