"We had browsed, during our meetings, on local topics, and then parted, after Chateau Margaux, Irish stew, flannel-cakes, cottage-pudding, and coffee (hey, there!--with milk separate). Now I was to get more of his ideas. By way of facts, he told me that business had picked up since the party conventions, and that he was going to get off at Coketown."

As I suspected, they were pancakes. But unusual in that they had a cup of cornmeal to two cups of flour, and were raised by yeast overnight. Sounds like a lot of work. But perhaps the yeast raise would eliminate taste of baking powder, which I dislike.