Like pancakes? How do you eat your pancakes?
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I have never liked pancakes. However I do think the bacon and maple syrup deal is great taste with them.
I like them either with a sourish jam like redcurrant jelly or cornel cherry jam or with a mix of plain yoghurt and fresh berries (strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, red currants, black currants, gooseberries - whatever is at hand. See picture below)
My mom eats them with apple purée and/or with heaps of sugar. She insists that "pancakes must crunch" [with sugar], else they don't count as pancakes. Stands to hope she'll never turn diabetic.
Edit: totally forgot: German pancakes differ from your American ones. Ours are larger and very thin and soft. Much like French crepes or Mexican tortillas, only fluffier and softer than either.
My mom eats them with apple purée and/or with heaps of sugar. She insists that "pancakes must crunch" [with sugar], else they don't count as pancakes. Stands to hope she'll never turn diabetic.
Edit: totally forgot: German pancakes differ from your American ones. Ours are larger and very thin and soft. Much like French crepes or Mexican tortillas, only fluffier and softer than either.
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Not the biggest fan of pancakes, but when I do eat them it's with butter and real maple syrup.
Yep. The only way to eat them.
^or Topfenpalatschinken 
pancakes filled and topped with sweetened cottage cheese, cream, eggs, a hint of vanilla and (if you like rum-soaked) raisins, braised in the oven. An Austrian recipe. Yummy stuff with a gazillion calories =)
pancakes filled and topped with sweetened cottage cheese, cream, eggs, a hint of vanilla and (if you like rum-soaked) raisins, braised in the oven. An Austrian recipe. Yummy stuff with a gazillion calories =)
I eat them with real butter and real maple syrup. I also add protein powder to the batter. I also eat them all too rarely.
I think pancake mix is going on the grocery list.
I think pancake mix is going on the grocery list.
Don't buy a mix. Mixes are most of the time a rip-off:
American pancakes consist only of flour, eggs, milk, sugar, butter and baking powder.
The mix consists of flour, baking powder and artificial flavour. You still have to add sugar, butter, milk and eggs. So why waste money on what is basically a packet of butter-flavoured self-rising flour?
If you make pancakes from scratch it takes barely 2 minutes longer than the mix but you can make 10 times as many pancakes for the same money!
Here's a pretty good recipe: http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/fluffyamericanpancak_74828
American pancakes consist only of flour, eggs, milk, sugar, butter and baking powder.
The mix consists of flour, baking powder and artificial flavour. You still have to add sugar, butter, milk and eggs. So why waste money on what is basically a packet of butter-flavoured self-rising flour?
If you make pancakes from scratch it takes barely 2 minutes longer than the mix but you can make 10 times as many pancakes for the same money!
Here's a pretty good recipe: http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/fluffyamericanpancak_74828
It is 
But making German pancakes is even more fun because ours are larger and not fluffy but rather thin and elastic. You turn them by letting them do a summersault a few inches above the pan. A flick of the wrist, a solid cast-iron pan and plenty of butter are all that's needed. Just the thing to show off 
If you do it with too much vigor, the pancake will end up sticking to a cupboard or in the worst case on the ceiling. Always good for a laugh and a thorough spring-cleaning
But making German pancakes is even more fun because ours are larger and not fluffy but rather thin and elastic. You turn them by letting them do a summersault a few inches above the pan. A flick of the wrist, a solid cast-iron pan and plenty of butter are all that's needed. Just the thing to show off If you do it with too much vigor, the pancake will end up sticking to a cupboard or in the worst case on the ceiling. Always good for a laugh and a thorough spring-cleaning
you miss a lot of fun by not cooking =)
Btw, I prefer to eat with my mouth
(LOL sorry, couldn't resist to tease you)
Btw, I prefer to eat with my mouth
(LOL sorry, couldn't resist to tease you)
If I see pancakes doing somersaults, it's usually because I've been drinking heavily...
srsly though, I just eat 'em with butter and syrup. Accompanied by huge helpings of scrambled eggs and bacon.
Lots of butter and maple syrup and every once in awhile I'll have it with butter and raspberry jam
Love pancakes. I generally have them with raspberry jam. One of things I love to do with pancakes, is put something else into the mixture, like melted chocolate or thawed mixed berries.
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