pancakes

  What Does it Mean when You Eat Your Pancakes? It is no surprise that pancakes have long been a favorite breakfast staple for many cultures around the world. In fact, there is even some evidence that shows just how popular pancakes might have been in the Stone Age, much earlier than the modern version that we have today. In both the United States and Europe, people have enjoyed pancakes since at least the 17th century. How does this tiny breakfast food come to be? The most likely story is that someone somewhere combined sweet potatoes with eggs, and other ingredients and made a dish which was originally called "waffle". This pancake history may have roots in Ireland where they used oats to make the waffles. Waffles were most likely considered a delicacy and were only offered in extremely expensive restaurants. They were so popular that they were hunted down and shared by various European families during the colonial period in America. From here, the pancake spread quickly ac