Flapjacks aremaily made from oats. Whilst the Blackfriars factory gets through a good deal of oatsover theyear, only about 5 percent of oats are consumed by humans. Oats do not contain the glutenous type of protein necessary for making bread
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Enjoy tucking into your Blackfriars flapjack during your mid-morning tea break? Here are is a fact that you might not have known about tea to consider as you enjoy your tea and flapjack this morning.
Because tea used to be so expensive the tea leaves were re-used several times. This type of tea was called SMOUCH.
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Enjoy tucking into your Blackfriars flapjack during your mid-morning tea break? Here are is a fact that you might not have known about tea to consider as you enjoy your tea and flapjack this morning.
Although by the 1820s tea was £1 per pound it was still one of the most popular items for smugglers, who sold it for about 6s (30p) per pound. Then the average weekly wage for ordinary people was about £1 per week!
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Enjoy tucking into your Blackfriars flapjack during your mid-morning tea break? Here are is a fact that you might not have known about tea to consider as you enjoy your tea and flapjack this morning.
Tea first came to Britain from China in the 16th century
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Flapjacks in the post. Normally the postman bring me bills and rather dull letters about car insurance. Imagine my delight when the doorbell rang this morning and I went to the front door to discover a box of toffee flacks awaiting me! A friend of mine had remembered that Blackfriars is now offering a special delivery service and had decided to send me a box on (one of) my favorite varieties.
(By the way, I don’t think it matter how many flavours we introduce, I think that a toffee flapjack will always take some beating.
Which flavour of flapjack would you most like to recive on your doormat?
Flapjacks main ingedient is theoat. A now obsolete Middle English name for oats was haver, which survives in the name of the livestock feeding bag haversack.
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If you love flapjacks like we do, prepare yourself for some great news!
Blackfriars now post selection boxes of your favourite flapjacks direct to your door. We offer them in single flavours or as special mixed boxes. That means that you can have a selection of popular flavours of different flapjacks to suit your own taste.
There is even a selection of my favourites – seethe ‘Fred’s Favourites’ box to see what some of my favorite flapjacks are.
It’s worth noting that buying your flapjacks this way means that they only cost 40p each (plus postage) so it’s a cost effective and convenient way to receive the best flapjacks direct to your door.
Flapjacks tend to be eaten as a mid morning or mid afternoon snack to keep hunger at bay. But that is not the only way you can eat your flapjack. I’d love to hear different ways of eating your favourite Blackfriars flapjack.
Last week we had an e-mail from one long standing customer who heats his Bakewell flapjack in the microwave for 30 sends and then adds warm custard and a delicious pudding. In the name of customer research I tried this out myself and can promise you it is delicious!
Have you tried doing somthing different with your flapkack? We’ll send a prize to the most mouth watering idea!
Banana Flapjacks – have you ever tried one? Not many people sell them, but they are one of the huge range of unusual flapjacks that Blackfriars offer. The next time you feel like a flapjack see if your local garage or corner shop stock them or you can buy a box direct from us for £9.99.
Can’t write for long as I’ve just been passed a Banoffee muffin which is now sitting on my desk. I might be imagining things but if I listen carefully it seems to be saying ‘eat me’ and it would be rude not to. Mmmmm Banoffee Muffin….
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