oatcake

American

[oht-kayk] / ˈoʊtˌkeɪk /

noun

a cake, usually thin and brittle, made of oatmeal.

oatcake British

/ ˈəʊtˌkeɪk /

noun

a brittle unleavened oatmeal biscuit

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Etymology

Origin of oatcake

First recorded in 1590–1600; oat + cake

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oatcake

The captain of the Titanic was from Stoke-on-Trent, a city of six towns where the local delicacy is the oatcake.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2019

Several of our readers got in touch to ask us to shine a light on the Staffordshire oatcake.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2019

I don’t like the taste of salmon myself, so the absence of fishy essence makes this perfectly palatable, and even tasty, smeared on an oatcake – but I’m perhaps not best placed to judge.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 20, 2019

It certainly looks persuasive on the oatcake, densely packed and promisingly flecked – but though Rachel finds the texture “amazing”, it’s not quite blue enough for her liking.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 20, 2019

I reached in the pocket under my apron and took out the oatcake.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson

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