bakestone

Welsh cake surface

A bakestone is a flat stone or iron plate used for baking bread, oatcakes, or griddle cakes over an open fire or stovetop.

The term survives mainly in British regional dialects, especially Welsh cooking traditions: She cooked the Welsh cakes on a bakestone.

Sometimes called a griddle or planc.

cookware

griddle

Flat metal cooking surface

girdle · nonstick · cooktop · spatula · flip · sizzle · sear · grease · season · preheat

welsh

griddle

Flat metal cooking surface

spiced · dusted · sugar · teatime · heritage · regional

baking

pancakes

Flat griddled breakfast cakes

pikelets · oatcakes · batter · dough · flour · recipe · flip · golden · risen · cooked

flatbread

pita

Hollow Middle Eastern bread

  • naanLeavened tandoor-baked flatbread
  • tortillaThin unleavened Mexican bread
  • chapatiUnleavened South Asian flatbread

roti · arepa · injera · lavash · paratha · flatbread · unleavened · cornmeal · wheat · char

hearth

fireplace

Indoor structure for burning

warmth · cozy · traditional · cottage · farmhouse · iron · domestic · rustic · homely · winter

stone

slab

Thick flat piece

quarried · heated · smooth · thick · heavy · natural · primitive · ancient · archaeological · prehistoric

Opposites
cooking method/apparatus

bakestoneoven

Enclosed cooking chamber

convection oven · microwave · slow cooker · deep fryer · steamer

Family

stone, bake, baking, baked, stony, baker, bakery, gemstone, bakes

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