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Parkin or Perkin is a gingerbread cake traditionally made with oatmeal and black treacle, which originated in northern England. Often associated with Yorkshire, particularly the Leeds area, it is very widespread and popular elsewhere, notably in Lancashire. Parkin is baked to a hard cake but with resting becomes moist and even sometimes sticky. In Hull and East Yorkshire, it has a drier, more biscuit-like texture than in other areas. Parkin is traditionally eaten on Guy Fawkes Night, 5 November, but is also enjoyed throughout the winter months. It is baked commercially throughout Yorkshire, but is mainly a domestic product in other areas. ==Etymology== The origin of the word parkin is unknown. The first published dated reference to parkin was collected from 1728 from the West Yorkshire Quarter Sessions when Anne Whittaker was accused of stealing oatmeal to make parkin. The Lancashire weaver Tim Bobbin describes ''tharf cake'' in 1740- and this is recognisable as a parkin. A possible older use of parkin is in the seventeenth century ballad '' 'The song of Arthur O'Bradley' '' that purports to describe a merry wedding from the time of Robin Hood (fourteenth century) :''When Arthur, to make their hearts merry'' :''Brought ales and parkin and perry.''〔Quoted in 〕 The tharf cake is of ancient Teutonic origin. ''Tharf'' or ''theorf'' meaning unleavened, un-fermented, solid tough or sodden. John Wycliffe in his translation of the Bible in 1389 (Mark Ch.14.v. 1) calls unleavened bread a 'tharf loove' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Parkin (cake)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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