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Harry S Truman was president when I was born and world war II had ended. I grew up in a time when lunch was put in a brown paper bag and a sandwich was wrapped with wax paper. There was no such thing as pantyhose, we wore stockings that attached to the rubbery clippy things that attached to the girdle. Convenience stores were not common and when we took a trip we packed a picnic basket because many places did not have fast food. Highways had places to pull over and stop, some with picnic tables. Read more ....
 

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Tue Sep 24, 24 5:36 AM CST
Hmm, that's interesting!
I live in Germany and grew up here, but I don't know this type of "German pancake".
I suspect that the recipe came to America with the Germans in the wave of emigration in the 1840s and 1850s and has undergone some changes since then.
In Germany we make pancakes in a similar way. Children use this recipe: 3 tablespoons of flour are mixed with water or milk to form a thin porridge (or thick soup). An egg, a pinch of salt and a pinch of baking powder are stirred into this porridge. A fork or spoon is enough to stir.
If you are more experienced at cooking, beat the egg until frothy before adding it to the flour porridge and leave out the baking powder.
The main difference, however, is that the liquid dough is poured thinly ! into the hot pan with butter or oil and baked on the stove (not in the oven).
Your amount of batter would certainly make 6 to 8 pancakes.

Best wishes, Sibylle

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfannkuchen#/media/Datei:Eierkuchen_mit_Zucker.jpg

Edited Tue Sep 24, 24 5:42 AM by Sibylle M
Best wishes from Sibylle
Maybe we'll meet on my blog sometime?
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Tue Sep 24, 24 7:09 AM CST

Grandma Donna Wrote, Hi Sibylle, I went back through the old newspapers and the oldest I can see at this point it the year 1893 where there is a reference to a German Pancake.  Yes, the recipe was most likely changed many times over.  Thank you for sharing your recipe, it looks thin like a tortilla. I will give this a try and think thin and light. :)  Thank you, Donna

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