edit: I love how Europeans still struggle to believe that these are what America sees as pancakes. For context, these buttermilk pancakes were so big that I only ordered two and could only eat half of the second one. If you went to our “International House of Pancakes(IHOP)” and ordered pancakes, this is what you’d get. America really is on another level.
I see where your confusion comes from. You think you have a pancake there =) To me that looks more like a Austrian Kaiserschmarrn. Delicious, but how are you supposed to put a spread on that and roll it up?
Though your point stands that pancakes are just close approximations of proper crêpe. =)
Please gather up those eggs before you accidentally bump one and it rolls off the table.
Though I agree that those do look better and now I want (thin) pancakes and delicious toppings to turn into sweet burritos. If I want something heavier, I’ll make waffles.
You have to use the proper translation, otherwise Americans won’t understand you:
As a Brit your picture is definitely a normal pancake. Op has posted a extra bloated Scotch Pancake.
American food is far more Scottish than English, mostly because the Scottish understand the proper amount of decadence
I did enjoy battered deep fried burger followed by a battered mars bar when I did the Edinburgh festival I’m not ashamed to say.
Scotch Pancakes are just normal pancakes in America. If you gave a British pancake to an American, they’d probably be confused by it.
Americans being confused by things is not a high bar.
TBF usually the Americans take the concept then claim and rename it. So I am surprised they kept the name. Either way…the European pancakes were being made and being seen before westerners started colonizing America…so how the Europeans see pancakes is true to the origin.
You don’t roll up American pancakes, you cut them up into pieces. I used a piece from the center to better demonstrate just how thick they are.
I thought you were going to write, “I used a piece from the center as the foundation slab for my house.” 😀