# Doesn't anyone else like buckwheat pancakes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 3, 2010, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-anyone-else-like-buckwheat-pancakes/527559 "2010-02-03T18:16:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-anyone-else-like-buckwheat-pancakes/527559/1 "2010-02-03T18:16:37Z")
I’ve had a low-key desire for about the last four years to have buckwheat pancakes. I look for them every time I’m in a restaurant that serves breakfast, but I’ve never run across them. My mom used to make them every couple of weeks or so, and I used to order them in the occasional restaurant. Now, sadly, they seem to have disappeared. (Obviously, I’m not working all that hard to find them. And yes, I know I could buy the ingredients and make them myself.) Am I alone in my love of buckwheat pancakes? Is it just me and my similarly afflicted family? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-anyone-else-like-buckwheat-pancakes/527559/2 "2010-02-03T18:18:35Z")
Yum. They are O-Tay! :d&r: ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-anyone-else-like-buckwheat-pancakes/527559/3 "2010-02-03T18:25:04Z")
I like 'em. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-anyone-else-like-buckwheat-pancakes/527559/4 "2010-02-03T18:25:23Z")
[Aunt\_Jemima\_Mix](http://www.amazon.com/Aunt-Jemima-Buckwheat-Pancake-Mix/dp/B0001VS9PQ) I miss them too. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-anyone-else-like-buckwheat-pancakes/527559/5 "2010-02-03T18:30:48Z")
I love 'em! So much more satisfying than the “normal” kind! Fortunately, even though the town I live in is about the size of your average McMansion, the diner around the corner has _wonderful_ buckwheat pancakes (not to mention surprisingly good coffee!) The first time I ever had breakfast there, I noticed the menu said “Buckwheat pancake with sausage or bacon. . .” and I assumed they had just left the ‘s’ off the end of ‘pancakes’. But no, you only get one. However that _one_ pancake is the size of the serving platter! 🙂 So, it being a small-town diner, I can get a huge buckwheat pancake, two sausage patties, real butter, syrup, and all the coffee I can drink, and with tip, it comes to about $6.00! ---
**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:** [February 3, 2010, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-anyone-else-like-buckwheat-pancakes/527559/6 "2010-02-03T18:32:04Z")
Love the buckwheat pancakes. I used to eat [Bucwheats.](http://www.gunaxin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/buc-wheats.jpg) We need\*\* WOOKINPANUB\*\* to post in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Jormungandr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@Jormungandr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jormungandr)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-anyone-else-like-buckwheat-pancakes/527559/7 "2010-02-03T18:43:47Z")
I used to get them at my IHOP before they switched over to the Harvest Grain & Nuts pancakes. ---
**Author:** ![spoike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@spoike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spoike)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-anyone-else-like-buckwheat-pancakes/527559/8 "2010-02-03T19:02:52Z")
I love them. There’s a local pancake place, Phil’s, that makes them, and I order them every time. Bob’s Red Mill makes a buckwheat pancake mix, too, if you’re so inclined. ---
**Author:** ![Anaptyxis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anaptyxis/32/3171_2.png) [@Anaptyxis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaptyxis)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-anyone-else-like-buckwheat-pancakes/527559/9 "2010-02-03T19:33:04Z")
The local diner where I have brunch nearly every week serves [ployes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ploye), which are a type of buckwheat pancake. Although if the Wikipedia article is right, the diner is not cooking them in a particularly authentic manner. But they’re awesome with blueberries added. It might be a real drive for you to come all the way over here to Massachusetts, though. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-anyone-else-like-buckwheat-pancakes/527559/10 "2010-02-03T19:37:56Z")
i see them every so often at breakfast joints. ---
**Author:** ![stargazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@stargazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stargazer)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-anyone-else-like-buckwheat-pancakes/527559/11 "2010-02-03T21:28:01Z")
My grandfather used to make amazing buckwheat pancakes, but he’s 91 now and can’t remember his “recipe.” ☹ I’ve never had any as good as his, when I’ve been able to find them at all. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-anyone-else-like-buckwheat-pancakes/527559/12 "2010-02-03T21:34:42Z")
My dad loves them. I think he’s the only one in the family who does. I mean, they’re okay. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-anyone-else-like-buckwheat-pancakes/527559/13 "2010-02-03T21:49:35Z")
Yes, they’re good. They are hard to find. ---
**Author:** ![auRa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@auRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auRa)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-anyone-else-like-buckwheat-pancakes/527559/14 "2010-02-04T11:29:07Z")
Are these buckwheat pancakes sweetened, or unsweetened like Russian [blini](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blintz)? If the latter, I’ve been craving blini with sour cream and roe for weeks now. We’re in the middle of blini season here. ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-anyone-else-like-buckwheat-pancakes/527559/15 "2010-02-04T12:39:57Z")
If you really want buckwheat pancakes, come to the annual [Buckwheat Festival](http://www.buckwheatfest.com/index.html) in Kingwood, West Virginia. A whole weekend of festivities built around pancakes and sausage. ---
**Author:** ![beeswax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/51bf81/32.png) [@beeswax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beeswax)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-anyone-else-like-buckwheat-pancakes/527559/16 "2010-02-04T13:11:42Z")
My fav, what I grew up on and I prefer to this day. That and real maple syrup tapped from our own trees. Hodgson Mills makes a decent mix. You can find it in the health food area and/or by the flour in a brown box. ---
**Author:** ![vifslan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f4b2a3/32.png) [@vifslan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vifslan)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-anyone-else-like-buckwheat-pancakes/527559/17 "2010-02-04T13:58:42Z")
> [@auRa](#): > > Are these buckwheat pancakes sweetened, or unsweetened like Russian [blini](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blintz)? If the latter, I’ve been craving blini with sour cream and roe for weeks now. Me too. I made French-style buckwheat galettes a while ago, but it’s not the same thing at all. If the cravings go on, I’ll get together with friends and make blini during the weekend. And I also want to know if American buckwheat pancakes are similar to blini. Yeast or baking powder? ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-anyone-else-like-buckwheat-pancakes/527559/18 "2010-02-04T14:54:56Z")
Apparently they take both. Here’s the recipe for Preston County buckwheat cakes, from [here](http://www.prestoncounty.com/pcbf.htm#recipe): In a large bowl, mix 1/2 cake household yeast (or 1 cake Fleishman’s Yeast or 1 envelope dry yeast) and 1 teaspoon salt into one quart lukewarm water. Let stand a few minutes and then add 3 cups, or enough buckwheat flour to make a stiff batter. Cover and let stand overnight (or at least 4 or 5 hours) When ready to bake the cakes, dissolve 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon baking powder, and 2 teaspoons sugar in 1 cup hot water. Stir into batter, then add about 1 cup or enough warm water to make a thin batter. Bake on a hot griddle. Save at least 1 cup of the batter for the next baking. (It will keep in the refrigerator for about a week) To renew, add 1 pint lukewarm water, 1/2 teaspoon salt and enough buckwheat flour to make a stiff batter. Cover and let stand overnight (or at least 4 - 5 hours). ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-anyone-else-like-buckwheat-pancakes/527559/19 "2010-02-04T15:28:12Z")
I’m not much on pancakes, but I do loe cooked buckwheat used in place of rice. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doesnt-anyone-else-like-buckwheat-pancakes/527559/20 "2010-02-04T15:55:33Z")
I’ made them from scratch a number of times, and they were OK. I would rather make some fluffy ones without the buckwheat.