SC - Scottish oatcakes

[Elaine Koogler]

Golden Syrup is a British thing...it's made by the same folks who make treacle.
It comes in a green (?) tin and is probably more closely related to Karo white
syrup than to honey...

Kiri

SCAbeathog at cs.com wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> I am new to this list, and hail from the Barony of Gyldenholt in Caid.  While
> certainly not new to cooking, I find I have much to learn about cooking in
> the SCA.  I have been looking for a recipe for something I was given at a
> recent event, and was called an oatcake.  Most of the recipes I find for
> oatcakes have been savory, but this was somewhat sweet and contained black
> walnuts.  I have a modern recipe for something called *flapjacks*, which I
> believe would produce something similar in taste and texture to what I was
> given to sample, but it contains something called *golden syrup*.  I thought
> this might be honey, as the recipe suggests putting the jar in hot water
> before attempting to measure, but there is also brown sugar in the recipe:
>
> 4 oz. butter
> 4 oz. soft brown sugar
> 3 oz. golden syrup
> 8 oz. medium or coarse oatmeal (porridge oats are suitable)
> 2 heaped teaspoons ground ginger
>
> Can anyone help?
> Beathog nic Dhonnchaidh
>
>
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