It’s National Pancake Day! What’s The Perfect Pancake?

It's National Pancake Day! So, what's the perfect pancake? We put it to the test and asked folks in our listening area what is their favorite type of pancakes. The way people enjoy their pancakes varies from the basic flap jack with maple syrup to the absurd.

From Wikipedia: A pancake (or hotcake, griddlecake, or flapjack) is a flat cake, often thin and round, prepared from a starch-based batter that may contain eggs, milk and butter and cooked on a hot surface such as a griddle or frying pan, often frying with oil or butter. It is a type of batter bread. Archaeological evidence suggests people ate pancakes in prehistoric societies.^[1]

Ancient Greeks are credited with inventing the pancake. It was as fancy as ours are today, it was  much more basic without the frills.  Greek pancakes were called Tagenites and  were made with wheat flour, olive oil, honey, and curdled milk, and were served for breakfast. Let's be honest, they were not making delicious maple syrup in ancient Greece, so they would have flipped out if they ever walked into an Ihop.

Our good old American pancake can be traced back to our British roots. They came across the Atlantic on the Mayflower and have been here ever since. Of course, we Americans like to make everything bigger and better, so the average size of a pancake has gone from roughly the size of an adult palm to now the size of your plate. Sometimes a plate is not big enough to hold them.

Some of the answers we received when we asked what is the perfect pancake for National Pancake Day are; 1. pumpkin spice, 2. blueberry, 3. raspberry, 4. buttermilk, 5. peanut butter topped, 6. banana with chocolate chip, pecan, 7. m&m's and one person named Bob (not me) said, "free".

Yay for National Pancake Day!

Today, February 21 is Fat Tuesday and the traditional day to celebrate pancakes. We don't don't think you'll be making the trip to New Orleans, so instead we kept it local and found the top 11 pancake offerings at these Boston area restaurants.

This list was compiled by Spoon University

Milkweed located at 1508 Tremont St, Boston offers at least 6 different pancake recipes ranging from Nutella and Strawberry to Lucky Charm pancakes. Follow the rainbow to Milkweed!

Mike's City Diner is located on 1714 Washington St, Boston and offers small or large buttermilk pancakes that you can add fruit or other tasty treats to. Think of a traditional diner that has modern menu offerings at a great price.

The Paramount Boston is located at 44 Charles St Beacon Hill and 667 East Broadway,Southie, get the 3 buttermilk pancakes with fruit, whipped cream and chocolate chips for a great way to enjoy Pancake day!

Lulu's located at 421 CAMBRIDGE ST, ALLSTON, offers a weekday and weekend brunch menu with awesome food and very creative drinks to help wash down those delicious pancakes.

Lincoln Tavern is located at 425 W Broadway, South Boston, the Fruity Pebbles pancakes are a must try, brings back your childhood with a twist and syrup on top!

Friendly Toast Boston located at 35 Stanhope St, Boston, the pancake menu is amazing, it features the Monster, enough said!

Committee is located at 50 Northern Avenue, Boston and looks fancy and offers Greek Yogurt pancakes, just to keep it healthy!

Cafe Luna is located at 612 Main St, Cambridge, and features an amazing Brunch that includes fruit covered pancakes with whipped cream and make sure you order the biscuits starter and a side of bacon!

Buttermilk and Bourbon is located at 160 Commonwealth Ave, Boston and is owned by the famous local chef and star of Hell's Kitchen, Jason Santos, so you know he is going to do pancakes right, or else!

The Breakfast Club is located just outside of Boston at 269 Main St, Malden and offers a variety of pancake toppings and you know with a name like that, Breakfast has to be good!

Alden and Harlow is located at 40 Brattle St, Cambridge offers some daring pancake items including Pickled Corn Pancakes, don't knock it till you try they used to say.