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~
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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 :)
Its like a pancake soufflé. I once saw a tiny woman eat an entire dinner plate sized cube of one. It was fascinating. (I think it was mostly air)
naleśniki :3
and it’s the same in poland, i’d call what you made a pancake in poland, but in the UK i’d call it a crêpe
In Poland we call these “naleśniki”.
Pancakes, American, but I spent two years living in Hungary and they call them palacsinta.
Flapjacks
Those look similar to crepes (American)
Crepes in Italia
That’s how you call crepes. Crepes are not pancakes.
Pannenkoeken in the Netherlands.
We call it panekuk in Indonesian I believe, based on the Dutch word. I’m more familiar with the American version growing up although that might just be because of American media. Also loved poffertjes as a kid (tiny versions of pancake). I don’t know if there’s an Indonesian spelling for that one.
Pannenkoeken are also often baked with cheese or bacon (spek anyway).
I meant it more like what do pancakes look like in your country. What does the word represent. American pancakes:
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.
We call those swedish pancakes in our family.
What you call a crepe, is what we call pancakes in Belgium/the Netherlands
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.
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.
In Germany, they look like yours.
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.
Flensjes?
Those are crepes around these parts.
In Denmark they’re called pandekager and look like yours. American pancakes would be specified as amerikanske pandekager.
So what you have looks more like crepes or what we would call in Russian blinchiki (блинчики) a pancake would be called aladia (оладьи)
Back in university we had a pankegger, we got like 5 kegs and a costco bag of pancake mix and chocolate chips, we must have cranked out hundreds of pancakes. I just wanted to share that story it was so much fun.
Wait, that’s amazing. I want to do that now, but I’m 40 and I only have like 5 friends. I’m so hungry.
Ya it was for a homecoming football game, must have been 10 years ago now but it was insanely fun. I don’t even think we bothered going to the game haha! Just drinking pilsner and flipping pancakes, I made a core memory that day!
My wife is English and she calls my pancakes “scotch pancakes”. Meanwhile she makes crêpes and calls those “pancakes”. Shit is crazy, yo.
In Portuguese, I’d call what you have there in the image (looks great, by the way) “crepes.”
The thicker American pancakes are called “panquecas.”
