What are American pancakes called in England?
Chef's answer
In this case, the US and the UK used to use the same words, and it was the British who diverged: Americans have said "flapjack" since Colonial times, and the word used to refer to flat cakes, much like pancakes, in the UK as well.
Frequently asked Questions 🎓
✔
Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday, September 27, 1947), better known as Meat Loaf, is an American singer and actor..
✔
Pearls of all sorts The oysters most commonly eaten in Britain, Crassostrea gigas and Ostrea edulis, occasionally produce a white pearl, but it is usually swallowed without the eater's knowledge..
✔
In the US, a hot dog, a frankfurter, and a wiener are synonymous. Other types of sausages are not the same thing. In the UK a 'hot dog' is first and foremost the dish made from putting a sausage in a bun (and usually adding ketchup and mustard).
✔
1960sBeans are believed to have become a breakfast standard after Heinz' 1960s ad campaign, Beanz Meanz Heinz?, which launched after research showed 1.75m British housewives bought Heinz baked beans every day.
✔
Navy beans are called haricot beans in England and also go by names such as Boston beans and white pea beans. Baked beans on toast is often served for breakfast as a part of a fry up (the British term for a Cooked English Breakfast)..
✔
Meals on toast And talking of spreading things on bread, what's up with us putting everything on toast? The go-to light meal for many a Brit is beans, or eggs on toast, still not adopted here despite recent Anglophilic trends..
✔
The Brits prefer robust black teas like Earl Grey or English Breakfast. And you may use either tea bags or loose tea.
A few more cooking questions 📍