different between oatmeal vs bannock

English

Etymology

From Middle English otemele, from ote (“oat”) + mele (“meal, coarse-ground grains”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?o?tmil/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???tmi?l/
• Hyphenation: oat?meal

Noun

oatmeal (usually uncountable, plural oatmeals)

1. Meal made from rolled or round oats.
2. A breakfast cereal made from rolled oats, cooked in milk and/or water.

   Synonym: (Britain) porridge

3. A light greyish brown colour, like that of oatmeal.

Translations

Adjective

oatmeal (not comparable)

1. Of a light greyish brown colour, like that of oatmeal
   • 1929, Homes and Gardens magazine

     Boldly patterned textiles in oatmeal tones with a woven design in a strongly contrasting colour can be used alike for upholstery and as a wall hanging […]

Translations

Derived terms

• oatmeal drink
• oatmeal porridge

See also

Further reading

• oatmeal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Alternative forms

• bannik

Etymology

From Old English bannuc, Gaelic bannach. Doublet of bonnag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bæ.n?k/

Noun

bannock (usually uncountable, plural bannocks)

1. (especially Scotland, Northern England) An unleavened bread made with barley, wheat, or oatmeal.
   • 1894, Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, D. Nutt, The Wee Bannock:

     So she baked two oatmeal bannocks, and set them on to the fire to harden. After a while, the old man came in, and sat down beside the fire, and takes one of the bannocks, and snaps it through the middle.

2. (Canada) A biscuit bread made of wheat flour or cornmeal, fat, and sometimes baking powder, typically baked over a fire, wrapped around a stick or in a pan.
   • 2007, Gail Anderson-Dargatz, Turtle Valley, Vintage Canada, ?ISBN, p. 54,

     My father’s bannock was nothing but lard, flour, salt, and baking powder patted into big rounds and cooked on sticks over a campfire.

Translations

Derived terms

• currant-bannock
• bannock puncher

Related terms

• frybread, dog bread (US terms for specific breads which would all be called bannock in Canada)

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