Brit Food: Pancakes and flapjack

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, Janette <jnferr at ...> wrote:
>
> >
> > Steve"  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.
> 
> montims:
> weighing in now - I found
> http://www.uppercrusts-catering.co.uk/wholesale-cakes/
> 
> I agree that pancakes are not something you would eat for breakfast in
> England - Brits eat them on Pancake Day, or sometimes for a quick pudding
> (English English for dessert...) - traditionally with lemon and sugar.
> Flapjacks are not like a trail bar - they are about 3 times as thick, and
> much more moist and chewy.  Shortcake, on the other hand, is a biscuit -
> crumbly and buttery.  There are pictures of them on that site above.  Oh,
> and by the way, scones look like American "biscuits", though a little
> smaller - probably 2" across at the most, unlike the huge triangular things
> called scones I buy here in America...

Geoff:
Following on Steve's comments earlier, I think that "trail bars" are 
what most shops and supermarkets here in the UK would market 
as "cereal bars". There are a number pf proprietary names in use 
- Harvest Bars, Brunch Bars come to mind. They are usually quite 
thick; flapjacks can vary in thickness.

Scones are usually more than 2" in diameter and, unlike biscuits, 
of a fairly soft consistency; thick enough to be sliced in two for 
margarine or butter to be spread plus maybe jam. They tend to fall 
into three categories - plain, fruit or cheese. A particular delicacy 
in the West Country, where I now live, is a "cream tea" - scones, 
jam and whipped or clotted cream.