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Norwegian fuel supplier refuses U.S. warships over Ukraine

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Re: Norwegian fuel supplier refuses U.S. warships over Ukraine

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Post by dagss »

duxup wrote: post #12
dagss wrote: post #11

And a Norwegian cafe renamed one of their dishes [edit: American pancakes] to "Canadian pancakes"! Reminds me of "Freedom Fries"...

Were they American pancakes before? Serious question, I just call pancakes, pancakes….

Ah right, I guess that name for them is Norwegian/European.

Around here, "American pancakes" are about 1 cm (1/2 inch) thick and the size of a hand. Contains baking soda

"Pancakes" are larger, the size of a plate, and much thinner (a couple of mm). No baking soda. Like the French crepe but smaller diameter.

They taste quite differently.

Re: Norwegian fuel supplier refuses U.S. warships over Ukraine

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Post by palata »

beebaween wrote: post #2

Wonder how making the US your enemy is going to pan out lmao

Okay let's take a deep breath and read slowly:

- Russia attacked Ukraine

- The US is making enemies out of ex allies

Not the other way around. It seems difficult to understand for americans, for some reason, but the order of the words does matter.

Re: Norwegian fuel supplier refuses U.S. warships over Ukraine

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Post by sergers »

dagss wrote: post #13
duxup wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Were they American pancakes before? Serious question, I just call pancakes, pancakes….

Ah right, I guess that name for them is Norwegian/European. Around here, "American pancakes" are about 1 cm (1/2 inch) thick and the size of a hand. Contains baking soda "Pancakes" are larger, the size of a plate, and much thinner (a couple of mm). No baking soda. Like the French crepe but smaller diameter. They taste quite differently.

Being canadian, you just described different styles of pancakes that we just call all pancakes.

Thin, thick, size of a plate, sand dollar size, size of your hands... just all called simply pancakes.

I find the thick ones not good.

Theres a chain of big pancakes size of plate restaurants called dedutch pannekoek house, or just dedutch.

Re: Norwegian fuel supplier refuses U.S. warships over Ukraine

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Post by craftkiller »

dagss wrote: post #13
duxup wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Were they American pancakes before? Serious question, I just call pancakes, pancakes….

Ah right, I guess that name for them is Norwegian/European. Around here, "American pancakes" are about 1 cm (1/2 inch) thick and the size of a hand. Contains baking soda "Pancakes" are larger, the size of a plate, and much thinner (a couple of mm). No baking soda. Like the French crepe but smaller diameter. They taste quite differently.

FWIW you can get pancakes 1cm thick in both the size of a hand and the size of a plate in the US. When they're the size of a plate you usually get a couple just stacked on top of each other. Source: I am American.

Re: Norwegian fuel supplier refuses U.S. warships over Ukraine

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Post by matt-p »

sergers wrote: post #15
dagss wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ah right, I guess that name for them is Norwegian/European. Around here, "American pancakes" are about 1 cm (1/2 inch) thick and the size of a hand. Contains baking soda "Pancakes" are larger, the size of a plate, and much thinner (a couple of mm). No baking soda. Like the French crepe but smaller diameter. They taste quite differently.

Being canadian, you just described different styles of pancakes that we just call all pancakes. Thin, thick, size of a plate, sand dollar size, size of your hands... just all called simply pancakes. I find the thick ones not good. Theres a chain of big pancakes size of plate restaurants called dedutch pannekoek house, or just dedutch.

But if you go to a cafe and order pancakes how do you know what you'll get!

A simply unacceptable gamble in my mind! Imagine looking forward to a normal pancake and getting a rubbery American one popped infront of you.

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