Are there any measurements for the Oatmeal Cake ingredients ???? edbld ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Reed" <dreed@ca.inter.net> To: "'Mail List Nova Scotia'" <NOVA-SCOTIA@rootsweb.com>; <nsroots@ednet.ns.ca> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 11:00 AM Subject: [NS-L] Oatmeal Cakes > My question is slightly off the topic of genealogy, but is family > related, I have a recipe called Oatmeal Cake, which my mother got from her > mother-in-law. Reading Katherine Barber's new book, "Only in Canada You > Say", she describes oatcake as a Nova Scotia term for a large dense > oatmeal > cookie. I can say that these cookies are different from the oatmeal > cookies > I can get in Toronto. > > My grandmother was born in Saint John, NB in 1878 and my > grandfather was born in Mill Village, Queens Co, NS in the same year. I've > always wondered if my grandmother learned the recipe from her > mother-in-law > (Helen Atkins, b. 1852 in Queens Co, NS) as well. > > The recipe is heavy on brown sugar, shortening and molasses, half > a cup of each to a cup of oatmeal and one and a half cups of flour. > > David Reed (dreed@ca.inter.net) > Toronto, Ontario, Canada > > ---------------------------------------- > Basic List Commands: > > 1. To post to the list > Send a message to: > NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com > > 2. How to unsubscribe > a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- > request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- > request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > 3. How to subscribe > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to NOVA-SCOTIA-L-request@rootsweb.com > > 4. How to change to Digest mode > a. Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. above) > b. Subscribe to Digest mode > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to NOVA-SCOTIA-D-request@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NOVA-SCOTIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.4.0/762 - Release Date: 4/15/2007 > 4:22 PM > > -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 216 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len