For example, flapjacks do so well in the US (where we've just opened up a massive fulfillment depot), so our Wiltshire flapjack supplier benefits from our success.
There's a lot more to oats in baking than flapjacks.
Last week, I'm very reliably informed, she produced a particularly large batch of flapjacks and, unable to feed them to her family fast enough, gave them to her husband as a treat for his hungry cabinet colleagues.
On his way to the Cabinet Room, however, he was detained by that day's security detail, who informed him, in no uncertain terms, that the Tupperware – not to mention the flapjacks within – was a security risk, and would have to stay with them.
Cameron previously baked cupcakes, cookies and flapjacks in the Downing Street kitchen for Comic Relief 2013, and joked she "felt like Mary Berry" while visiting a group of apprentice bakers on the general election campaign trail earlier this year.
But it's certainly not the only delicious thing you can make with oats.Bircher muesli, for instance, is a variant of porridge served at room temperature with yoghurt, honey and apple juice stirred through – and they can also be used in biscuits and flapjacks.
The mother was a great baker; we used to come back and she'd have made these flapjacks – we called them "chicken food".
But who, we might well ask, ate all the flapjacks?
That spirit informs such stories as "The Misfortunes of the Flapjacks", about a bizarre baseball team, and "King Solomon", a regal twist upon Bellow and women.
It's great for anything, from turning fish to pulling out flapjacks.
We snack on protein bars or refined-sugar-free flapjacks instead of chocolate, and choose oven-popped vegetable chips over packets of bog-standard salt 'n' vinegar.
