The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #103157   Message #2101932
Posted By: peregrina
13-Jul-07 - 04:55 PM
Thread Name: french toast and syrup
Subject: RE: french toast and syrup
They are digressions from the thread topic...pancakes and waffles are a hobby of mine...

English 'eggy bread' is the name for some kind of English french toast equivalent. never eaten it myself, but even the name isn't as appealing...I guess it's considered small children's food?
Appelstroop is a kind of very dark and very thick syrup made from apples, boiled down till they're as thick as jam. Maybe someone Dutch on the list can tell more about it. Quite good, but not quite molasses, not maple syrup, and very nice on dutch pan cakes with a bit of bacon in them.
Poffertjes are small round pancakes make on a cast iron grill with a very liquid batter poured into small round depressions about 2 inches in diameter. They puff up in the middle, are usually served with * lots* of butter and powdered sugar, and usually gotten in a special restaurant that makes mainly poffertjes, I never could make them well at home. Well worth trying if you visit the Netherlands.