my favorite thing in the world is how every single human culture, together or independently, created its own version of Pancake. everyone took one look at frying pans and were like “holy shit i have the BEST idea”
i’m not even exaggerating not even a itty teeny bit
Latkes (Ashkenazi Jewish), Blini (Russian/Ukrainian), Injera (Horn of Africa), Kabalagala (Ugandan banana pancakes), Arepas (Colombian/Venezuelan), Cachapas (also Venezuelan/Colombian), Qatayef (Middle Eastern)
Buchimgae (Korean pancake), Cong you bing (Chinese scallion pancake), Okonomiyaki (Japan), oh crap I hit photo limit
WAIT I GOT MORE
Dosa (Indian), Apam balik (Southeast Asia), Nordic pancakes (Norway, Sweden), Poffertjes (Netherlands), Dutch baby pancake (U.S.), Johnny/Hoecakes (Indigenous North America), Crumpets (U.K.), Souffle pancakes (Japanese)
some of these recipes go back a thousand years, some are only a few decades old, wikipedia has like a hundred more entries, PANCAKES ARE THE UNIVERSAL HUMAN EXPERIENCE, PANCAKES ARE THE COMMON DENOMINATOR OF EXISTENCE
The Four Primal Human Impulses:
- Pet The Big Floof
- Tell Story
- Watch Me Do The Stupid Thing
- Fried Dough
