g & cutting for an hour and a half) but they're not fussy. We'll have them for supper with some farmer sausage and then we'll take a vote on how successful I was.This is my second new Mennonite food in as many weeks. Last week I tried flinsen and they were a solid hit. Ezra devoured them like he hadn't eaten for three days, but I was greatly missing the fruit sauce my Grandma always had with them (was it choke cherry?) I think by now I can make all the traditional foods that are important to me. Mmm... there's just nothing like Mennonite food! If only learning Low German were as easy...
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We are baffled... what is flinsen? Neither Lyndon or I can figure it out.
Skinny German pancakes... like crepes, really. Didn't you ever eat them at Grandma Olfert's, Lyndon? As a kid, Scott ate them rolled up with Roger's syrup. We had them stacked with fruit syrup.
Well I'm glad that someone asked the question and as I think about the answer, I realize that my distaste for Rogers syrup probably started there. I've had the crepes in more recent years (not realizing the name) though with fruit, etc, and have just now put it together that they were the same thing. Much better without the cheap syrup!!
Stacey
Oh yes, we ate those! In fact, that was the ONLY kind of pancake my mom ever made. We rolled them up with Rogers or with white sugar in the center.
Yes, I do remember them. In fact about a year ago we went through a crepe "phase" here in our house. I don't believe I ever heard the word Flinsen though. I am happy to eat them no matter what you call them (grin). Maybe we will add them to the camping week menu.
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