I am a bit upset! There is a myth in Canada, that we invented pancakes, and I can see from extensively research, it is not true! We do not have any national foods now. I think I am going to be bitter about this for a long time to come!
However, I do think we need to look carefully at the Greek, which tells the true story of pancakes. All these delicious looking pictures are very well and good. But how is that truly digging into the pancake? You simply have to understand the Greek!
"The Ancient Greeks made pancakes called τηγανίτης (tēganitēs), ταγηνίτης (tagēnitēs) or ταγηνίας (tagēnias), all words deriving from τάγηνον (tagēnon), "frying pan". The earliest attested references on tagenias are in the works of the 5th century BC poets Cratinus and Magnes. Tagenites were made with wheat flour, olive oil, honey, and curdled milk, and were served for breakfast. Another kind of pancake was σταιτίτης (staititēs), from σταίτινος (staitinos), "of flour or dough of spelt", derived from σταῖς (stais), "flour of spelt". Athenaeus mentions, in his Deipnosophistae, staititas topped with honey, sesame, and cheese. The Middle English word Pancake appears in English in the 15th century."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancake
However, I do think we need to look carefully at the Greek, which tells the true story of pancakes. All these delicious looking pictures are very well and good. But how is that truly digging into the pancake? You simply have to understand the Greek!
"The Ancient Greeks made pancakes called τηγανίτης (tēganitēs), ταγηνίτης (tagēnitēs) or ταγηνίας (tagēnias), all words deriving from τάγηνον (tagēnon), "frying pan". The earliest attested references on tagenias are in the works of the 5th century BC poets Cratinus and Magnes. Tagenites were made with wheat flour, olive oil, honey, and curdled milk, and were served for breakfast. Another kind of pancake was σταιτίτης (staititēs), from σταίτινος (staitinos), "of flour or dough of spelt", derived from σταῖς (stais), "flour of spelt". Athenaeus mentions, in his Deipnosophistae, staititas topped with honey, sesame, and cheese. The Middle English word Pancake appears in English in the 15th century."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancake
