Pancake

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Pancakes are a type of food made from flour and water and cooked on a flat frying pan or griddle. Variants on the ingredients may use milk in place of water as well as adding eggs, butter and sugar. Pancakes are frequently unleavened but some may use a leavening agent such as backing soda. Pancakes are a truly global cuisine. In various forms they can be found throughout the world. Each culture varies the recipe and has it's own traditional was of preparing and eating the food. In America, pancakes are regularly consumed as a breakfast food along with maple syrup. In the UK, pancakes are synomonous with the Christian feast of Shrove Tuesday, also know as Pancake day.