edit: I love how Europeans still struggle to believe that these are what America sees as pancakes. For context, these buttermilk pancakes were so big that I only ordered two and could only eat half of the second one. If you went to our “International House of Pancakes(IHOP)” and ordered pancakes, this is what you’d get. America really is on another level.
You’ve convinced me. I think I would like European pancakes. Rolling without being to thin sounds like a great on the go food solution. I have tried folding American pancakes around sausage and they always end up breaking apart.
i can verify that this is neither three feet 🦶🦶🦶 nor a meter 📏
that’s approximately how long the entire tape measure is. it’s a keychain thing
looks like diabetes
we never said a man sized pancake was a healthfood
yes
Also, yes.
for a moment pefore i read eny of the text i thought this was about kidney stones
American pancake = cake
Crepe = crepe
Pancake = pancakeIs that so difficult?
Imo, a lot of pancakes aren’t all that sugary. The syrup that we drench them with, on the other hand… Yeah, maybe not particularly healthy.
Cake is like 3-4 inches thixk though, and has layers and icing.
I’ve never had (or knew about) European pancakes. What are they like?
Something between a crepe and an American pancake.
Very thin, can be rolled up
Isn’t that what a crepe is though?
No, thicker than that
Oh, so how i like my pancakes. My wife likes the big thick ass ones but I always have to convince her to make them thin and she’s like, these are like crepes and im like I guess, but thats how I like them.
Yeah, I like a denser one, maybe a quarter inch thick. Not paper thin like a crepe would be. Sounds like what you are suggesting.
this looks like Kaiserschmarrn ~ ~ <3
They’re just cut up into little pieces!!! There were two big fat pancakes that I cut up like this:
I refuse to engage in the pancake wars, and love all the world’s pancakes equally.
Fluffy American pancakes are fantastic with maple syrup and butter on top. Crepes and Euro pancakes are more versatile, nice with just a little lemon and sugar, or even with a more savory topping. I haven’t tried those Japanese super-thick rice cooker pancakes, but I bet they’re good.
Pan-fried batter is always 👍
Agreed. I just want people know what I generally mean when I talked about “pancakes” in my pancake posts
Pancakes in Berlin.
Wow, that’s new to me
They are doughnuts. When Kennedy said “ich bin ein Berliner” he was claiming to be one of those.
Although Japanese souflee pancakes are about that thick.
They are doughnuts.
what they are and how to call them is a highly debated topic accross the german speaking countries.
they are however baked in fat just like doughnuts, i don’t know if the used batter is the same however.
baked in fat
Wow, maybe less healthy then US pancakes.
this is dessert not breakfast food ;)
In the states there are 2 general types of donuts. One is cake which looks similar to the pic. The other is yeast which consists of flaky thin layers and is more like a deep fried biscuit.
To be perfectly honest I don’t think Ive actually had one in Berlin. I was binging on pfeffer brezel while I was on holiday in germany. but the shitty Norwegian version is made with doughnut dough.
The plastic utensils complete it.
I see where your confusion comes from. You think you have a pancake there =) To me that looks more like a Austrian Kaiserschmarrn. Delicious, but how are you supposed to put a spread on that and roll it up?
Though your point stands that pancakes are just close approximations of proper crêpe. =)
Austrian Kaiserschmarrn
You have to use the proper translation, otherwise Americans won’t understand you:
You don’t roll up American pancakes, you cut them up into pieces. I used a piece from the center to better demonstrate just how thick they are.
I thought you were going to write, “I used a piece from the center as the foundation slab for my house.” 😀
As a Brit your picture is definitely a normal pancake. Op has posted a extra bloated Scotch Pancake.
TBF usually the Americans take the concept then claim and rename it. So I am surprised they kept the name. Either way…the European pancakes were being made and being seen before westerners started colonizing America…so how the Europeans see pancakes is true to the origin.
Scotch Pancakes are just normal pancakes in America. If you gave a British pancake to an American, they’d probably be confused by it.
I’m skeptical that the Americans would plan to have a pancake specifically 2cm thick … or even have a tape measure with cm on it.
All measuring tapes I’ve seen here have metric on them, not sure why this is surprising
I took this picture myself after getting the pancakes from a genuine American establishment. This is the average for our restaurants. Someone with me mentioned they had a small tape measure, so I decided to capitalize on it.
Also, it’s not that uncommon for our tape measures to have metric.
They must’ve gone for the classic thirteen sixteenths of an inch!
Though an inch is of course defined as 25.4 mm, so Americans are basically always using metric, just with extra steps ;)
Ahh the industrial inch … if only there were some barleycorns we could really get down to the true height of these tēganitēs …
We actually use American football fields as our base unit.
Damn restaurant better be making their pancakes at 13/69,120ths of a standard Football field or I’m gonna be mad, they better be able to prove it with their 192/69,120 standard football field ruler too!
I’ve been to a number of diners in the states (my fiancé is a gun monkey). And yes they’re very filling but they also taste like bicarbonate of soda and greasy buttermilk.
I implore you to visit the Netherlands before claiming pancake supremacy. I wouldn’t want you to make a fool of yourself.
Oh, I don’t think America is supreme by any metric. This place has almost no redeeming qualities
Most of the wilderness areas are beautiful, so we’ve got that going for us I guess.
Republicans: but what if instead of that national park we had an oil field and a Walmart there?
Yeah…. That part is sad and I hate it.
Those are being sold off for mineral and oil exploitation to Trump’s buddies.
Soon they’ll say the galette-saucisse is just like a hot dog.
Crepes are better by default imo but pancakes unlock the possibility of putting toppings in the batter which makes it an interesting matchup again
did you say pancakes?
something along the lines of pan cuties with cake?
