Staffordshire oatcake

An oatcake breakfast - filled with tomato and cheese

A Staffordshire oatcake is a kind of savoury pancake made from oatmeal, flour and yeast. It is cooked on a large hot plate, usually in a special oatcake shop. It is a local food in Stoke on Trent and not often found anywhere else. They are called Staffordshire oatcakes by other people, because they are made in and around Staffordshire. In Stoke they are simply called "oatcakes".

Menu of an oatcake shop in Fenton 2019

They are heated up and often served with tinned tomato, melted cheese and bacon.

There are also Derbyshire oatcakes. They are usually larger and thicker and eaten flat. Staffordshire oatcakes are usually folded or rolled up. Lancashire and Yorkshire oatcakes (also called havercakes) are similar to the Derbyshire ones, but they are now rare.

Scottish oatcakes are more like a biscuit or cookie.

Staffordshire Oatcake Media

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  Oatcake shop interior in Fenton, Staffordshire 2019

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  This Yorkshire cook is spreading the batter on the riddleboard by a circular horizontal movement. Behind her is the built-in bakstone and to its right hangs the bread flake.