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| Gill |
Staffordshire OatcakesI have a recipe for Staffordshire oatcakes which calls for fine oatmeal. I can only get medium oatmeal. Will it be okay to use this instead of the fine, or should I blitz it in a food processor to see if I can make it finer? |
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| gz |
yes, blitz it carefully! | ||||
| alice |
Re: Staffordshire Oatcakes
We buy medium and blitz it - you would think, living where we do, that you and I would be able to buy every sort of oatmeal but I've never found 'fine' here 
Where did you get your recipe from - I'm from Stoke and I use Bodger's recipe and it's absolutely authentic  If I close my eyes when they are cooking I could be standing outside a hole in the wall oatcake shop in Burslem 
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| sally_in_wales |
I've found fine oatmeal in both Lidl and Tesco recently | ||||
| Gill |
Yes, living in the West Midlands you would think it a simple matter to get oatmeal. I spent a good half hour last week in the Redditch Tesco with half a dozen members of staff who, like me, were amazed to find they didn't stock oatmeal. The local Asda and Somerfield didn't have any either, so in the end I got some from Holland & Barratt.
Is Bodger's recipe online? I looked through the recipe database but I couldn't find it. The one I'm going to try was on The Hairy Bikers recent series here. Out with the food processor it is, then  .
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| gz |
Re: Staffordshire Oatcakes
Went there on an Art College trip 1970's...just the thing to keep a potter going
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| alice |
It's over on another forum. I'll pm it to you in case I'm treading on anyone's toes
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| gil |
You could PM Bodger and ask him if he'd like to post it here and put it in the recipe database. | ||||
| earthyvirgo |
Another request for Bodger's recipe please. I first had proper oatcakes in Stoke too, possibly the same place - did they just sell then in a stack of 5 or so?
They were pretty damn good. EV |
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| alice |
He might tell you, but then he'd have to kill you
Dozens and half dozens. Pre metric see
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| bodger |
Staffordshire OatcakesI put it on here years ago but like so many of my posts it was obviously forgotten
I'll just nip next door and go and fetch it shall I ? Courtesy of the OTG Recipe Book, here it is just for you. For one dozen oatcakes... 8oz fine ground oatmeal 4oz wholemeal flour 4oz plain flour 1tsp salt 1tsp sugar 1/2oz fresh yeast or 1tsp dried yeast 3/4pint lukewarm milk 3/4pint lukewarm water vegetable oil Work the yeast into 1/4 pint of the liquid, add the sugar and stir well. Leave in a warm place for 10-15 minutes until frothy. Sieve the flour and salt together into a warmed bowl and add the oatmeal, stirring well. To the yeast mixture add the remaining milk and water. Make a well and gradually beat the liquid into the dry ingredients. Cover with a clean damp cloth and leave to stand in a warm place for 1 hour. Oil a frying pan and put onto a high heat. Drain the pan, spinkle in salt and wipe clean with a cloth. Ladle some mixture into the centre of the pan. At the right temperature bubbles will form. Cook until browned, flip it over and press down lightly. When cooked place on a wire rack over a bowl of cold water and then stack. I had this recipe given to me thirty years ago. I still have the original brown paper bag that it was written on. Each recipe is a close kept secret and are sold with the busines when any of the few surviving oatcake shops are sold. PS. Its pin head oatmeal that you need to buy. Come on the Vale.
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| gil |
Thanks, Bodger. I've given your post a title and added it to the Recipe Database, so now it can be found there as well as in RPH. | ||||
| Gill |
Many thanks, Bodger. I'm looking forward to dabbling .
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| Bulgarianlily |
I can't get oatmeal here, and it is a day's journey sometimes just to find porriage oats, but I can get oatbran. Could I make oatcakes in some way with them? Maybe whizz up the oat flakes with added oatmeal? | ||||
| bodger |
They are 'oat' cakes but you could give it a try. I'm a bit dubious though. Perhaps an air drop of pin head oatmeal would be your best bet.
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