Winter Oatmeal Cakes

• 1 oz bacon fat, dripping or butter
• Scant ¼ pint water
• 4

Heat the fat with the water until the fat melts. Stir the oatmeal with the salt and bicarbonate of soda. Add the liquid and stir well to make a stiff paste. Form into eight balls and squash these flat, pressing more oatmeal into each side. They should be about ⅓in. thick. Cook on both sides on a lightly greased griddle, hotplate or frying pan, or bake at 350°F, 180°C, gas mark 4 for thirty minu