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I REFUSE TO RECEDE
A few weeks ago I had brunch at daughter #1's place
Ashleigh has become interested in cooking and has become a very good cook. Some of her best dishes are grilled salmon steaks, chicken casserole and hamburgers.
This day she invited me for Brunch! 
Bacon, sasuage, eggs and
Pancakes!
This was Ashleigh's first attempt at Pancakes
A little 'pancake' history! There is a website called "Pancakeology" and I found some interesting facts there:
The modern pancake has roots dating to ancient times. Foods similar to pancakes can be dated back to the ancient Romans. The Romans enjoyed a simple flatbread consisting of flour, milk, eggs and spices which was called called "Alita Dolcia" (Latin for "another sweet").Some Alita Dolcia were sweetened with honey or fruits hile others were savory breads filled with meats and cheeses. Although Alita Dolcia may have resembled pancakes, the pancakes we know today originated in Medieval Europe.
"The griddle method of cooking is older than oven baking, and pancakes are an ancient form. The first pancakes clearly distinguishable from plain griddle breads are sweet ones mentioned by Apicius; these were made from a batter of egg, mixed milk and water, and a little flour, fried and served with pepper and honey. An English culinary manuscript of about 1430 refers to pancakes in a way which implies that the term was already familiar, but it does not occur often in the early printed cookery books...Throughout Europe pancakes had a place among Easter foods, especially on Shrove Tuesday (or Mardi Gras), the last day before Lent."
---Oxford Companion to Food, Alan Davidson [Oxford University Press:Oxford] 1999 (p. 571)
The Pancake form has been adopted by regional cuisines throughout the world in a variety of forms. In Germany they have hearty potato pancakes, in France there are crepes and galettes, Ireland has the Boxty and Scottland the drop scone. Beyond Europe we can find the dadar gutung in Indonesia, the poori from India and the bao bing from China.
From it's inception, America has relied on the pancake as an important source of nourishment.
"Pancakes have long been a staple of the American breakfast table, and their history is as old as that of the Native Americans who shaped a soft batter in their hands and called it, in the Narragansett, nokehick (it is soft), transmuted by early white settlers into " no cake." Cornmeal pancakes were called "Indian cakes" as early as 1607. The Dutch in America made similar cakes from buckwheat, panekoeken, which by 1740 were called "buckwheat cakes." English settlers brought with them the feast of Pancake Tuesday, an old name for Shrove Tuesday, the day before the Lenten fast begins...By 1745 Americans were also referring to hoe cakes," perhaps because they were cooked on a flat hoe blade...One of the most beloved versions of this simple cake is the Johnnycake [also known as journey cake], specifically associated with Rhode Island...The word "pancake" itself was not in general usage until the 1870s..."
---Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink, John F. Mariani [Lebhar-Friedman:New York] 1999 (p.
229-30)
"The griddle method of cooking is older than oven baking, and pancakes are an ancient form. The first pancakes clearly distinguishable from plain griddle breads are sweet ones mentioned by Apicius; these were made from a batter of egg, mixed milk and water, and a little flour, fried and served with pepper and honey. An English culinary manuscript of about 1430 refers to pancakes in a way which implies that the term was already familiar, but it does not occur often in the early printed cookery books...Throughout Europe pancakes had a place among Easter foods, especially on Shrove Tuesday (or Mardi Gras), the last day before Lent."
---Oxford Companion to Food, Alan Davidson [Oxford University Press:Oxford] 1999 (p. 571)
The Pancake form has been adopted by regional cuisines throughout the world in a variety of forms. In Germany they have hearty potato pancakes, in France there are crepes and galettes, Ireland has the Boxty and Scottland the drop scone. Beyond Europe we can find the dadar gutung in Indonesia, the poori from India and the bao bing from China.
From it's inception, America has relied on the pancake as an important source of nourishment.
"Pancakes have long been a staple of the American breakfast table, and their history is as old as that of the Native Americans who shaped a soft batter in their hands and called it, in the Narragansett, nokehick (it is soft), transmuted by early white settlers into " no cake." Cornmeal pancakes were called "Indian cakes" as early as 1607. The Dutch in America made similar cakes from buckwheat, panekoeken, which by 1740 were called "buckwheat cakes." English settlers brought with them the feast of Pancake Tuesday, an old name for Shrove Tuesday, the day before the Lenten fast begins...By 1745 Americans were also referring to hoe cakes," perhaps because they were cooked on a flat hoe blade...One of the most beloved versions of this simple cake is the Johnnycake [also known as journey cake], specifically associated with Rhode Island...The word "pancake" itself was not in general usage until the 1870s..."
---Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink, John F. Mariani [Lebhar-Friedman:New York] 1999 (p.
229-30)
Another fun site to check out is here
They got a little brown but they were very good!
Real Maple Syrup and butter
Ashleigh also served me a lovely Jasmine tea
We also had some watermelon with our meal
Thanks Ash!
yes that is a Google Blogger T-shirt she has on! Ashleigh works for Google!
Always,
Linda
