This is what we Romanians call “pancakes” (clătite). In the US for example, these are not “pancakes”. What Americans call “pancakes”, we call “clătite americane” (American pancakes) or just “pancakes” (the untranslated English word).
~The pancakes in the photos were made by me~
It depends on where you are in Germany. The correct word for it however is of course Pfannkuchen.
What an odd way to spell Eierkuchen.
Pfft bitte, Palatschinke (a foreigner living in Austria)
Fun fact, that word is etymologically related to “placenta”.
Please tell me what a Berliner is to you.
and when you add apples into them, then they are Mälgribbelscha
Are they also the thin rollable kind? Or the thick, stackable American kind?
For me (southern Germany) Pfannkuchen (literal translation is Pancake) is what OP showed. Thin rollable dough-circle. American Pancakes are just called Pancakes (in english)
Also Berliner are called Berliner not “Krapfen” and definitely not Pfannkuchen (as some weirdos would imply)
- Krapfen
- Palatschinke
- Eierspeis
Also depends on the region. I believe for most of germany, the thick ones are (Eier)Pfann(e)kuchen, and the thin ones are Crepés.
No, the thick ones are pancakes (the English word).
Pfannkuchen are medium thickness.
Crèpes are even thinner than Pfannkuchen.Crepés
I don’t think that’s a German term.
But it is still widely used.
Crêpes in France. Those are ours, smaller than usual because I only have a small frying pan currently.
Note: some French regions also call them “galettes”, either depending on the type of flour used, or on the type of toppings (sweet for crêpes, salty for galettes).
Thank you for making them just to show them in a picture here
I bet these were already made before the question was even posted. If you’re not constantly making crêpes, can you even call yourself French?
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In the US those would be called Crêpes. The thicker, fluffy version are pancakes. And the things that Japan makes are perfection. Actual Pan Cake.
The things that Japan makes.
Holy shit, that looks heavenly!
They also make savory versions :)
Is the red/white band a Martenitsa? Happy baba Marta!
On topic, Bulgarians would call them палачинки (palachinki).
In Denmark they’re called pandekager and look like yours. American pancakes would be specified as amerikanske pandekager.
Well in America we have pancakes, flapjacks, Dutch babies, crepes, Johnny cakes, and probably other things I’m forgetting about that are pancake-adjacent.
Silver dollar pancakes for the small ones. About 3 inch diameter. (About 7 cm?)
Dutch baby should be more popular. So good!
gone so fast though ;_;
we need to normalize a dutch baby being like three dutch babies
a Dutch child? 😆
I would clarify that most Americans probably aren’t actually aware of anything besides pancakes and maybe crepes unless there’s a regional variety in their area
To us flapjacks and pancakes are the same.
Sometimes they are bigger or smaller, flatter or fluffier
I think it will probably vary regionally. Diners and breakfast places often have lots of variations. A couple others I thought of are griddle cakes (old-fashioned pancakes) and saddlebags (which are pancakes mixed with meat and other stuff). I’ve seen stuff like yeast-raised whole wheat pancakes (which I don’t know if they have a particular name). I could also name a few places where you could get things like okonomiyaki or scallion pancakes in my city. Those super thick Japanese-style pancakes also seem to be kind of trendy. America is a big place and there’s lots of food variety.
America is a big place and there’s lots of food variety.
That’s actually the point that I was trying to make, but did so quite poorly. I think pancakes themselves are the only thing that are going to be known across the whole country vs other pancake-like things, which would be increasingly regional
flapjacks
What would you call flapjacks if flapjacks refers to pancakes?
Granola?
Granola is different, that’s oats, nuts & berry’s. Flapjacks are rolled oats & golden syrup which are then baked.
Oats, butter, sugar, and sugar? Probably just a granola bar.
So what you have looks more like crepes or what we would call in Russian blinchiki (блинчики) a pancake would be called aladia (оладьи)
In Sweden we can them Pannkakor, or in some parts of the country Plättar.
In Czech we call them “palačinky”, usually with marmalade or just powdered sugar.
And by marmelade we mean jam made of any fruit.
Sugar with cinamon is also a classic topping.
Panqueques in Chile
They are called Pfannkuchen in former West Germany and Eierkuchen in former East Germany. In the East, Pfannkuchen refers to something more akin to a doughnut, called Berliner or Krapfen in the West.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pancakes
Seems very relevant. Found it while trying to find the etymology of “flapjack”, since I thought about it and that’s not a normal word.
I also found out that some countries have a pancake day, where they eat pancakes. Seems to be a different method of celebrating what we call Mardi gras or Fat Tuesday, depending on your proximity to France/Louisiana. We often have something like a donut.
Seems the intent is the same: eat all your animal fat before lent so it doesn’t go to waste.Your cooking looks delicious! I would call it a crepe, but whatever it’s called I would eat it. :)
Wikipedia never ceases to amaze me.
Blynai (general term) / Lietiniai (specific type) American ones are Amerikietiški blyneliai, but no one talks about or makes them .
Naleśnik in Polish. Etymology is unclear but certainly slavic. Most current hypothesis claims it’s from “na liściu” meaning something baked on a leaf.
We eat them with various jams, Nutella, anything sweet, sweetened cottage cheese or quark or curd or whatever a “twaróg” would translate to is a popular filling too.
Pannenkoeken in the Netherlands.
I meant it more like what do pancakes look like in your country. What does the word represent. American pancakes:
In Canada, those are pancakes. The ones you made are crepes. It’s a pan-cake because it’s cooked in a pan, and rises like a cake. They have baking soda which is a levening agent and makes bubbles and a (hopefully) light and fluffy product. Crepes are more like a tortilla, decidedly flat.
Pancakes are also called flapjacks for some reason.
In Germany, they look like yours.
Similar to yours then the US kind
That is more like a crepe. You can not do that to an American pancake, it would just break in half.
What you call a crepe, is what we call pancakes in Belgium/the Netherlands
Add more water to pancake batter, thin it out, and you can absolutely get them that thin and flexible.
Source: I do it all the time with homemade scratch pancake batter, especially if it’s been in the fridge for a day.
It is different though. Crêpes are thinner still. Texture is also different, the pancakes are more “airy” than crêpes. They are also prepared differently:
Leavening: Pancakes usually include a leavening agent like baking powder, which makes them rise and become thicker. Crêpes don’t have any leavening, so they stay thin. Batter: Pancake batter is thicker than crêpe batter.
Pancakes are cooked on both sides on a griddle or frying pan. Crêpes are cooked very quickly on one side on a special crêpe maker or a hot plate. ^(For quick reference. Answered by Gemini 2 Flash using Kagi.)
Both are really good, though.
