pan-cake (noun): a flat cake made of thin batter and cooked on both sides on a griddle
Why did the angry woman put a rocket under her pancakes?
... because she wanted to blow her stack!
- The batter used to make pancakes is almost exactly the same as the batter used to make regular cakes. The pancake batter is just a little thinner. Cooking this thin batter on a skillet makes a quick, hot little cake that makes a tasty breakfast.
- Pancakes have become so popular, that people don't just eat them for breakfast an more. Many people like to eat pancakes for dinner.
- A Canadian CyberBud told me that they call pancakes "flapjacks" where they live.
- A flat, granola-type bar is sold in England under the name "Flapjack".
- The Shorter Oxford Dictionary refers to pancakes as flapjacks too, and says that the name started in the United States around the year 1600.
- Pancake Day is celebrated in Newfoundland on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday, which is the beginning of Lent.
- The pancakes are served with molasses, which was brought back to Newfoundland from the West Indies Islands (along with rum) in exchange for fish.
- As an additional treat, items are placed in the pancake batter before it is cooked to foretell the future for family members. If a boy recieved an item for a trade, it meant he would enter that trade. If a girl recieved an item for a trade, it meant she would marry a person from that trade.
- Some of the kinds of items that could be found inside a pancake include the follow:
- A piece of string (representing a net)-- a fisherman
- A piece of wood ( representing woodworking) -- a carpenter
- A wedding ring (representing marriage)--the person would marry
- A button (representing bachelorhood) -- the person would not marry
- A penny (repesenting poverty) -- the person would be poor
- A nickle (representing riches) -- the person would be wealthy
- A nail (representing horseshoe)-- a blacksmith
Thank you to Mrs. Verna Bowering, Coley's Point Primary School for the information.
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