Today I burnt the oat cakes. What does it mean?

[purplepoppy]

Today I burnt the oat cakes and I believe their must be a deeper meaning behind it. Perhaps an omen of impending doom or a sign of a hard winter ahead. Some in the village suspect witchcraft, while other's think it means the house elf I left in charge while I browsed GAG might be pissed off about something.

So what does it mean?

[Chazmatazz269]

I have no idea. I’m not an omenologist by any stretch of the imagination. Maybe buy tickets to “City Slickers on Ice”, since rearranging the letters from “oat cakes” you get ‘skate cao’.
As a fat kid, burnt food meant scraping off the burnt parts and eating it anyway. I was a poor kid too.
As an adult, i might feed the burnt batch to the wildlife and make s’more. If they aren’t too badly burned, i might just smoke a bit of the whacky tobaccy and slather them bad boys in extra topping, then munch away.
I am overdue for a rewatch of “City Slickers” though. thanks for the reminder!

[ohsheeT]

Are you sure those are oatmeal cakes , how did you get them so round and so thin

Did you go drinking? Is that why they burnt? They look like hamburger patties. I want that recipe though, if I can get it because\nI would like to try to make them that round in that thin and make them taste like cake

[purplepoppy]

225g oatmeal, 50g flour, 30g sugar (optional)1/2 teaspoon baking powder. Rub in 75g butter and bind with a splash of milk. Roll out and cook. You can do them with just oatmeal and water

[douride2]

I think it means you wasted your time on GAG & expected the trolls to watch the cakes.

[AyChingao]

You should examine the burn patterns and see what they reveal. Maybe you'll find Jesus, or Mary and sell the cake on E-bay for a fortune. Perhaps you'll be made aware that Baba Yaga is somewhere guiding your destiny for good or for ill...
Maybe you should consult a völva to discern the deeper meaning, or maybe you weren't meant to eat until elevenses today?

[fish5505_87]

OK, American here! I have never had oat cakes, assuming similar to Pancakes? As long as there were not an army of starving ghouls awaiting them, I think you should be OK! If we don't here from you, I'll make a note!

[purplepoppy]

Depends on the type. There's the small hard crispy ones like in the photo. Or there's the large soft pancake style common in Staffordshire which are used like a tortilla wrap

[fish5505_87]

The Crispy one sounds good!

[Phoenix98]

Today I burnt the oat cakes. What does it mean?

It means your burnt your oat cakes. But also it could be the house elf I blame ours for my missing socks.

[AviatorTom]

It's a serious omen. That's one more child in Africa who will go hungry today.

[mysteriousNicholas]

@AviatorTom it's the sort of thing that calls for either Peter Thiel or a young priest and an old priest and mostly importantly a cross to say "the power of Christ compels you" 💭🤭

[mysteriousNicholas]

@purplepoppy you might like this old saying

"Better than burnt bum"

Even though I prefer butt nowadays or buttocks or arse/ass.

Who says bum anymore. 🤭

[mysteriousNicholas]

@purplepoppy that's why there's nothing funnier and even a Reddit turn of phrase lol "up the butt" rhymes smoother than "up the bum* : 🤔😋

[mstbooblover]

Maybe you should keep your attention more on what you're doing? To be honest, now and then I commit a similar sin ;0)

[Shiprex]

They're probably ok inside. i did similar with the toast on one side but under toasted tea other side so all good.

[DJB72]

I think it means we have to refer to you as "purple Alfred" from now on...

[Still-alive]

You could be one of them doppelgangers pretending to be purplepoppy and replaced her

[guesswhereivebeen]

Oat cakes sounds like horse food for some reason… maybe it’s the universe telling you to get a box of fruity pebbles

[CaptainSmartass]

It means you need to practice making them.

Simples...

[exitseven]

It means 6 more weeks of winter.

[Dargil]

Turn off the oven a little earlier.

[goaded]

The house elf is a king!

[Xawyx-2]

Maybe it's a Voodoo curse :P

[Xoirwinkan]

Just purple wiccan things