Oatcakes

• oatmeal
• fat or dripping
• baking-soda
• salt
• hot water

Four special implements are used for baking oatcakes—the spurtle, or porridge-stick, for stirring the mixture; a notched bannock-stick, or rolling-pin, which leaves a criss-cross pattern on the upper side; the spathe, a heart-shaped implement with a long handle, made of iron, used for transferring the cakes from board to girdle; and the banna-rack, or toaster.