Hi To David's question - usually two oatcakes were put together with a date filling, sandwich style. That recipe is similar to the one I use, however, I did find those oatcakes here in a little town in Alberta made by the local bakery. I do believe they have a Scottish origin. Barb in Alberta On 4/15/07, David Reed <dreed@ca.inter.net> wrote: > > 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 >