Here’s the places I’ve had the biggest/best pancakes:
Posted by Morg’s Diner on Thursday, February 7, 2019
Morg’s in Waterloo had HUGE flapjacks that overfilled my plate. SO GOOD.
The Breakfast House Cafe in Cedar Rapids also had plate-sized Johnnycakes. VERY YUMMY.
Today for National Pancake Day at IHOP, you can get a free short stack of Buttermilk pancakes. In return for the free pancakes, customers are encouraged leaving a donation to a designated local charity.
What’s your favorite way to eat pancakes?
PANKCAKE FACTS:
- 600 BC – The first recorded mention of pancakes dates back to ancient Greece in 600 BC and comes from a poet who described warm pancakes in one of his writings.
- 1100 AD – Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day) becomes a traditional way to use up dairy products before lent – the pancake breakfast is born.
- 1931 – Bisquick is first introduced and cooks across the United States start using it to make extra fluffy pancakes.
- 1995 – The largest pancake to ever be flipped was in Rochdale, United Kingdom. It, measured 16.4 yards across and weighed 3 tons.
- RANKING OF THE MOST POPULAR TYPES OF PANCAKES
#1: Buttermilk (33%)
#2: Blueberry (19%)
#3: Chocolate chip (18%)
#4: Original/plain (15%)
#5: Banana (8%)
#6: Cinnamon (5%)
#7: Wheat (2%)
#8: Whole oat (1%)
- RANKING OF THE MOST POPULAR PANCAKE TOPPINGS
#1: Maple syrup (62%)
#2: Butter (10%)
#3: Fresh fruit (8%)
#4: Fruit sauce (4%)
#5: Peanut butter (4%)
#6: Nutella (4%)
#7: Chocolate syrup (3%)
#8: Honey (2%)
#9: Jelly/jam (2%)
#10: Apple butter (2%)
PANCAKES ARE IN AMERICA’S TOP 3 FAVORITE BREAKFAST FOODS
Pancakes rank America’s #3 favorite breakfast food after bacon (#1) and eggs (#2).
