European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Magazine 5s lib Rivait popular Pancake tortillas crepes flapjacks griddle cakes. A by Jean Thwaite Cox news service pancakes Are Man s oldest form of Broad Best loved Loday smothered m sultor and drowned m syrup. The first ones were made As much As 400,000 years ago from handfuls of Gram pounded and combined with water Ihen spread out on Flat stones 1o Quot Cook under the Sun from Hal primitive beginning the popularity of pancakes has grown through the centuries mow they Ore All Over the world in one form or another Seldom under the same name or Wilh the same ingredients in Russia Blomi Are favorite appetizers traditionally served with me fled butter sour Cream and caviar in Mexico hour or Corn tortillas arc sometimes spread with butter but Are More often used As enchiladas or a Ilas incas my food in China the egg Oll a really a filled Pancake a has been made for Ages the most famous International Pancake of Aff is the fight the crepe of France which depending on the Ming is served As an appetizer entree or dessert along with other doric acres from overseas crepes were introduced m americans by Thomas Jefferson in the United states pancakes Are also known As griddle cakes of Vanriet cakes flapjacks. Hoe cakes and Johnyv cakes. Woe cakes. Made of commeal. Were actually baked on the end of a Hoe Over an open fire commeal Johnny cakes Are i Hough i to have originally been called journey cakes because they were carried along on Long trips. Leavening agents for venous versions of Quot cakes Quot also Dilfer Blimp use a yeast dough pancakes get their kick from Bak no powder or baking soda and Lor Lilias which have no Leavening agent a Are Quot Flat As a Pancake Quot in the Middle Ages pancakes look on a religious connotation it became the custom to make pancakes on shrove tuesday As a Way to use up lats and sweets Belore the lasting of Lenl began the next Day. Ash wednesday shrove tuesdays Namo was Denver from the custom of confessing or being striven on that Day. The tradition of eating pancakes along with the last Hurrah of Mardi gras thrives Loday. The women of Liberal Kan have been holding Pancake races with the women of Otney England since 1950 the race in Olney dates Back to 1445. When according to legend one woman concentrating on her baiter forgot the time until she heard the Church boils calling everyone to the showing service she ran to the Church skilled in hand and became the hrs Pancake racer the next year she was joined by her neighbors and in became an annual Competition to Sec who could reach the Church Steps first Tho recipes that follow Are for pancakes crepes and Blimp the pancakes can to Var de by the addition of i cup of coarsely chopped nuts us before Cooke a. Or the same amount of Small Well drained berries blueberries arc Ideal if you use apples add m Teaspoon each cinnamon end nut mag to the Batter the variations in fillings for crepes Are endless though they May have reached Tor Peak m popularity a decade ago. They Are easy to make and can Stilt impress guests Best of All they Are a terrific Way to use up leftovers use a Kolte Cream Sauc-9 to hold the Odds and ends together and just Roll up the crepes Basic pancakes 1 cup sifted flour i Teaspoon Salt 2 table Punal sugar 2 Teaspoons baking powder 1 egg lightly beaten v4 cup milk 2 Tablespoons cooking Oil melted butter or Margarine sift together the dry ingredients into b bowl or wide Mouth Pitcher. Combine the egg milk and Oil and add slowly to flour mixture mix baiter lightly until ingredients Are dampened. Do not try to beat out adj the lumps. If he Batter is too thick add 2 to 3 extra Tablespoons of milk ii it is too thin. Add More flour if it has stood a while add Aboul a Teaspoon additional baking powder if in doubt Cook a lest Pancake before using adj the Batter. If the Pancake Sticks Brush entire cooking surface with a Small amount of a i or shortening before cooking any More a paper Towel makes a Good substitute for a Brush and does no to have to be washed. Cook on a griddle hot enough to make a drop of water sizzle and Bounce when dropped on in use approximately 3 Tablespoons Batter per cake place far apart in Skillet or griddle As they will spread. Turn once when the surface of the Pancake is covered Wilh unbroken bubbles and edges Are beginning to lose heir Shine. Cook on other Side about half the length of Lime As the first. Makes 1 dozen pancakes. Serv immediately if possible. If they Are not to be continued on Page 4 Friday january 12, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 13