01/03/2022
A bit of pancake trivia for you tonight.
🏺The first pancakes were fried concoctions called Alita Dolcia (“another sweet” in Latin) and were made by Romans in the 1st Century AD.They were made from milk, flour, eggs and spices and were very similar to pancakes.
📚 The Middle English word pancake appears in English in the 15th century.
William Shakespeare liked pancakes, often mentioning them in his plays
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, “flat as a pancake”, has been a catchphrase since at least 1611
🍁 Maple syrup which is often used as a topping, was originally a sweet drink which was discovered by the Algonquin Indians.
👵 The first ready-mix food which was sold commercially was Aunt Jemima pancake flour. It was invented in 1889 in St. Joseph, Missouri.
🍎 The record for the highest pancake toss is 9.47m (31ft 1in) made in New York in 2010.
🏀 The biggest pancake in the world weighed 6,614 pounds and was over 49 feet in diameter.
🍮🍮🍮 The Guinness World Record for the most pancakes served in 8 hours by a team is 34,818.
🏆 The town of Olney in England hosts an annual pancake race in celebration of “Pancake Day.” They have done it every year since 1445.
💰 The world’s most expensive pancakes are made by the Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotel’s five star Opus restaurant. Their pancakes have pink champagne, lobster, truffles and caviar. The dish costs $1,166 per serving.
🐜 Pancake syndrome is an allergic reaction which some people have after eating pancakes in tropical regions where certain mites can contaminate the flour in pancake
🐖 In Sweden you can order Blodplättar, which are pancakes made of pork blood.
🍋 The French crêpe is thin and crispy. It is folded or rolled and heated in a sauce of sugar, butter, citrus juice and liqueur. It is common in France to touch the handle of the frying pan and to make a wish while the pancake is turned, holding a coin in one hand.
⛄ Before baking soda, chefs used fresh snow, which contains ammonia, to help make pancakes light and fluffy.
🍳 In 2009 Aldo Zilli set a new world record for flipping a single pancake – he flipped it 117 times in 60 seconds.
