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John Locke’s recipe for Pancakes (2021)

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Re: John Locke’s recipe for Pancakes (2021)

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Post by djur »

philliphaydon wrote: post #42
GlennS wrote: post #27

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This is a dialects of English thing. In Britain: pancakes don't use baking powder. They're flat like a slighly thicker crepe. I would describe a thick fluffy pancake made with baking powder as a "Scotch pancake", but in Australia, the USA, Canada and New Zealand, that style is just a "pancake".

Pancakes in nz are not thick. You get pancakes which are like crepes, or pikelets which are like small American pancakes. American pancakes are disgusting. It’s like the equivalent of American carbon bacon.

More pancakes and bacon for us, I guess. Don't know why you felt it necessary to make that unwarranted attack, though.

Re: John Locke’s recipe for Pancakes (2021)

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Post by iancmceachern »

guerrilla wrote: post #5

Locke is a bit early for this, but if you like this kind of thing, then you'll love Townsends' channel about 18th century living, focused on cooking.[1] Seriously, they have over 18 seasons worth of "18th Century Cooking"[2] 1. https://www.youtube.com/user/jastownsendandson 2. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4e4wpjna1vx3DFU7r7gj...

And Glen and Friends https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCsU15yvILBmnHPeAf4SFVaQ#menu

Re: John Locke’s recipe for Pancakes (2021)

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Post by niho »

chucky wrote: post #60
cascom wrote: post #38

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They remind me of “Swedish Pancakes” which are kind of in-between an American pancake and a crepe. No idea if they are actually Swedish but you can buy Lund’s Swedish pancake mix in the US and you get something similar

I'm Swedish, and I can confirm that all my Swedish cookbooks contain recipes for "pancakes", "crepes" and "American pancakes", which are definitely 3 different things, and a Swedish "pancake" is a lot like you describe it. I also have a recipe for what my cookbook calls Danish pancakes, or "æbleskiver" in Danish. Those are more like small round doughnuts prepared in a special frying pan. I'm not sure if the Danish wo…

To further complicate the pancake taxonomy there is also the curiosity of “plättar”. Very small pancakes made in a special frying pan for more festive occasions. Not sure about their origin, but they are very common in Småland in the south of Sweden.

https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plättar#/media/Fil%3APlattla...

Re: John Locke’s recipe for Pancakes (2021)

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Post by kragen »

kemayo wrote: post #26
mmcgaha wrote: post #6

Looks more like a crepe than a pancake.

Bear in mind that you're reading a recipe written by John Locke, an English philosopher. So he's using the English definition of "pancake", which is nothing like the American definition.

He wrote it before 01694. Most of the English settlers who would define the American dialect of English hadn't moved to America yet in 01694, so there is no particular reason to expect Locke's definition to be more similar to the modern English definition than to the modern American definition. (And Nicosia claims that the result was in fact in between, even though she didn't beat it for the full 15 minutes.)

Re: John Locke’s recipe for Pancakes (2021)

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Post by mongol »

cascom wrote: post #38
mmcgaha wrote: post #6

Looks more like a crepe than a pancake.

They remind me of “Swedish Pancakes” which are kind of in-between an American pancake and a crepe. No idea if they are actually Swedish but you can buy Lund’s Swedish pancake mix in the US and you get something similar

I think they are more similar to a crepe than an american pancake. They contain no rising agent, but a crepe is thinner.

Re: John Locke’s recipe for Pancakes (2021)

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Post by sandermvanvliet »

frazbin wrote: post #8
analog31 wrote: post #7

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My hunch is no baking powder. I've made pancakes without baking powder by heavily beating the eggs before gently folding in the other ingredients. Haven't tried this particular recipe.

Yep that's the one-- gotta get gas into the batter somehow

Throw in some beer, works a charm for the taste too

Re: John Locke’s recipe for Pancakes (2021)

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Post by stevesimmons »

niho wrote: post #63
chucky wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm Swedish, and I can confirm that all my Swedish cookbooks contain recipes for "pancakes", "crepes" and "American pancakes", which are definitely 3 different things, and a Swedish "pancake" is a lot like you describe it. I also have a recipe for what my cookbook calls Danish pancakes, or "æbleskiver" in Danish. Those are more like small round doughnuts prepared in a special frying pan. I'm not sure if the Danish wo…

To further complicate the pancake taxonomy there is also the curiosity of “plättar”. Very small pancakes made in a special frying pan for more festive occasions. Not sure about their origin, but they are very common in Småland in the south of Sweden. https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plättar#/media/Fil%3APlattla...

Two more types of small pancakes are poffertjes (Dutch), which sound a lot like your Swedish plättar, and pikelets (English).
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