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[-] WaterSword@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 days ago

Hahaha I’m curious how many people know the word ‘Pannenkoek’ just from the Mario 64 youtuber

[-] Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

I didn't know it was dutch until this post lol. But it's obviously pancake looking at the word. Or so I thought! Looking it up it's specifically a Dutch Pancake?

Is there a different word for a western pancake?

[-] WaterSword@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 days ago

Well, I’d consider Dutch culture to be western as well lol. Dutch pancakes are there own thing (not to be confused with a ‘Dutch Pancake’ in America, which is another different thing

We call the thicker, smaller pancakes ‘american’ pancakes.

Dutch pancakes (Pannenkoeken) are thinner and bigger in diameter. More like a crêpe. Though crêpes are thinner again.

The american ‘Dutch Pancake’ is a very fluffy egg pancake baked in a pan. (Also called a German Pancake or Dutch Baby Pancake) (there’s not much Dutch about it, because it originated in the US from someone of German descent)

[-] WaterSword@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 2 days ago

To illustrate it some more with images:

American Pancakes:

Pannenkoeken:

Crêpes:

‘Dutch/German’ Pancake:

[-] Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

Thanks for the effort posts, now I'm hungry...

[-] WaterSword@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 days ago

All of them are super easy recipes! Though if you’re in America I would advise against making the German Pancake at the moment, because you need a lot of eggs for that one.

[-] Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

I'm Canadian so that's not our problem :)

[-] ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Similarly, the people called 'Pennsylvania Dutch' in the US do not have Dutch ancestry for the most part. They were German and referred to their homeland as Deutschland, locals anglicized it to Dutchland, hence 'Dutch'.

In our next class, we will discover the interesting history of the Jerusalem Artichoke...

[-] Pipster 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

A UK pancake is very much that same large like a crepe but more substantial as well. Enjoyed almost exclusively on pancake day with sugar and lemon (we did blood orange juice because fancy).

[-] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Came back from NL recently, and their pancakes seem the same as ours (UK). My mother quite enjoyed them as they were familiar.

[-] Lazhward@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Usually we just call them 'American pancakes'.

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