Brit Food: Pancakes and flapjack

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at ...> wrote:
>
> --- "or.phan_ann" <orphan_ann@> wrote:
> >
> > ---  "Steve" <bboyminn@> wrote:
> > > Jay was in England having breakfast and he asked
> > > the waiter for 'pancakes'....
> > > 
> > > Eventually the 'Pan Cakes' came out, but instead
> > > of 6 flap-jacks, Jay got 6 Pound Cakes. Pound 
> > > cake is a dense sweet cake similar to shortcake 
> > > that is shaped like a small loaf of bread. 
> > 
> > Ann:
> > Sounds like he got unlucky in the kitchen to me. 
> > Pancakes for breakfast would be a little odd, but 
> > not *that* strange. But now I've got to ask what a
> > flapjack is in the USA. 
> >
> > Over here it's made from rolled oats, ... and it's
> > solid compared to a pancake. This is the best
> > picture I could find: 
> >
> > http://www.ukstudentlife.com/Britain/Food/Cooking/Flapjack.htm
> > 
> 
> bboyminn:
> 
> Well, we learn something new everyday. According to
> common speech in my area, and according to the American
> Heritage Dictionary, 'Flapjack' is just another name for
> Pancake, also called hotcakes and griddle cakes. 
>  
> What you call 'flapjack', we would probably call a
> granola bar or possibly a trail bar. Trail bars are 
> usually made with trail mix (nuts, grain, and rasins 
> eaten by hikers) or granola which contains assorted nuts
> as well as grain; the most common grain being rolled oats.
> Or possible we would simply call it a oat bar. 
> 
> Well, I'll remember that if I'm ever in England, only
> order a flapjack if I want an oat bar.

Geoff:
In the UK, flapjack does not contain nuts or raisins.

My dictionary defines it as:
noun 1 Brit. a soft, thick biscuit made from oats and butter
2 N Amer. a pancake

Another example of "two countries divided by a common language"
:-))