I have that french h.w Experience to do.. i have to get something in french culture and compare it to something in american culture. So I picked french crepes and american pancakes!!! and i have alot of information about those but there are alot of types of crepes and many servings so which one or kind that can be served same time like pancakes (example pancakes served for breakfast in american culture... so which kind of crepes used for breakfast in french culture) also where do they come from.. like who made the first pancake.. etc Please help!!! thanks! :)
2007-01-07 08:58:34 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Ethnic Cuisine
Sorry here, I have to step in because no-one so far has actually explained to you how cultural French Crepes are and that bugs me BIG TIME!
My father is a real french chef and I have grown in hise kitchen. So take my word for it.
French crepes are actually something that is celebrated every 2nd of February. It is a day where every french home will make a good dozen of lovely crepes to eat together. It is believed to be for the return of the light (spring is coming and no more long winter nights ahead) and it is called "La Chandeleur".
The crepes are the pride of the Britanny region (bretagne)in the North West of France, where they make them extremely big and paper thin. You usually eat them with a bit of caster sugar spread on the top, so that you do not overpower the natural taste. It is then rolled in a big "cigar" or folded in four and eaten while drinking some bubbly apple cider of the same region.
Needless to say that it is a delicacy of the poor. Nothing very posh. But in cold nights, with a just egg, milk and rye flour, it was the best they could afford to keep warm.
I hope it helped.
2007-01-08 03:41:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The first Crepes were either adapted from the indian naan bread or from asia nobody really knows. Crepes can be sweet or
savory. and traditional america pancakes are typically nothing like a crepe and to tell you the truth they shoudnt even be compared. I know by definition a crepe is a french pancake but its just not a good one
2007-01-07 16:10:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The most traditional crepes, I believe, are simple and have a fruit filling...usually a good jam. You could do blueberry pancakes and a blueberry jam crepe, for example. The pancake with syrup (obviously) and the crepe with a bit of whip cream on top maybe? or better yet, some creme fraiche on top of the crepe. That would be pretty traditional, I think...blueberries may not be the most traditional fruit filling, but to compare them, you may stick to blueberries. Not sure about who made the first pancake...it's a pretty simple recipe, so my guess is that it has some older roots. maybe wikipedia.com has some info? or google 'history pancake' or something like that.
2007-01-07 09:06:11 · answer #3 · answered by prekinpdx 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I will try to answer , sorry for my poor english.
For almost every french, pancakes means britany's dishes, nowaday there's a lot of restaurants in france called "creperie" where you can eat two kinds of pancakes:
1) "crepes au sarrasin"or "Crêpes de blé noir" = made up with buckwheat
2)"crepes au froment" = made up with wheat
"crepes au sarrasin" are salt, and on it you can have bacon, eggs, salmon... everything you want but salted
"crepes au froment" are for the dessert, with jam, honney or fruits
At home french people eat only "crepes au froment", in this case we say simply "crepes"
The February 2 a lot of french eat pencakes, this day is called "La Chandeleur"
2007-01-09 10:15:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi.Crepes are not only french staff.I use crepes any time I prepare cannelloni.They are very good an easy to make.In the Italian cuisine we use it in several dishes.As a matter of fact,the French's stole the recipe from the Italians and change the name: crepe just with one "p"instead of "creppe".Well we stole the pasta recipe from the Chinese,so what is new?.
2007-01-08 17:04:19 · answer #5 · answered by Mario Vinny D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
French crepes are strictly dessert items
2007-01-08 03:32:52 · answer #6 · answered by kitty_kat4602000 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You should remember that in some parts of the country (PA Dutch country and Philadelphia for example) that pancakes are popular dinner food.
2007-01-07 09:12:38 · answer #7 · answered by MaryCheneysAccessory 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go check on google or yahoo.. dun be lazy.. its ur assignment.. this is a place for fun Q&As.. dun rely on this for ur assignment..
2007-01-07 09:02:49 · answer #8 · answered by Pria M 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋