What is the difference between a Staffordshire Oatcake and a Derbyshire Oatcake?!
What is the difference between a Staffordshire Oatcake and a Derbyshire Oatcake?
Answers: Mainly size - slight variation in recipe but Derbyshire Oatcakes are usually smaller - see below from Wikapedia
North Staffordshire and Derbyshire oatcakes
North Staffordshire oatcake is a type of pancake made from oatmeal, flour and yeast, and cooked on a griddle. It is a local speciality in the North Staffordshire area of England, and so may be known to non-locals as a Staffordshire oatcake or Potteries oatcake. In and around the Potteries and south Cheshire, they are simply known as oatcakes.
Derbyshire Oatcakes are similar to Staffordshire Oatcakes, but generaly smaller in diameter.
Until the Industrial Revolution oatcakes were commonly produced throughout Britain. As the ceramics industry grew people started to produce oatcakes using the traditional rural recipes in front room kitchens for sale through the window directly to the street. This was once common throughout the Potteries. A few of these still remain though most oatcakes are now produced by larger commercial concerns.
When pre-cooked, it is a form of fast food, and catering outlets in the area usually offer oatcakes with fillings such as cheese, bacon, sausage and egg. They are also eaten with sweet fillings such as jam. They are traditionally re-heated by steaming between two plates over a saucepan of water or nowadays by microwave, though some may prefer frying in butter or grilling. Pikelets are a thicker, sweeter variant often containing dried fruit and are more often served smothered in butter at teatime.
The Stoke City Football Club fanzine is called The Oatcake. They are available in supermarkets throughout Britain and can also been found in Rhyl and Towyn in North Wales, possibly due to the large number of people from Stoke-on-Trent who holiday or have retired here Source(s):
wikapedia 3 miles the name about 55 miles I live in staffordshire and I thought they only had them here well sorry I don't know the answer but they say you learn something new everyday lol They have different Counties in their names!!! I think the Derbyshire ones have less liquid in them thus making the mixture thicker. Check out this recipe.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/derby/features/2002...
I live in derbyshire and the oatcakes are delicious served warm with cheese melted inside.