# Do you eat pancakes together or one at a time? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 12, 2017, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-pancakes-together-or-one-at-a-time/798637 "2017-10-12T14:26:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-pancakes-together-or-one-at-a-time/798637/21 "2017-10-12T17:43:46Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Together. It’s the only way to eat a stack. That’s why they’re stacked. > > If you mock my stack, I’ll give you a smack. > Stack > Stack > Stack. > I just like saying “stack”. One of my favorite comics! To the OP, I cut 'em all up together and eat `em like a salad. You didn't ask but i save the syrup until the second half. The first half is just `cakes and butter… yum! ---
**Author:** ![BeeGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@BeeGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeGee)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-pancakes-together-or-one-at-a-time/798637/22 "2017-10-12T17:54:13Z")
Stacked dollar size, please. OR if you make a Mickey Mouse pancake it’s one at a time. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-pancakes-together-or-one-at-a-time/798637/23 "2017-10-12T18:41:16Z")
If it was four, I would say two at a time. Any more than that at once, and you don’t get enough syrup on them. With three, it would depend on the size. Most likely, eat a coupe of pieces of the top two, then eat the two pieces of the bottom that are left over together. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-pancakes-together-or-one-at-a-time/798637/24 "2017-10-12T18:48:52Z")
One at a time, and I’m a butter only type of guy. I liked syrup when I was a kid, but, unless I’m in Vermont, I’ll eat them with only butter these days. It helps save a few calories. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-pancakes-together-or-one-at-a-time/798637/25 "2017-10-12T18:55:22Z")
I most likely won’t eat three…one to one and half is more my style. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-pancakes-together-or-one-at-a-time/798637/26 "2017-10-12T18:58:18Z")
The stack is the natural unit of pancakes, and so I serve them stacked, cut them stacked, and eat them stacked. At least, for American pancakes. Things are different if we’re talking blini or crepes, which are naturally rolled with some sort of filling. Oh, and butter and syrup. Real maple syrup is of course optimal, if available, but it’s way too expensive to eat all the time, and so I usually have to settle for the artificially-flavored stuff. And lite, low-sugar, or low-carb syrup is, of course, an abomination unto Nuggan. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-pancakes-together-or-one-at-a-time/798637/27 "2017-10-12T19:21:04Z")
your classic british pancake is somewhere between an american one and a crepe. The best way to eat it is as the kitchen counter. Cook it, flip in onto your plate, get the next one in the pan, then quickly pop sugar, syrup and lemon juice on the cooked pancake, roll it up, slice across and eat. stop after half of it has gone, flip the pancake in the pan, eat the rest. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-pancakes-together-or-one-at-a-time/798637/28 "2017-10-12T19:31:13Z")
I haven’t had them in _years_ (perhaps even decades) but always ate them stacked. And also with lots of syrup, because I found dry pancakes hard to swallow. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-pancakes-together-or-one-at-a-time/798637/29 "2017-10-12T19:36:54Z")
If you are a Costco member or know one, their real maple syrup(Canada) is (more or less) $11 for a liter. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-pancakes-together-or-one-at-a-time/798637/30 "2017-10-12T19:40:06Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > All together. Of course. Of course. 😃 I eat them stacked. I’ll lift the edge of each one to put butter and syrup in between them, though. Well, not real butter and syrup. Vegetable oil spread and sugar free syrup. I like to eat healthy, you know. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-pancakes-together-or-one-at-a-time/798637/31 "2017-10-12T19:41:32Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > If you are a Costco member or know one, their real maple syrup(Canada) is (more or less) $11 for a liter. When I was a kid, all we ever had was the fake stuff (Log Cabin, Mrs Butterworth, etc) so when I was an adult and buying my own groceries, I bought real maple syrup once. I was surprised to find I didn’t like it as much, I think just because I was used to the fake stuff. ---
**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-pancakes-together-or-one-at-a-time/798637/32 "2017-10-12T20:10:38Z")
I never liked stacked because the bottom cakes get very little syrup (or, the top one gets way too much). Also depending on the thickness/heaviness of the cakes eating a bite of the full stack can be impractical (can’t get a bite small enough.) If they are served stacked (e.g., at a diner) I cut and eat them one at a time while stacked, reapplying butter/syrup as needed for each. If I am serving myself, I would only take one at a time. ---
**Author:** ![Periwinkle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Periwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Periwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-pancakes-together-or-one-at-a-time/798637/33 "2017-10-12T21:38:25Z")
When I am at home I eat them one at a time. If I order a stack at a restaurant I leave them stacked. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-pancakes-together-or-one-at-a-time/798637/34 "2017-10-12T22:09:57Z")
Apart. A wedge of three pancakes is too big of a serving size to put in my mouth all at once. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-pancakes-together-or-one-at-a-time/798637/35 "2017-10-12T22:11:57Z")
Together. And I’ll put the over easy eggs on top of them and then slice 'em all up. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-pancakes-together-or-one-at-a-time/798637/36 "2017-10-12T23:06:39Z")
I leave them stacked at the restaurant. Cut off a bite from the stack. My favorite is silver dollar pancakes. I wish more restaurants offered them. I make them at home. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-pancakes-together-or-one-at-a-time/798637/37 "2017-10-12T23:33:58Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Before reading this thread, I had no idea that _anyone_ would unstack the stack to eat the cakes individually. You learn something new everyday! QFT. My mind may be considered blown. Some of you peoples is _weird_! ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-pancakes-together-or-one-at-a-time/798637/38 "2017-10-13T00:52:16Z")
I haven’t eaten pancakes in forty years. But I remember the proper procedure is to lift them up and spread butter on each layer, to pour (real) maple syrup over the top, and to cut into small wedges of the layers to eat. Ugh — no eggs or sausages should intrude. The division between the sweet and the savory breakfast is inviolable. What sort of ANIMAL eats his pancakes individually? ---
**Author:** ![BobBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-pancakes-together-or-one-at-a-time/798637/39 "2017-10-13T01:04:08Z")
Stacked, butter and syrup between and on top. Or if there is real honey, like honey bought from a bee keeper friend, it’s butter on top and between and honey on top. Also good as pigs in blankets. Pancake wrapped around sausage link, ketchup on top. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-pancakes-together-or-one-at-a-time/798637/40 "2017-10-13T01:27:04Z")
actually for me most of the time my pancakes come cut up so I just dump what ever I want on em scrambled eggs style [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-pancakes-together-or-one-at-a-time/798637.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-pancakes-together-or-one-at-a-time/798637.md?page=3)