Because I thought the Americans did, but then other countries like Russia say they did.........
2006-09-02 06:33:39 · 9 answers · asked by Girrrl 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Ethnic Cuisine
It was the French. But they make much thinner and wider ones called crepes. The Russian variety are callel blinis but are dificult to make; with yeast and stiffly beaten egg whites being employed in the recipe.
2006-09-02 13:27:51 · answer #1 · answered by stef555stef 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Pancakes are an ancient food; cooking on a griddle or other flat, hot surface is a far older technique than oven cooking. There are recipes for pancakes, in fact, that appear as far back as the height of the Roman Empire, in the culinary compendium “Apicius.” In it, cooks found a version with honey and pepper. Flour, eggs, milk—such simple ingredients were also mixed, fried, and flipped to create a traditional Shrove Tuesday treat, before the Lenten fast.
What truly defines a pancake, though, is a bit hazy. (Why is it the socca, made from chickpea flour and olive oil, seems clearly to be a kind of pancake, while the corn tortilla, made from masa and water, seems to be more of a flatbread?) Common pancake characteristics include a crisp exterior and soft, airy interior. They’re made from thinner batter than actual cakes, and a little hot grease sets the outer surface quickly; this allows the inside to remain fluffy and light. And they’re usually unleavened, so they don’t rise like bread dough.
Exceptions to all such general rules exist. Toad-in-the-hole, from England, and pannukakku, from Finland, are baked rather than fried. Russian blini are leavened with yeast. The best French crêpes are too thin to have much of an interior. No matter, they’re all equally delicious.
2006-09-02 13:40:31 · answer #2 · answered by ted_armentrout 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Kevin
2006-09-02 14:41:13 · answer #3 · answered by steven m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scottish
2006-09-02 13:37:07 · answer #4 · answered by Gypsie 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
According to some people, God created everything_____
So it follows that he muct have created the pancake, maybe he's got a sweet tooth!
2006-09-02 13:39:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Actually, I did.
And thanks for asking. You owe me $0.05 in royalties for every pancake you make. I accept PayPal and Western Union.
2006-09-02 17:08:49 · answer #6 · answered by had enough of idiots - signing off... 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The people in Finland did. or it might have been Aunt Jemimah
2006-09-02 14:49:13 · answer #7 · answered by Eagle 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
someone who forgot to put baking powder in thier cake mix!
2006-09-02 13:39:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
............. neither, it was Aunt Jemima
2006-09-03 00:28:28 · answer #9 · answered by pro_and_contra 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋