@ai6yr asks:
Q5. I haven't done any bikepacking, but I am interested in seeing how people pack things they are bikepacking with (ie, what gear goes where, what kind of bags are necessary, etc.).
Any neat photos of your bikepacking setup and/or places I ought to look?
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Most important bag - a top tube bag filled with home made flapjack
flapjack = A bar made with oats butter and sugar. It's basically like less toasty granola in a square or bar. Melted butter, add in sugar till that has dissolved into melted butter, stir in oats. Bake a little bit if you like crunchy. Add nuts and dried fruit etc to taste
But don't take my word for it - Fliss Cloake is a cycling super chef
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2011/mar/10/how-to-cook-perfect-flapjacks
flap'jack noun
A kind of broad, flat pancake (Shakespeare and US)
A biscuit or cake made with rolled oats and syrup
A flat face powder compact
An apple-puff (dialect)
Even in Chambers - UK dictionary recommended for most crossword fanatics (like me) the first definitely is USAian and old.
Lots of these words have been preserved in NA-English but changed in English-English (apparently exactly same thing in SA-Spanish Vs Castillion)
@MatthewNewell @bikenite Interesting.
Anyway, what you made looks very yummy and seems a smart journey-cake. #BikeNite
Will try to remember to check in my paper copy of the OED (full microprint version) which lives at my office. It has first usage for each definition. But famously the English didn't eat oats much in previous centuries (see Sam Johnson's famous quote re Oats Scots and Horses ) so I reckon Chambers and The Americans are right
US usage is definitely the original (1600)- the common UK usage is very modern in comparison (1935)
The dates are the first usage found by OUP in printed matter they seem representative .
I love the second source of modern usage "The Radiation Cookbook". Will have to dig further for that
@MatthewNewell I love OED for this reason. Never had the dosh to buy even the abbreviated version, but my English teacher in HS had one.
Yeah, 1942 "Radiation Cookery Book" does seem well in the era of radium watch dials and personal radiation belts meant to "cure" one's sexual difficulties...
@meganL this was a book club introductory offer but I knew of three books I already wanted from them and was willing to pay their full price for so snapped up the bargain .
It's the Compact Full OED - 9 pages microprinted on each of 2386 physical pages
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