Aebleskiver! Thanks heavens you don't
have to pronounce it to eat it. What is it? This is probably the most asked
question. Now I am asking you. Do you know about these Pancake balls
(Aebleskiver)? Do you have them in your country, and what are they
called in your language?
If you
could stroll down the main street of Solvang, a Danish community in California,
you would see an unusual pan featured in many of the shop windows. Looking like
an inverted frying pan with deep dimples, the monk’s or aebleskiver pan is used
to make a Danish treat, pancake balls.
DK - Vær venlig, hvis du bor udenfor Danmark at
fortælle mig om du kender til disse Pandekager,
UK - USA -
Please, if you live outside Denmark, tell me if you know this pancake balls.
If you do, Please, tell me the name and your country.
D
- Bitte wenn Sie außerhalb Dänemarks leben, erklären Sie mir, wenn Sie Kugeln
dieses Pfannkuchens kennen.
Wenn Sie mir den Namen und das Land bitte erklären.
NL
- Tevreden, als u buiten Denemarken leeft, vertel me of kent u deze
pannekoekballen.
Als u, gelieve, me de naam en het land te vertellen.
F -
, Si vous vivez en dehors du Danemark, veuillez me dire si vous
connaissez des boules de cette crêpe.
Si vous, svp, me dites le nom et le pays.
Comments from Readers :
In the netherlands those pancake balls you were talking
about are called poffertjes.
I actually live in Southern California, USA and growing up my family, would go
up to Solvang where we would look forward to getting aebleskivers.It is one
of my fondest memories of family vacations while growing up. Katryn Fennell.
I havnt heard about this in Halifax Nova Scotia but it sure looks good and
would like to learn more about it. M.E
Holland
We have something similar in the Czech Republic. They are called Livance and
the pan is almost identical to the one used for the pancake balls except the
pancakes do not end up in a ball shape but rather a puffed up version of the
regular pancake. It is a yeast dough that has to be left to raise for a half
hour. After cooking, you top with blueberries and whip cream, or jam and
grated cheese or as some like with cinnamon.
Buttermilk is not something available in the Czech Republic. I look forward to
the day it is since many of my recipes contain buttermilk. Right now I do a
make believe version by adding lemon juice to regular milk. It is okay when
you can't get buttermilk, but certainly not as good as the real thing.
Sincerely,
Nancy Volak
I live about 30 miles from Solvang
California a charming little town founded by Danish immigrants. When my
daughter was a child we drove there almost every Sunday for breakfast and our
favorite treat of AEbleskiver. I enjoyed talking with the residents because my
heritage is Danish and Dutch. We lived close to our relatives when I was
growing up, they adhered to many customs from what my father called 'the old
country'.
Sadly, now 35 years later the
AEbleskiver are made and served by non-English speaking Hispanics and the
charming Danish village has become so commercialized and it is somewhat of a
tourist trap.
Ruth Case
Carpinteria, CA USA
I first tasted aebleskivers at the Alameda County Fair (California) many
years ago. Then, we got a cast iron aebleskiver pan and used to make them
at home.My second mother-in-law had Altzheimer's disease and lived in a
full-time care facility dedicated to this illness. We visited almost
every day and made friends with many of the folks there. Their days
were long and boring. One lady came to the USA from Denmark. I
asked her once if she had ever made aebleskivers and her face lit up.
She was surprised to know a non-Dane even knew of them. We talked
often after that, and I think it brightened her day to talk of her homeland.
(Jerry Craft)
I am originally from the southeastern part of Mexico and we have exactly
what you call a balled up pancake
except we call them "buñuelos" and yes just like our american
countertparts they are served with honey.
javier from Mexico.
