What is the difference between a dropped scone and a pancake?

Question

when i talk about a pancake, i really mean a dropped scone. but whats the diff?

Answer 1

The dropped scone is a scottish pancake......

.....imagine my confusion, in Oz we call scones - scones, pancakes - pancakes and dropped scones - piklets - but they are usually sweet - like wee pancakes! I lost a bet with my boyfriend (who is english) over that!! :-)

Answer 2

Drop Scone Pancakes

Answer 3

A dropped scone is one that's been on the floor. I think you mean drop scone. The batter is thicker and you drop a spoonful of batter onto the hot pan, you can turn it over using a fish slice. They are also called Scotch pancakes. Try the Internet for a recipe.

Answer 4

You must be scots. A scots pancake is a dropped scone - a thick batter made with plain flour, bicarb, cream of tartar, egg and preferably buttermilk, dropped by the spoonful, cooked on a girdle (or griddle for English amongst you) without fat and flipped. A pancake is a thinner batter - same as for Yorkshire pudding - fried in butter and tossed. Same as French crepe.

Answer 5

a dropped scone is the scottish name for a pancake, a pancake can be savoury, thin sweet etc, but a dropped scone is small sweet cake like,

Answer 6

as I see it a drop scone has baking powder to help it rise when it cooks, where a pancake dosent and therefore is flat when cooked

Answer 7

The scone is likely to be dustier

Answer 8

I take it your familys really into pancake tuesday!

Answer 9

ENGLAND AND AMERICA