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Buckwheat pancake facts for kids

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Aunt Jemima Pancake Mix advertisement, 1932
Aunt Jemima Pancake Mix advertisement, 1932

A buckwheat pancake is a pancake made with buckwheat flour. Types of buckwheat pancake associated with specific regions include:

  • Blini, Eastern Europe, with a buckwheat variety particularly popular in Russia, Ukraine (hrechanyky or гречаники), and Lithuania (grikių blynai)
  • Crêpe bretonne, a savory pancake known as bleud ed-du from Lower Brittany in France
  • Kaletez (galette de sarrasin), a buckwheat pancake in Breton cuisine
  • Memil-buchimgae, a variety of Korean pancake with buckwheat flour and cabbage
  • Ploye, a Canadian pancake, particularly popular in New Brunswick

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