Difference between pancakes and flapjacks

[Zezel]

Hey so just a quick question for those who wish to answer.

Whats the difference between the two I've heard its buttermilk but other times i hear its a size thing?

So if anyone wishs to clean this up thanks.

 

[Nadiafur]

I think pancakes are thicker than flapjacks! But honestly it's probably just a regional speech quirk like pop and soda

 

[Zezel]

I don't think it's regional cuz some of the breakfast shops have both on the menu, yet everyone says different differences between the two

 

[Slytherin Umbreon]

Waffle is life.

 

[Infrarednexus]

I always assumed they were the same thing. Maybe multiple names for one food?

 

[Skychickens]

I’ve usually just seen it as a regional variance in speech and making honestly. Some places they are interchangeable, some they have legitimate making differences which may be different from the next area. Where I spent a lot of time flapjacks were really thin and floppy, almost crepe thin. But where I am now there isn’t a difference.

So chock it up to regional difference and enjoy whichever.

 

[GarthTheWereWolf]

Flapjack:

Pancake:

They're quite different.

 

[Nadiafur]

Flapjack:

Pancake:

They're quite different.

No way!!! That’s like, a granola bar :0

 

[AppleButt]

I always thought they were the same thing.

 

[GarthTheWereWolf]

No way!!! That’s like, a granola bar :0

Its a flapjack. Flapjacks are made of sugar, butter, and oats. Its different from a pancake.

 

[Misha Bordiga Zahradník]

It depends on what country you are in. In the US/Canada, flapjack and pancake are interchangeable. The British have the above tray dish.

 

[ResolutionBlaze]

The difference is that flapjacks are for lesser beings.

 

[malibu]

Flapjack:

This is my first time seeing a flapjack, but here we have flapjacks. The "s" seems to make a difference when you google search it, while I do get a couple of results for the flapjack you've provided.

I've heard different people say it's different things. I think it's regional, but regional in the sense that they're made a bit different too. Different parts of the country have different types of pancakes. Some are flatter and more wide, some are medium and plump, and some are a bit fat with crispy edges. I consider flapjacks to be the more wide and thin variety, while pancakes are more of your average medium. I think it's all down to personal preference, though.

For me it's:

Pancakes-

Flapjacks-

 

[Massan Otter]

Here in the UK, flapjacks are a traybake with oats. Pancakes often mean a thinner crepe sort of thing, though the American kind are gaining a foothold too. Then in Scotland we have drop scones, which are another small, thick pancake.

 

[Fallowfox]

Are pancakes and flapjacks names that refer to different foods across cultures?

I would find it impossible to confuse the two.

 

[Simo]

No way!!! That’s like, a granola bar :0

Yeah! A flap-jack is just a plain old pancake, unless you wanna sound like you came out of an old Western Movie, or Texas, or something!

 

[Murphy]

Waffle is life.

Waffles are like pancakes with syrup traps.
Quote by Mitch Hedburg lol

 

[GarthTheWereWolf]

Waffles are like pancakes with syrup traps.
Quote by Mitch Hedburg lol

Do you even syrup brah?

 

[Casey Fluffbat]

I'm going to throw a wrench in the system and introduce "hoe cakes" as a third.

 

[LizzyKingBooks]

Hi, I'm Canadian, and I'm sorry but what in the ever loving hell is that granola bar thing that is not a flapjack. Flapjacks and pancakes are the same thing.

 

[LizzyKingBooks]

I'm more a waffles guy, myself.. but pancakes are certainly on the menu on ocasion, also.. (especially blueberry kinds).

I'm much more of a french toast person, personally hehe