On Monday, June 10, 2019 at 5:58:43 AM UTC-4, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Sunday, June 9, 2019 at 6:00:36 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
> > On Sun, 9 Jun 2019 14:52:07 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
> > wrote:
> >
> > >On Sunday, June 9, 2019 at 11:41:22 AM UTC-10, Bruce wrote:
> > >> On Sun, 9 Jun 2019 14:37:51 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> >On Sunday, June 9, 2019 at 9:42:18 AM UTC-10, Bruce wrote:
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Dutch pancakes are thicker than cr?pes. but yours almost look like
> > >> >> quiches or cakes.
> > >> >
> > >> >I don't know nothing about no Dutch pancakes. I have made Dutch babies which is probably not what you're talking about. My guess is that you guys don't make these things or you call them "babies" or "American babies." Anyway, if American pancakes done up right are thick, fluffy, and oh so delectable, then so be it.
> > >>
> > >> I had never heard of a Dutch baby, in the cooking sense, before RFC.
> > >> Or a Dutch oven.
> > >>
> > >> Y'all just throw in these European references to make yourselves look
> > >> sophisticated
> > >
> > >That is indeed the case. In America, we like to call failed pancakes "crępes" because it sounds so classy.
> >
> > I can only guess how that word sounds in American, but, at least, it
> > looks classy in writing. Oh and compliments on the accent circonflexe.
> >
> > "I bought me some Swiss that I'm going to cook in a Dutch oven and
> > serve with some Danish."
>
> Whenever you see "Dutch" in American cookery, it's probably a corruption
> of "Deutsch".
>
> Cindy Hamilton

like the pennsylvania dutch aka mennonites, amish
these people came up to my area from pennsylvania. following the black walnut trail, or so they say.
i've never knowingly seen a black walnut tree.