Hotcakes versus waffles *spawn
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In North America, pancakes are for breakfast. Crepes are for lunch or dinner, but only if you want a hillbilly to kick your ass.
tongue_of_colicab
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How can you eat that in the morning? Its pretty heavy I think, certainly at 7am. At that time I already have trouble getting bread down my throat 
Than again, in Japan I got small pizza's for breakfast. Try eating that if you are awake for only 10 minutes. I guess it can always get weirder
Pancakes (the thin ones) are really nice for lunch or sometimes dinner but in Holland we dont eat them very often. Preparing takes atleast 45minutes I think if you want to bake a nice bunch of them and there is lots of fat in them and the fact that everyone puts suger, jam or sirup on them doesnt exactly help either. So probably most people only eat them 1 to 3 times a year.
Than again, in Japan I got small pizza's for breakfast. Try eating that if you are awake for only 10 minutes. I guess it can always get weirder Pancakes (the thin ones) are really nice for lunch or sometimes dinner but in Holland we dont eat them very often. Preparing takes atleast 45minutes I think if you want to bake a nice bunch of them and there is lots of fat in them and the fact that everyone puts suger, jam or sirup on them doesnt exactly help either. So probably most people only eat them 1 to 3 times a year.
I eat just about anything (depending upon where I am) for breakfast EXCEPT sweets. I make them for my kids on weekends.
Small pizzas for breakfast in Japan? Okanamiyaki is a common lunch/dinner thing in Osaka and Hiroshima and some say it's like pizza, but I've never had anything like pizza for breakfast. Usually it's seasoned rice cakes (sometimes wrapped in seaweed), miso, natto and maybe an egg.
Small pizzas for breakfast in Japan? Okanamiyaki is a common lunch/dinner thing in Osaka and Hiroshima and some say it's like pizza, but I've never had anything like pizza for breakfast. Usually it's seasoned rice cakes (sometimes wrapped in seaweed), miso, natto and maybe an egg.
American pancakes often have a slight taste of baking soda, I don't much enjoy that. Particulary if they're extremely fluffy. I prefer the thin Euro style pancakes myself, and would rate those above waffles any day. Key to making great pancakes: use plenty of eggs, and high-protein flour. It makes the pancake filling and satisfying to eat, and easy to turn over if you make 'em thin style.
Then again, if it is the belgian waffles I ate in Montreal in 1994, then waffles would put up a serious fight coz those waffles RULED. Never seen 'em sold anywhere else though, which is a real shame. They were yummalicious in the extreme. Very high-calories though, but you can't live healthily ALL the time, that's just too boring...
Then again, if it is the belgian waffles I ate in Montreal in 1994, then waffles would put up a serious fight coz those waffles RULED. Never seen 'em sold anywhere else though, which is a real shame. They were yummalicious in the extreme. Very high-calories though, but you can't live healthily ALL the time, that's just too boring...
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Silent_Buddha
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Hehe, going offtopic here in what was originally an offtopic post. But I miss eating riceballs wrapped in dried Nori (seaweed) with wet seasoned seaweed inside for breakfast. Yum yum. And I still think the riceball wrappers in Japanese convenience stores are the coolest things ever. Keep the nori seperate from the rice and then you just pull it apart and voila, nori is now wrapped around the rice. Pure genious.
Back on topic. Waffles still rule even if it takes slightly longer to prepare than pancakes.
Although pancakes are good wrapped around a sausage, with some scrabled eggs and a slice of bacon wrapped up in there also.
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How can you eat that in the morning? Its pretty heavy I think, certainly at 7am. At that time I already have trouble getting bread down my throat
Pancakes (the thin ones) are really nice for lunch or sometimes dinner but in Holland we dont eat them very often. Preparing takes atleast 45minutes I think if you want to bake a nice bunch of them and there is lots of fat in them and the fact that everyone puts suger, jam or sirup on them doesnt exactly help either. So probably most people only eat them 1 to 3 times a year.
This is why Americans hate Europe. Whenever I spend time in England I have a difficult time finding pancakes for breakfast. However apparently England has no shortage of beans for breakfast as they are literally everywhere. Who has beans for breakfast? Yuck!
tongue_of_colicab
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Well my host mother made them for me. Dont know why, thought it was pretty weird but I didnt bother asking. She was always really nice to me and I always liked dinner so I decided not to ask why I always got such weird breakfast lol.
Umm you need to have pecans in them too
Pancakes can be filled with all sorts of yummy stuff, strawberries, bananas, some like chocolate chips (some being my wife
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Was it pizza like with crust, tomato sauce and cheeze?
Okonomiyaki is more like an omelet and quite tasty (IMHO). Usually served with mayonnaise and spicy ketchup (seriously).
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Yeah it was pizza like most countries in the world would think of a pizza. Ofcourse, instead of using real tomatosauce and all the Japanese put on ketchup but for the rest it was like a real pizza.
It certainly wasnt Okonomiyaki. Do they even serve that as breakfast? The only time I eat those is during matsuri or hanabi. I dont particulairy love them. Its nice but I much rather have the everyday food. Rice, various vegetables and fish. And, ofcourse ramen, which I do love.
Oh, btw did you know some japanese microwave their vegetables? I still raise my eyebrows everytime I see them do that....
It certainly wasnt Okonomiyaki. Do they even serve that as breakfast? The only time I eat those is during matsuri or hanabi. I dont particulairy love them. Its nice but I much rather have the everyday food. Rice, various vegetables and fish. And, ofcourse ramen, which I do love.
Oh, btw did you know some japanese microwave their vegetables? I still raise my eyebrows everytime I see them do that....
Microwaving broccoli works really nice. Brings out a nice flavor in them and keeps the crispyness, kinda like steaming I suppose but perhaps even gentler.
How come? It's a perfectly sensible way of cooking vegetables.
tongue_of_colicab
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I suppose... I just didnt know that. In Holland, and maybe europe in general, I've never heard of anybody microwaving their veggies. We always cook them.
LOL. Microwaving is cooking them. I generally steam or saute (both lightly as I like veggies crisp) because I find them a bit rubbery after the microwave, but it's common here, especially for frozen veggies.
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