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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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George Orwell on the perfect cup of tea may also be of interest: https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwel...

Very interesting! Quite amusing that adding milk seems to be an unquestionable truth while adding sugar is considered destroying the flavour and adding pepper (which is not uncommon in India) appears to be unthinkable.

But I find it most surprising that the detailed rules say nothing about how long to steep the tea.

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

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post #78

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

Beer in pancake batter? Interesting idea, never thought of.

or just soda water

On new years day (YYYY-1-1) we traditionally make it with champagne

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

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I'm a fan of the Dutch pancake, fluffy and oven-baked. I'm assuming they use baking powder for the fluffiness. The place I used to frequent when in Amsterdam has long gone but my heavens, they made an amazing banana baked pancake, with powdered sugar and genuine maple syrup.

I second this, I’ve never had an American pancake that came close to a Dutch one.

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

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post #55
post #31

George Orwell on the perfect cup of tea may also be of interest: https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwel...

Orwell is also good on pubs: https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwel...

TIL George Orwell's preferred vessel was a "strawberry-pink china pewter mug".

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

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post #6

Looks more like a crepe than a pancake.

John Locke was British, and in England we generally call crepe's pancakes (or at least, they are much more similar to a crepe, for instance on pancake day/shrove tuesday we will eat a thin pancake rather than an american-style pancake).

What American's call a pancake would be an 'American pancake' over here.

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

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post #85

You can subst orange blossom water for Cointreau or Grand Marnier. In fact try adding these into regular crepe, pancake or French toast batter. A tablespoon or so adds an absolutely wonderful nuance to the result.

Cf. crêpes Suzette, e.g. https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/crepes-suzette

Sure, but that's not even remotely the same.

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

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> Pythagorean > 3:2:1 Not 5:4:3?

Only if you want pancakes with right angles. Totally impractical! On the other hand, did you know that the ratio of the volume of a cone to a hemisphere to a cylinder is 1:2:3?

No I didn't, but there's something missing - with the same radius of circle end I assume perhaps?

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

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I'm a fan of the Dutch pancake, fluffy and oven-baked. I'm assuming they use baking powder for the fluffiness. The place I used to frequent when in Amsterdam has long gone but my heavens, they made an amazing banana baked pancake, with powdered sugar and genuine maple syrup.

It's not really a pancake if it's baked now is it? Every "pancake" I can think of is always pan-fried. What is it called in Dutch?

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

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post #64

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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.)

Curious: Why do you write it 01694 and not 1694?

> nutmeg is toxic to humans in surprisingly small amounts. I wouldn't eat half a nutmeg by myself in one sitting!

It seems to be an affectation encouraged by the Long Now Foundation: https://longnow.org/ideas/02013/12/31/long-now-years-five-di...

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