How to Make Real Pancakes (1816)
Pancakes of the 16th-early 19th centuries were sometimes rolled up like here. Other times they were laid flat like modern pancakes. However, pancakes of the past were always very thin. Almost like modern crepes.
1816-10-07 18:00:00 - Early American
Pancakes didn't become fluffier until the early 20th century. Pancakes are one of the oldest foods still eaten with a history going back as far as the stone age 30,000 years ago.
Pancakes of the past were usually eaten with just sugar or fruit preserves.
The first recorded reference to putting maple syrup on pancakes dates to the 1840s.