Plural of fadge; flat cakes or griddle cakes, typically made from potatoes and onions in British cuisine.
From Middle English 'fadge,' a flatbread or cake, possibly from Old Norse roots meaning a flat thing. Regional British term that has survived in dialects, particularly in northern England.
Fadges are essentially the British equivalent of potato pancakes, and their preservation in dialect shows how food vocabulary sticks around longest in regional speech—people remember what they eat!
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