Pancake Travels

I've arrived in Finland where, like many European nations, they do actually eat crepes.  However, I soon learned that they also have their own unique baked pancake called an Aland pancake.  It's called this because it comes from the Aland region of Finland.  This region isn't a part of mainland Finland.  It is a group of islands in the Baltic Sea.  Also, in addition to this being a baked pancake, the Finnish people call their pancakes pannukakku. I discovered many different ways of making pannukakku, each involving different types of grains.  I found some of them use regular all purpose flour, while others use rice or semolina flour in combination with all purpose flour.  I opted for a recipe that used a combination of semolina flour and all purpose flour.  Here is what you'll need to make the version of Finnish pannukakku that I made: 4 cups of milk 1/3 cup of semolina flour 1 teaspoon salt 4 eggs 1/2 cup of sugar 1 cup of flour 1 tablespoon card...

Before I start talking about Fijian pancakes, did you know that February is National Pancake Month here in the states?  Neither did I.  Apparently it is though.  I also wanted to say that made dessert "pancakes" this morning as well.  I use quotation marks because they aren't really pancakes that I made for dessert, but chocolate chip cookies that were really yummy.  Check out the recipe at Serious Eats if you have a chance.  For those who are science minded, you can view how they came up with this cookie recipe here .  O.K., now back to pancake blogging.  I find myself finally beginning the Fs.  In Fiji I discovered that their version of pancakes is roti.  Roti is a roll out style pancake that actually comes from India.  I learned as I researched Fijian roti that comes from Indian contract laborers who were brought to the country in the 19th century.  Fijians typically eat their roti with some sort of curry.  I opted to ...