Kinds of pancakes

bka0664:  I'd certainly be interested in making a starter for sourdough pancakes.  When I visited Seattle, I had some really great sourdough bread and imagine the pancakes would be outstanding!  Thanks for sharing your recipe!  Judy

  After the Boss gets back from Russia we will be adding sour dough pancakes to our already extensive menu. We already offer buttermilk and whole wheat and honey cakes but this being Alaska and all, people have been asking for sour dough cakes lately.

 As an aside; I think that the sour dough in Alaska came up here from San Francisco via the miners that came after the 1849 gold strike played out and the Alaska gold fields of Fairbanks were discovered.

JMHO

David O.

Try making pancakes with Egg Nog instead of Milk...Russ

I like pumpkin a lot! I make them year you'd for my kids with whipped egg whites , and they go crazy for them.

I love whole grain pancakes with granola and banana on top. My favorite.

Buttermilk or buckwheat for me, with real maple syrup. If I can get them with blueberries in them, so much the better!

The key to good pancakes is adding a little salt.

I'll second buckwheat pancakes with real / fresh blue berries and real maple syrup.
 
Had some last weekend at Young's Restaurant in Durham, NH - simply Outstanding.

NYNM


Here in New Mexico, we have blue corn pancakes. I know there are also kinds like whole wheat, buckweat, etc.

Also pancakes themselves have different names: griddle cakes, johnny cakes (I think this is the same), flapjacks, etc.

What other names and types of pancakes do you know about?

Ebelskiver!
 
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Here in Western N.Y. there is an amazing place called The Maple Tree Inn. It is only open when the sap flows, from late february to early April. All you can eat buckwheat pancakes that are very fluffy, almost like buttermilk ones, but with that buckwheat flavor. the sausagge is from a local butcher shop and very tasty. All syrup is pure fresh maple. I recommend this to anybody who lives in the Northeast, worth the drive. I have met people from as far as Montreal. It is about 1 1/2 hours south of Rochester in Angelica.

NYNM


Here in New Mexico, we have blue corn pancakes. I know there are also kinds like whole wheat, buckweat, etc.

Also pancakes themselves have different names: griddle cakes, johnny cakes (I think this is the same), flapjacks, etc.

What other names and types of pancakes do you know about?

 
I adore Dutch Babies, like those at Original Pancake House.  They're easy to make and so impressive--serve simply with sugar and fresh lemon juice.  I also make Meyer lemon ricotta pancakes--they are soft pillows of heaven--no syrup required, imho, and I'm a Grade B maple syrup head.  Cream of wheat pancakes at Flappy Jack's in Glendora, CA are also yummy. 

Neesie


The Dutch Baby looks more like a volcano, hollow in the middle. The pannekeouken isn't indented like that; it just deflates. But they are probably in the same family. By the way, there is one Pannekeouken Huis that I know of in the Twin Cities. (Maplewood). I have a hard time getting my hubby to go there because they used to serve their beverages in mason jars, which he hates. I heard that they don't do that anymore.

A Dutch Baby is a version of a Popover.......I make them all the time, adding fruit for the least bit and dusting them with confectionary sugar
 

I like to play around with both "add-ins" to pancakes and liquids used. Some of my home-made "bacon" that has been cooked..or summer sausage is a nice savoury alternative.  Maybe some day I'll try clams or Scallops with a Butter/Dill sauce for dinner.
 
For Breakfast here.......Blueberry, banana (sometimes helped with mashed banana), or strawberry are the most asked for.
 
Add ins....vanilla............lemon peel....reconstituted!!!!! Penzey's is especially good.  Cinnamon.
 
Even if I'm not using my home mix with baking soda, Bisquick can be fun with changes of liquid.some good:
Lemonade
OJ
Cranberry Juice
 
Some not as successful:
Coke
Sprite
Chicken broth..thought it could be and "underlayer" for a chicken stew
 
May try chunks of melon some day will have to re-adjust the liquids.  I tend to make my pancakes on the runny/eggy side rather than thick floury ones
 
And No.Johnny cakes are NOT pancakes although similar.  Love them with dinner or whenever I am in Rhode Island......but butter hits them, never ever syrup.

susanll


Potato is my favorite

 
I'm with Susan. I like flapjacks and all the rest but potato pancakes are my favourite. It's partially due to my Lithuanian background I suppose but the other reason is that real potato pancakes are so tough to find even in dedicated pancake joints. Sour cream with potato pancakes is a must, however.
 
I like raspberry syrup on ordinary flapjacks if that's offered.
 

I like many kinds of pancakes, but some of the best that we make come from recipes from the King Arthur Flour Companion cook book. The Zephyr Pancakes in there are rich and just so delicious it hurts. And the Ginger Bread Pancakes may be the best thing I've ever had for breakfast. No restaurant pancake's ever come close to them.

I used to love the "German" pancakes at IHOP.
But for the last ten years I've been making my own buckwheat pancakes using about half "Bob's Red Mill" organic Buckwheat Flour Pancake Mix with about half Bob's organic High Fiber Pancake & Waffle (whole grain) Mix. And I use buttermilk (actually, organic Kefir) instead of milk plus eggs and all the usual suspects. Especially, Cinnamon. My "secret ingredient"!
Off course, my pancakes are topped with butter and 100% pure
Vermont grade 'B' fancy maple syrup. 

Pancakes made with vanilla and a little cinnamon...Yum!  Also gingerbread pancakes from the Omelettry in Austin.

Had a leftover banana...mashed it up.....added it to the pancake mix with a little vanilla......tossed in a bunch of blueberries.and it seemed it was a resounding success

Hepcat


I'm with Susan. I like flapjacks and all the rest but potato pancakes are my favourite. It's partially due to my Lithuanian background I suppose but the other reason is that real potato pancakes are so tough to find even in dedicated pancake joints. Sour cream with potato pancakes is a must, however.

 
I'm a huge potato pancake fan but they are hard to find let alone good ones. I prefer them thin, slightly crisp and with a hint of green onion.

Oatmeal pancakes.  Use a loaded oatmeal, cranberries, apples, sunflower seeds, egg, flower etc.
 
Super filling and taste great.

Banana, Chocolate, Pineapple. Choco chips, Apple and Strawberry Pan cakes are available.I liked Chocolate pancakes.

Wow!  reading thru all these pancake ideas makes me want to fix pancakes for tomorrow's breakfast. 

I had blue corn pancakes last week.
 
DRY with lots of texture.  Very dry.  Extremely dry.
 
They were served with eggs and bacon.  I put salsa on the eggs.  It was a Mexican breakfast.
 

 
I prefer my blue corn in corn bread.

I agree Mar! I hate dry pancakes. My favorites as a kid were when my Mom made corn bread pancakes(not dry) or my Dad's favorite, buckwheat pancakes.