25 Fun Facts you didn't know about pancakes

We all love devouring pancakes, they are light fluffy and simply delightful in every bite. Pancakes encompassing the world are made in distinctive styles and flavours as per the ancestral influence of the originating country. They are often consumed as a breakfast, but with the ever progressing popularity, pancakes have now evolved into an anytime meal.  Filled with a lot of stuffing's such as fresh fruits, nuts, and chocolate they can take your palette on a quest of flavours. Here are some amazing fun facts that you may not have known about pancakes.

1.     Pancakes have gained a reputation as a ‘love food.’ Why? May you ask? Frankly, because you fall in love in every appetizing bite.

2.     Pancake Day or even Shrove Tuesday as many like to call it falls between February 2nd and March 9th, this depends on the date of Easter. It signifies the start of lent which is a 40 day's time frame between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday.

3.     Pancakes were simulated as lent would involve the abstinence of chocolates, eggs and essentially anything that can be considered a guilty food pleasure. It was to finish up any leftovers before the lent period would begin.

4.     In 1445 in Olney, Buckinghamshire on the festive occurrence of Shrove Tuesday the first ever pancake race was conducted for all the local housewives, where at the sound of the church bell the housewives contestants participated in the race to the church with frying pans and pancakes.

5.     Before baking soda was ever invented, people would use natural snow to make pancakes. This is because freshly fallen snow included Ammonia, which would make the pancakes soft and fluffy to eat.

6.     Orlando Vazques who was a Spanish baker, who in the year 2012 had invented the machine that was termed as the largest pancake machine. This ingenious machine could cook up 1000 pancakes in under an hour's time and set a new record.

7.     It is a prevalent tradition in France for people to make wishes while they discreetly flip their pancakes over in the pan. This was done by accommodating the pan in one hand and a coin in another hand. It was believed to bring good luck and prosperity for the subsequent year.

8.     Dean Gould won the world record for pancake flipping. He flipped the pancakes for a surprising 349 flips, in just two minutes.

9.     William Shakespeare, the most famous author of plays and poetry, well remembered for his write-ups like Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet, was a fan of pancakes and often reflected about it in many of his popular plays.

10. In 2012 Australian renowned chef Brad Jolly set a new record by tossing a pancake 140 times in just a minute.

11.  Maple Syrup is perceived as the most common topping over a pancake. Maple Syrup comes from the maple tree and is a sweet, sticky tree sap that is found in abundance in Canada. Maple syrup was first discovered by native Americans.

12. The largest pancake in the world was made in 1994 in Manchester. It was enormously huge at 49 feet and 3 inches in diameter.

13.  3.25oz was the world record for the highest number of pancakes eaten at one sitting in just ten minutes.

14.  A whopping 52 million eggs are consumed in the UK at every pancake day, this figure is actually 22 million eggs more than the regular consumption.

15. The Algonquin Indians first used maple syrup as a sweet drink, after many decades it was later discovered to mingle well when used in the toppings of pancakes across the world today.

16.  The first pancake recipe to be published in a cookbook was in England in the fifteenth century.

17.  The French pancake deviates from the Dutch pancake and is commonly referred to as crêpes. They are crispy and slender in nature.

18.   One marathoner who was a huge fan of pancakes, he actually completed a marathon while continuously flipping a pancake for three hours, two minutes and twenty-seven seconds.

19.   It is believed that the first pancake originated in Rome in the 1st century A.D. and was named Alita Dolcia.

20.   Mardi Gras and International Pancake day have always fallen on the same day. In countries like Ireland and England, this day is referred to as Shrove Tuesday.

21.  In Opus at the printworks in England, you can relish the world's most expensive pancake for a whopping $200.00. They are stuffed with ingredients like the rare Madagascan vanilla pods and even come served with a 23-carat gold leaf.

22.  Pancakes can be considered a true breakfast champions with 72% of its consumption at breakfast.

23.  Almost every country in the world has its own version of pancakes differing from sweet, savory, gourmet, and also come filled with fruits, vegetables, and meats.

24.   Baking Soda can be used while creating buttermilk pancakes to liquidate the acidic properties present in buttermilk pancakes, making the pancakes even more gratifying.

25. And Finally, Pancake tossing is actually a distinguished sport in some parts of Europe and is contemplated to be a funny entertainment amongst the locals.