Comments on: An Accumulation

By: Sour Grapes | Lilac Colored Glasses

Sour Grapes | Lilac Colored Glasses — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:49:22 +0000

[...] I took this argument home to CB, a most formidable opponent when it comes to comparing cultural/language [...]

By: Korie

Korie — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 21:52:00 +0000

Heh, so I was confused because I thought what we ate was a “typical” Belgian pancake. I have now been informed by CB that it is common in Gent, not Belgium as a whole and what we had were Breton pancakes. Rest assured they were very very good. And the waffles made up for any other misnomered food items I might encounter in Belgium.

By: Jientje

Jientje — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 20:47:00 +0000

Yeah, right!
Well, there’s a tough one, wat is and wat is not? In my humble (Belgian) opinion, you’re both right. Crêpes is the french name for very thin pancakes, usually served with a sweet or a “savory” (hope this is the right word) “garnishment” ( I’m not sure of that one either!)
However, this has very little in common with that leather-look like thing on your plate there, if you pardon my expression!
I had real American pancakes for breakfast, several years ago when I was visiting Florida, and they were little thick yummie soft gooey and very sweet, served with syrup and all that… Mjummmm!
This also has very little to do with “the monster” on your plate there!
It is just another recipe I think!
I like the “American pancakes” as I shall call them, and I like the crêpes. For future references, what you had there, that buckweat monstrosity is not typically Belgian, they are not Belgian Pancakes, please do not remember us that way!!
So, I guess, you’re both right, right?

By: Korie

Korie — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 13:28:00 +0000

See, I told you he was just being tolerant of my pancakes.

By: CB

CB — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 08:36:00 +0000

see http://www.funsocialstudies.learninghaven.com/articles/pancake.htm

I know up there it’s kinda a tradition to all hate the French (Even quite some canadians, maybe because they still have that old English tart as a monarch) but the french crêpe just translates into pannenkoek in Dutch or pfannkuchen in German, pancake in English and crepe in Spanish.

The fact that you folks added soaked sponges to the variety and started stealing a french word for the other versions of a pancake to differentiate comes in handy, but doesn’t legitimize the imperial global right of having the only true pancake.

I mean, no wonder Atkins was born in the land of the fluffy hotcakes, griddlecakes and flapjacks. Ok, he might have died because of a heart failure because of other excesses there but still … we in Europe consider your flat muffins pancakes, we just think they’re ranked quite low on the OMG-pancakes! scale.

By: Mia

Mia — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 06:42:00 +0000

Canadians = Defenders of the TRUE Pancake

By: Korie

Korie — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 05:37:00 +0000

heh heh…Canadians have some intrinsic value after all!

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By: Mia

Mia — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 05:03:00 +0000

Eggos have never been waffles. They are wanna-be waffles. They dream of being waffles. But they are not waffles.

However, those massive things are NOT pancakes. They dont even call them that in Italy. They are crepes. Deal with it CB. (And no, Im not really american)