Talk:Flapjack (oat bar)

Why is half the article taken up by a paragraph about pancakes?

Everyone knows the difference between a flapjack and a pancake so i dont know why so much space is dedicated to explaining the obvious difference. Pancakes are flat for example the saying 'as flat as a pancake' would anyone in america seriously say 'as flat as a flapjack?'— Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.96.14.189 (talk) 11:34, 28 April 2017 (UTC)

Recipe

Flapjack Recipe Also known as the common pancake (especially in Kewferry Drive, Northwood)

Ingredients

• Porridge (chopped rolled) oats 125 g
• Rolled oats 125 g
• Margarine 150 g
• Golden syrup 75 g
• Sugar 75 g

Equipment

• Oven
• Hob & saucepan (or microwave oven with microwaveable bowl)
• Knife
• chopstick
• wooden spoon or similar (to mix ingredients with)
• Pallet knife (to press into cake tin with)
• Scales & spoons (or just estimate)
• Square shallow baking tin about 20 cm sided
• Greaseproof paper.

Detailed Instructions for Chewy Flapjack

1. Put the margarine, sugar & golden syrup in saucepan (or microwaveable bowl if using a microwave oven) and heat until it is all liquid.
2. Meanwhile line the baking tin with greaseproof paper.
3. Mix all the oats into the liquid.
4. Put the mixture into the baking tin & press flat.
5. Bake at 175 deg C (Gas Mark 4) for 25 to 30 minutes. Warning: the timing is tolerant but accuracy in temperature is critical.
6. Slice into 8 fingers (by cutting into half along the perpendicular bisector of two sides and into quarters perpendicular to the first cut) before it sets but leave in place in tin.
7. Leave to cool and set.

Crunchy Flapjack

The recipe is identical to chewy version but cook at 15 deg (one Gas Mark) hotter.

Note: Above was moved from the article main space. This could be developed into a contribution to the list of recipes or Wikibooks cookbook. -- Paleorthid 15:05, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

I have taken the liberty of reformatting this with normal wikistyles. -- Whitepaw 17:36, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Australian flapjacks

I have edited the paragraph re: Australia as it was kind of redundant, and the word 'flapjack' is known in Australia (certainly used in my family), although it's not widespread and reflects the American definition rather than the British. Natgoo 19:55, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

South African flapjacks

The entry regarding flapjacks in South Africa is incorrect. In South Africa it is similar to a pancake, however it's distinguishing factor is not a large diameter, but rather that it has a small diameter and is "thicker" than a pancake, whereas a pancake is quite large in diameter and almost paper-thin. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.245.161.195 (talk) 17:10, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

re: flapjacks as NZ footwear

Are these the same as Jandals? Perhaps the article could clarify. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.90.32.0 (talk) 22:58, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

Early Attestations

Is it only me who thinks it is odd that the earliest OED citation is 17th century if the word had been used by Shakespeare? There is some kind of mistake here. Tibetologist (talk) 18:00, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

The cited play, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, was written in the early 17th century, presumably a few years before Shakespeare's death. --129.11.13.73 (talk) 13:40, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Breakfast Food?

An anonymous user added the category for "breakfast food". That seems odd to me, since I have never seen or heard of any evidence for flapjacks being eaten at breakfast in any normal or usual way (US "flapjacks" are, of course, a quintessential breakfast food - but those are what I would call "pancakes" and quite a different thing). Sure, someone might eat a flapjack for breakfast just as almost anything else could be eaten for breakfast, but that doesn't make something a "breakfast food". I'm going to make a second revert and ask whoever it is to explain themselves here. Francis Davey (talk) 17:40, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

I agree, I have never heard of this kind of flapjack being used as a breakfast food (apart from the fact that any food can be eaten for breakfast). The article is about the oat bar, not the North American pancakes. If there is evidence in reliable sources that flapjacks are considered breakfast foods, that should be mentioned, and sourced, in the article.--BelovedFreak 22:44, 30 January 2011 (UTC)

If the claim that it was a breakfast food was made in the body, I'd just challenge the editor for a citation initially. Is there any way of doing that with categories? Francis Davey (talk) 22:57, 1 February 2011 (UTC)