Pancakes versus Waffles
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The only waffles I'm familiar with are potato waffles. Waffly versatile, so I'm told. 
I'd like to have some pancakes, please.
I'd like to have some pancakes, please.
Pancakes with butter and honey. Yum. 
Potato Waffles are the very Devil's Arsecakes and should be banished forthwith for being all nasty and stuff and bleurgh.The only waffles I'm familiar with are potato waffles. Waffly versatile, so I'm told.
I'd like to have some pancakes, please.
But proper waffles? Lovely. Pancakes? Lovely. I wants both.
Potato Waffles are the very Devil's Arsecakes and should be banished forthwith for being all nasty and stuff and bleurgh.The only waffles I'm familiar with are potato waffles. Waffly versatile, so I'm told.
I'd like to have some pancakes, please.
But proper waffles? Lovely. Pancakes? Lovely. I wants both.
A friend of mine moved to Britain from America as a child, and they were so pleased to find frozen waffles. And were then horrified to taste them and discover they were made of potato!
Proper English pancakes for me please
Gosh, I wish I knew how to make pancakes, I want some right now! Is it awful that I don't know how to make them? 
Gosh, I wish I knew how to make pancakes, I want some right now! Is it awful that I don't know how to make them?
English / French pancakes (big thin circles) or American pancakes (small thick circles)?
They're both simple, but have different ingredients.
I've never seen an American pancake. Thick but small, sounds like an odd thing for a pancake. British pancakes all the way! 
Does your city cater to both styles? Being Canadian, I guess you guys might be more easily caught between the two worlds...
Does your city cater to both styles? Being Canadian, I guess you guys might be more easily caught between the two worlds...
Pancakes ... I don't eat eggs, but they can be made without eggs. I'm not over keen on pancakes either way. I rarely make them.
Potato waffles ... I could eat them every day, but they mess up my toaster.
Batter based waffles ... I have had them a long time ago so I know what they are. I liked them about as much as pancakes. I haven't had any for years.
Potato waffles ... I could eat them every day, but they mess up my toaster.
Batter based waffles ... I have had them a long time ago so I know what they are. I liked them about as much as pancakes. I haven't had any for years.
Waffles are okay, with ice cream and chocolate sauce, but even with a regular sized waffle and a scoop of ice cream, it's far too rich too eat in one sitting. My sweet tooth isn't that well-developed. I don't often eat waffles as I don't like to waste it. If someone were going to split it with me - yum.
Funnily enough, Scottish pancakes are similar to the American type, as opposed to the crepe type we're familiar with.I've never seen an American pancake. Thick but small, sounds like an odd thing for a pancake. British pancakes all the way!
Those types of waffles are also nice but sometimes far too sugary. Sometimes I even eat them "as is".
I've never seen an American pancake. Thick but small, sounds like an odd thing for a pancake. British pancakes all the way!
Does your city cater to both styles? Being Canadian, I guess you guys might be more easily caught between the two worlds...
My house does anyway!
I'm actually British - only been in Canada for three years, so I make both sorts of pancakes
English ones are the easiest.
4 ounces plain flour
one egg
1/2 pint of milk and water mixed (so 1/4 pint each)
Put the flour in the bowl, make a well in the centre and put the egg and some of the milk-water in the well.
Whisk it together adding one half of the milk-water as you go.
Once it's smooth with bubbles on the surface, stir in the rest of the milk-water.
Heat a frying pan with a little butter so that it's very hot - drop a spot of the pancake mix into the pan, it should make the fat bubble, and the pancake spot go solid immediately.
You're ready to go
Pour in enough mix to thinly cover the bottom of the frying pan. Let it fry for a while - when it's cooked enough to slide across the pan when you shake the pan, then flip it over and cook the other side.
Serve with whatever you want!
(or of course you could buy pancake mix from the shops
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Funnily enough, Scottish pancakes are similar to the American type, as opposed to the crepe type we're familiar with.I've never seen an American pancake. Thick but small, sounds like an odd thing for a pancake. British pancakes all the way!
Oh yes, Scotch Pancakes are a separate entry in my Good Housekeeping cook book. Also called Drop Scones.
Never really looked at the recipe before - they're very like American pancakes, made with self-raising flour and sugar (Americans don't use self-raising flour much, so my American pancake recipe is plain flour and baking powder).
We used to make them at school on Pancake Day every February, and I remember the first time we made them I wondered why they weren't flat and wrappable like the pancakes I was used to.Funnily enough, Scottish pancakes are similar to the American type, as opposed to the crepe type we're familiar with.I've never seen an American pancake. Thick but small, sounds like an odd thing for a pancake. British pancakes all the way!
Oh yes, Scotch Pancakes are a separate entry in my Good Housekeeping cook book. Also called Drop Scones.
Never really looked at the recipe before - they're very like American pancakes, made with self-raising flour and sugar (Americans don't use self-raising flour much, so my American pancake recipe is plain flour and baking powder).
I prefer waffles, though I didn't know until today that some people make potato waffles. I wonder what they taste like.
The kind of waffles I make are similar to pancakes, but the batter is slightly thicker so that it doesn't run out of the waffle iron. I make them with whole wheat flour.
I'm from California, but I spent some time in North Carolina, where I was introduced to sweet potato pancakes. They're delicious, but I haven't found a recipe for them, and I can't buy the mix out here.
The kind of waffles I make are similar to pancakes, but the batter is slightly thicker so that it doesn't run out of the waffle iron. I make them with whole wheat flour.
I'm from California, but I spent some time in North Carolina, where I was introduced to sweet potato pancakes. They're delicious, but I haven't found a recipe for them, and I can't buy the mix out here.
We used to make them at school on Pancake Day every February, and I remember the first time we made them I wondered why they weren't flat and wrappable like the pancakes I was used to.
You can't use those for pancake day! Where's the fun in flipping little circles? Getting a big English pancake to flip in the pan, that's the skill!
Your recipe sounds simple enough, thanks for posting that. I think I'll try it next morning when my baby sister comes to visit. She loves pancakes (she's 5), not sure if it will match up to her mother's on my very first try... I hope she doesn't spit it out or anything if I botch it!
I know. Being brought up in Scotland, they had their own means of having fun.We used to make them at school on Pancake Day every February, and I remember the first time we made them I wondered why they weren't flat and wrappable like the pancakes I was used to.
You can't use those for pancake day! Where's the fun in flipping little circles? Getting a big English pancake to flip in the pan, that's the skill!
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Proper potato pancakes are 
. The kind from a mix... epic fail.
That said I've never heard of potato waffles... sounds different!
When it's time for syrup consumption nothing beats a waffle though. Regular pancakes = bleugh.
. The kind from a mix... epic fail.That said I've never heard of potato waffles... sounds different!
When it's time for syrup consumption nothing beats a waffle though. Regular pancakes = bleugh.
Shit, and I just use regular old store bought pancake mix lol.Funnily enough, Scottish pancakes are similar to the American type, as opposed to the crepe type we're familiar with.I've never seen an American pancake. Thick but small, sounds like an odd thing for a pancake. British pancakes all the way!
Oh yes, Scotch Pancakes are a separate entry in my Good Housekeeping cook book. Also called Drop Scones.
Never really looked at the recipe before - they're very like American pancakes, made with self-raising flour and sugar (Americans don't use self-raising flour much, so my American pancake recipe is plain flour and baking powder).
Personally, I prefer waffles myself
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