Comments on: American Style Pancakes http://www.petitebiscotte.com/2009/05/24/american-style-pancakes/ Now in Munich... Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:24:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: eva http://www.petitebiscotte.com/2009/05/24/american-style-pancakes/comment-page-1/#comment-59 eva Sun, 24 May 2009 19:37:23 +0000 http://www.petitebiscotte.com/?p=127#comment-59 one way to know if it is time to flip the pancakes is that the bubbles around the edges will stay open, they will pop and not fill back up with batter. also, a few notes... we have nutella here in the US and people love it. it is a fairly common thing for people to eat, you can buy it in most supermarkets;) also, maple syrup (real maple syrup made from maple trees, not corn syrup with flavoring) is very expensive here as well. it can only be made for a few weeks out of the year in early spring, when the sap flows, and sugar maples only grow in a limited region of the northeast US and Canada. it is also very labor-consuming to make, since you must boil many gallons of sap to make a very small amount of syrup...that's why it tastes so good! one way to know if it is time to flip the pancakes is that the bubbles around the edges will stay open, they will pop and not fill back up with batter.

also, a few notes…

we have nutella here in the US and people love it. it is a fairly common thing for people to eat, you can buy it in most supermarkets;)

also, maple syrup (real maple syrup made from maple trees, not corn syrup with flavoring) is very expensive here as well. it can only be made for a few weeks out of the year in early spring, when the sap flows, and sugar maples only grow in a limited region of the northeast US and Canada. it is also very labor-consuming to make, since you must boil many gallons of sap to make a very small amount of syrup…that’s why it tastes so good!

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