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Post by EdoBosnar on Jan 25, 2021 14:28:01 GMT -5
Not even close: pancakes. There's also like the 'skinny' version popular here in Europe, crepes (which in Croatia and most neighboring countries are eaten as a dessert rather than a breakfast item).
Edited to add: I just went back and re-read Roquefort Raider's comment and realized he was in fact talking about crepes when he mentioned 'Brittany pancakes'. Yes, they're delicious with both sweet or savory fillings - once I even filled them with grated cheese, some fresh chopped vegetables and seasoned them with hot paprika and ground cumin, sort of like a veggie taco. |
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Post by Rob Allen on Jan 26, 2021 10:56:33 GMT -5
I like both but when I have a choice I always choose pancakes.
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Post by Confessor on Jan 26, 2021 21:17:36 GMT -5
I only encountered proper American pancakes, served with butter and maple syrup, for the first time in 2018 when I visited the U.S. They beat waffles hands down for me. No contest. By the way, is there any differance between American pancakes and wheatcakes, like the ones Peter Parker used to eat? They look the same to me.  Pancakes over here in the UK are much thinner, more like French crepes. We traditionally have them with lemon juice and sprinkled sugar, and usually only on pancake day (Shrove Tuesday) on 16th February...  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2021 21:21:05 GMT -5
Pancakes
With plenty syrup
I'll make some later as I have an all-nighter ahead....
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jan 27, 2021 8:22:43 GMT -5
Pancakes. In fact I just ate some for dinner last night. But I don't top them with a conventional American topping ..... so since some of you might want to eat today, I won't say.  |
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Post by badwolf on Jan 28, 2021 18:21:43 GMT -5
When I ate waffles as a kid the syrup had to fill every compartment.
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Post by brutalis on Jan 28, 2021 19:45:27 GMT -5
When I ate waffles as a kid the syrup had to fill every compartment. Totally agree. Could use up half a bottle of syrup for a pair of waffles! |
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Post by berkley on Jan 28, 2021 22:05:54 GMT -5
Where I grew up, we used to use mollasses instead of syrup, especially in my earlier years. Mollasses was used a lot in Nfld, for some reason - "lassy bread" was a widespread treat, for example. As the years went by and we became more Canadianised we did use different kinds of syrup as well, but we never dropped the mollasses completely, I suppose having developed a taste for it early on.
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Post by Randle-El on Jan 28, 2021 22:22:44 GMT -5
When I ate waffles as a kid the syrup had to fill every compartment. Totally agree. Could use up half a bottle of syrup for a pair of waffles!
I'm familiar with that dish. I believe it's called syrup with a side of waffles.  |
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Post by berkley on Jan 29, 2021 1:08:00 GMT -5
Was "Pancake Day" something for everyone here? I forget when it was or what the point of it was, but they'd hide a penny or something in the pancake, wasn't it someth g like that? I'll have to ask my mther the next time I'm talking to her.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2021 2:06:18 GMT -5
By the way, is there any differance between American pancakes and wheatcakes, like the ones Peter Parker used to eat? They look the same to me. A wheatcake is a pancake made of wheat flour....at least according to the dictionary. |
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Post by Confessor on Jan 29, 2021 2:21:27 GMT -5
Was "Pancake Day" something for everyone here? I forget when it was or what the point of it was, but they'd hide a penny or something in the pancake, wasn't it someth g like that? I'll have to ask my mther the next time I'm talking to her. Pancake Day is a thing here in the UK that most folks would be aware of and an awful lot of people observe by having pancakes on that day. It's on the religious feast day of Shrove Tuesday on 16th February (the day before Ash Wednesday). The hiding a penny thing rings a bell, but my family and I never did it. I'm thinking this might be an old fashioned thing, maybe a Victorian custom or something? |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jan 29, 2021 9:33:47 GMT -5
Was "Pancake Day" something for everyone here? I forget when it was or what the point of it was, but they'd hide a penny or something in the pancake, wasn't it someth g like that? I'll have to ask my mther the next time I'm talking to her. We always tried to remember that we were supposed to eat pancaked for Candlemas (Feb. 2), but honestly we forgot most years. When we remembered about it, there was no hidden penny involved (we already hid a bean in the cake for Epiphany) but that sounds like something fun for the kids! I often wish we had kept more of those traditions going, just for the fun of it. |
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Post by The Captain on Jan 29, 2021 10:04:52 GMT -5
While I will eat either of them, if I could only have one, it has to be the good old pancake.
While my preferred style is plain with butter (lots of it) and real maple syrup, my wife will occasionally put chocolate chips or blueberries in them or make a caramelized banana and pecan topping for them.
As for the follow-up, I actually prefer them for dinner instead of breakfast, because I don't really like anything that heavy sitting in my stomach to start the day. Give me an omelet or the like (had an amazing tomato, spinach, and feta frittata two Saturdays ago) along with some whole wheat toast and I'm good to go.
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Post by badwolf on Jan 29, 2021 11:14:57 GMT -5
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