Pancake: A Global History Excerpt by Ken Albala Lyrics
A pancake is a starch-based comestible, poured as a batter
onto a hot surface and cooked until solid. Normally round
and formed by force of gravity, pancakes can also be cooked
in a mould or drizzled into any number of free-form shapes.
They are usually, and proverbially, flat, though with the right
ingredients an adept hand can create light fluffy specimens
that rise in defiance of the horizon. On the other hand, a
slim figure is consciously sought for many types, as with the
French crepe. Pancakes can be minuscule, 'silver dollar' size
or great heaped behemoths of batter — the sort made for
charity benefits, or by those hoping for a spot in the Guinness World Records. Pancakes may be made at home, eaten at a restaurant or bought from a street vendor.
onto a hot surface and cooked until solid. Normally round
and formed by force of gravity, pancakes can also be cooked
in a mould or drizzled into any number of free-form shapes.
They are usually, and proverbially, flat, though with the right
ingredients an adept hand can create light fluffy specimens
that rise in defiance of the horizon. On the other hand, a
slim figure is consciously sought for many types, as with the
French crepe. Pancakes can be minuscule, 'silver dollar' size
or great heaped behemoths of batter — the sort made for
charity benefits, or by those hoping for a spot in the Guinness World Records. Pancakes may be made at home, eaten at a restaurant or bought from a street vendor.