2026-09-26 14:49 UTC
@vicgrinberg@mastodon.social I'm coming to the conclusion that cultural and globally, pancakes are like sausage/tubemeat. Most places and peoples seem to independently invent the same thing with a different name, or a striking variation with the same name. So what makes these pancakes "Dutch"? (And I'm off down the rabbit hole looking it up anyway)
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@gregdavis@hachyderm.io 2026-09-26 15:00
@vicgrinberg@mastodon.social Wikipedia on Dutch Pancake aka Dutch Baby: "Despite the name, they are not small, nor do they originate in the Netherlands." "Dutch Pancake. Neither Dutch nor pancake. Discuss."
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@vicgrinberg@mastodon.social 2026-09-26 16:24
@gregdavis@hachyderm.io the fact that they are traditional Dutch pancakes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pannenkoek The trick is to look for the real thing and not for what the US-ians decided to call in some way.