Subj : Re: Favourite Fast Food
To   : Nightfox
From : boraxman
Date : Fri Mar 11 2022 21:51:33

 Ni>  bo> I do know a bit of German, but my favourite phrase to use there was "
 Ni>  bo> pfankucken bitte" (two jam donuts please). 
 Ni> 
 Ni> Doesn't "pfankuchen" mean pancakes?
 Ni> 

Yes, it does.  My grandmother used to make them, and they were like pikelets. But it seems that it in Berlin, a Berliner Pfannkuchen, which is sometimes just called a pfannkuchen, is also a jam donut.  I didn't know about this until I was in Germany, and saw them in pastry stores named as such.  Might have just been a Berlin thing, but I'm sure I saw them in Dresden as well.
      
Pfannkuchen I think just means it is cooked in a pan, which makes sense for pancakes, not as much for donuts.

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