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“The final mixture is thick but spreadable and I found using about a quarter cup of mixture produced a pikelet sized pancake.”
“Let it cook, undisturbed - you should notice bubbles appearing on the surface and when it looks to be drying out, flip the pikelet over to finish cooking.”
“April 27, 2007 at 3:44 am kittah has pikelet, not pancake?”
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“Hi Mercedes - they are similar to pancakes but are usually a lot smaller - pikelet is a common British term.”
“The pancakes were little pikelet sized morsels and had good crunchy stuff inside.”
“In our Pestchanka, I remember, pike used to be caught a yard long, and there were eel-pouts, and roach, and bream, and every fish had a presentable appearance; while nowadays, if you catch a wretched little pikelet or perch six inches long you have to be thankful.”
“I'd go into a trap for a pikelet," said Wally, warming to his task.”
“She would herself pour some hot water into the slop basin, and put a pikelet on a plate thereon, covered, to keep warm for father.”
“Some words are retained which are no longer used in Britain: for example, in Australia chook (a chicken) and pikelet (a type of drop-scone), in South Africa bioscope (cinema) and geyser (a water heater).”
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bilby Looks right to me. British equivalent is flapjack, I'm led to believe. Nov 16, 2008
frindley Plausible looking Aussie recipe for pikelets, including picture here. Disclaimer: this isn't my mother's recipe and I've not tried it myself, but it looks more or less "right". Nov 16, 2008
frindley When I was working in Cleveland I initiated an office tradition of pancakes on Shrove Tuesday (actually, any excuse will do, but that's a particularly good one), for which I made pancakes according to my tried-and-true Australian recipe. My boss informed me that she would call what I'd made Swedish pancakes or perhaps crepes. They were small-dinner-plate size and quite thin. Really nice when sprinkled with caster sugar and lemon juice then rolled up or folded. Mmm.
Pikelets, which I've not eaten in years are definitely smaller (think diameter of a generous coffee mug or small saucer) and slightly thicker. But I think, too, the recipe is slightly different. There's a picture currently showing up that has a trio of pikelets spread with jam and topped with cream – that's classic. But, my mother also used to make savoury pikelets with parsley and cheese through the mix.
I've never made the fat-and-fluffy American style pancakes so I don't have a recipe to draw comparison – I guess it includes a raising agent. I do find that kind fairly hard-going to eat.
PS. Wiki adds: # A small, thick pancake, generally in Australia, New Zealand and parts of Britain. Also known in parts of Britain as a drop-scone or Scotch pancake.
# A British regional dialect word variously denoting a flatter variant on crumpet or muffin. Nov 16, 2008
kewpid To me the differentiator is the overall size/width. Pancakes are dinner-plate sized, whereas pikelets are more saucer-sized. Nov 15, 2008
Prolagus Is it the way Australians call pancakes? My flatmate told me that you use the term pancake for something less thick. Nov 15, 2008