SC - Scottish oatcakes

[david friedman]

At 5:23 PM +0000 10/27/00, pat fee wrote:
>My recipe is from my family. They were used as "journey bread" as 
>well as a daily staple.
>
>Its "ground" scotts oats + lard or butter, a little salt and enough 
>water to make the dough, hang togather.
>These are then cooked on a "griddle" spread with more "ground oats"

It's certainly possible that such were made in period--does anyone 
have any relevant period references?

I didn't include any fat, both because Froissart doesn't mention it 
and because it would have been more perishable than the oats, hence 
less suitable as portable rations for troops. I did add salt, since 
it is non-perishable, and at least one period source (Platina) 
explicitly says that he doesn't bother mentioning it in recipes 
because everyone knows to put it in.
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