cakes

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The cafe name Murly Tuck is traditional locally, a phrase meaning the snack of oatcakes crumbled into milk.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025

Her first encounter with the plain biscuits was while working for Nancy Silverton at the Los Angeles restaurant Campanile, where cheese was often served with oatcakes.

From Washington Post • May 10, 2022

I once mentioned that I keep oatcakes in my purse in case I get anxious and I got sent a Brexit-stockpile worth of them.

From The Guardian • Jan. 19, 2020

Admirers regard the show with a kind of doting pride—for its underdog status and its humor, which is dry and subtle and, like oatcakes or Pimm’s, seems peculiarly British.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 20, 2019

The main strength of Lord lywin's host would ride this day, he told them as they broke their fast on oatcakes.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin