[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Brit Food: Pancakes and flapjack

[Janette]

>
> Steve"  wrote:
> > > > Jay was in England having breakfast and he asked
> > > > the waiter for 'pancakes'....
> > > >
> > > > Eventually the 'Pan Cakes' came out, but instead
> > > > of 6 flap-jacks, Jay got 6 Pound Cakes. Pound
> > > > cake is a dense sweet cake similar to shortcake
> > > > that is shaped like a small loaf of bread.

montims:
weighing in now - I found
http://www.uppercrusts-catering.co.uk/wholesale-cakes/

I agree that pancakes are not something you would eat for breakfast in
England - Brits eat them on Pancake Day, or sometimes for a quick pudding
(English English for dessert...) - traditionally with lemon and sugar.
Flapjacks are not like a trail bar - they are about 3 times as thick, and
much more moist and chewy.  Shortcake, on the other hand, is a biscuit -
crumbly and buttery.  There are pictures of them on that site above.  Oh,
and by the way, scones look like American "biscuits", though a little
smaller - probably 2" across at the most, unlike the huge triangular things
called scones I buy here in America...


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