[Sca-cooks] Riddle was oatcakes
Terry Decker
t.d.decker at att.net
Tue Apr 7 16:52:20 PDT 2009
Interesting word. A riddle is a coarse sieve used to seperate grain from
chaff. The two common forms of riddle appear to be a plate with holes
drilled in it or a wooden rim strung with a coarse wire mesh. From the
usage, a riddle cake appears to be an oatcake made from coarse grain rather
than from cut or milled oats. And yes it is the source of the term, "riddle
with bullets," from an earlier term, "to make a riddle of."
Bear
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