Pancakes in Literature.
Pancakes are mentioned by Shakespeare in ."All's Well that Ends Well," and they are also referred to in "The Vicar of Wakefield," when the hour of the "flip-flap feast'' was announced by the ringing of the "Pancake Bell." The first pancake made, by the way, was usually presented to the laziest member of the household. Here is a description of a pancake of those days: There is a thing called wheaten flour, which the cooks do mingle with water, eggs, spice and other tragical magical enchantments.and they then put it by little and little into a frying pan of boiling suet, where it makes a. confused dismay kissing; until at last, by the skill of the cook, it is transfoi-med into the form of a flip-jack called a pancake. The "flip-jack, or pancake," of modern days is made of batter, without the spices, and it may he as well here to insist upon the fact that "hatter" comes from the French "battre." to beat, and that the meaning of the word should be carried out when making it.
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Thames Star, Volume LXI, Issue 16991, 30 September 1927, Page 8
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181Pancakes in Literature. Thames Star, Volume LXI, Issue 16991, 30 September 1927, Page 8
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