Pancakes, Berliners or doughnuts?

My friends and I are currently arguing about what to call this pastry:

Since I come from Saxony, these are clearly pancakes for me.

My friends, however, call them Berliners, and for them, pancakes are what I call Plinsen…

What do you call them?

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MayaBanner
1 year ago

For me, Berliners and Krapfen are the same:

But THIS is a pancake:

Also available in small:

Myrine
2 years ago

Classic regional language differences 🤷‍♀️

To me, those are Berliners. I also understand doughnuts. Pancakes are shown in the second picture. I'm just reading the word "Plinsen" for the first time.

Paguangare
2 years ago

I'm from Northern Germany. Here, we call the pastry pictured above "Berliner" and the one below "Pfannkuchen."

Pancakes are prepared by pouring a liquid batter into a pan and frying it for a few minutes, turning it once or several times. Pancakes are completely flat and do not form a crumb with pores.

However, I know that Berliners are also called pancakes or doughnuts in other parts of Germany.

1Knight1
2 years ago

You should get out of your jungle. The top picture shows Berliners, the bottom one pancakes. The latter is already evident in the name "PFANN"! They are prepared in a pan.

spelman
2 years ago
Reply to  1Knight1

Of course, pancakes are fried in a deep pan, floating in fat. My grandmother used to make that herself.

1Knight1
2 years ago
Reply to  spelman

A deep pan? What nonsense. Berliners are fried in a pan, precisely because it requires a lot of oil and the doughnuts have to float in it. A pan isn't suitable for this at all. Otherwise, you might as well tie your shoes with a crane.

horribiledictu
2 years ago
Reply to  1Knight1

Berliners are:

https://www.bz-berlin.de/archiv-artikel/372-millionen-menschen-in-berlin-gemeldet

and the PFANN says nothing!

It's called a trombone – and you play it with your mouth!

1Knight1
2 years ago
Reply to  horribiledictu

What a stupid comment. So, according to you, there are no Nuremberg sausages or hamburgers at McDonald's, right?

And the pan says it all – at least for people who don't just use their head as a hat stand.

1Knight1
2 years ago

That could of course be the case.

spelman
2 years ago

If you say so. My grandma's pancakes were certainly delicious. Perhaps what is called a "pan" varies from region to region.

spelman
2 years ago

Of course they're pancakes. We agree on that.

Marieballade21
2 years ago

In Bavaria, this fine, round pastry is called a Krapfen . In Hesse, however, it is diminutive, called Kräppel (or Kreppel in some places). The rest of West Germany calls them Berliners . They were probably invented in the capital, but curiously, in Berlin , Berliners are called Pfannkuchen (pancakes). (Difference). Many names for the same thing. Over time, the pastry has been given countless names. Depending on the region, it is known as Kräppel (Hesse), Küchli (Swabia), Pfannkuchen ( Berlin ), Bachenemais (Salzburg), Krapfen (Austria), Boules de l'Yser (Belgium), or quite simply Berliner ! (What else can you call a Berliner?)

horribiledictu
2 years ago

und das untere Bild sind Palatschinken.

Retrogamer87
2 years ago

Always have been, and I'm not from Berlin but Bavaria.

nachtvogel788
2 years ago

"Kreppeln" 😀

I haven't even learned that word yet. I was specifically looking for a fourth word for Berliner…

Catcurry1
2 years ago

Das Obere Berliner und unten Pfannkuchen

Rosenmary
2 years ago

These are clearly Berliners. The correct name is Berliner Pfannkuchen, so both are correct.

The picture below shows classic pancakes.

I come from North Rhine-Westphalia.

1Knight1
2 years ago
Reply to  Rosenmary

A pancake is called that because it's cooked in a pan. Do you seriously think the top layer of the cake is cooked in a pan?

Rosenmary
2 years ago
Reply to  1Knight1

A Jägerschnitzel also contains no Jäger

Rosenmary
2 years ago
Reply to  1Knight1

Where did I claim that, seriously? Here: Continuing education helps: Boiled pastry called pancakes. And now? https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berliner_Pfannkuchen where it says that a pancake must come out of the pan. Please provide sources.

Rosenmary
2 years ago

Oh my gosh, pretty arrogant

1Knight1
2 years ago

A pancake is called a pancake because it's cooked in a pan, not because the cake contains a pan. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out. Coming up with "Hunter's Schnitzel" is completely ridiculous, especially since you haven't even bothered to figure out why it's called "Hunter's Schnitzel" (–> here for further information: because of the mushrooms used. These are found in the forest, where the hunter is).

More information, less rambling, helps.

Jos11
2 years ago

I call the first picture Berliner and the second picture Pfannkuchen.

Nahimana66
2 years ago

Pancakes on top, pancakes on the bottom

I am from the Thuringia/Saxony corner

7veren
2 years ago

Always (:

7veren⁷

Steffi07883
2 years ago

1.Bild Berliner

2.Bild Pfannkuchen

esisthalbzwei
2 years ago

Ich kenne sie als Berliner oder in meiner rheinhessischen Heimat “Kräppel”

verreisterNutzer
2 years ago

Man nennt’s Krapfen.

Kugelflitz
2 years ago

Oben Pfannkuchen, unten Eierkuchen. Ich komme aus MV.

Lieschen951
1 year ago

Ich sage Berliner

touchytt
1 year ago
Reply to  Lieschen951

😉

PeterPaul116
2 years ago

Eierkuchen

ManuViernheim
2 years ago

Ich verwende den Begriff Berliner.

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Sternchen700
2 years ago

Hello BunnysDiary.

We call them Berliners. The ones in the second picture are pancakes.

There's no need to argue about that. What Berliners are called depends on the location.

Grinsekater251
2 years ago
Reply to  Sternchen700

RISCHTISCH ❗️❗️

Renate2511
2 years ago
Reply to  Grinsekater251

RISCHDISCH wird mit “D” geschrieben. 🤣🤣🤣

Sternchen700
2 years ago
Reply to  Grinsekater251

🤣👍

Grinsekater251
2 years ago

Neee sei brav ^^

Renate2511
2 years ago

Ich “hoffe” dich gleich…^^

Grinsekater251
2 years ago

Will ich hoffen 😀

Renate2511
2 years ago

Hahaha, war doch ein Witz.

Grinsekater251
2 years ago

I can't change it anymore😔

Renate2511
2 years ago

Ich bitte darum.^^

Grinsekater251
2 years ago

Schade🤭

Wird geändert ^^

Geisterstunde
2 years ago

Diese Bezeichnung kenne ich gut

Cepha
2 years ago

In NRW

OpiPaschulke
2 years ago

There's no other term for it in my region. 🙂

Rosswurscht
2 years ago

Der Fall ist doch klar

horribiledictu
2 years ago
Reply to  Rosswurscht

but: not pancakes, these are pancakes!

wilees
2 years ago

Once used the search function…..

and wow….. many users before you have asked the same or similar question and so there are already many, many answers….. have fun browsing.