Pancakes or Griddlecakes or Hotcakes or Flapjacks: Identity Crisis

What's in a name?
This called by any other name, would still taste sweet. :D

So which one? Actually, all of the above! :)

Different countries have different versions of this breakfast or snack treat. They call it by different names, not  just the ones I mentioned above. It can be savory or sweet. Thin or thick. But all share the same principle of being cooked in a frying pan or griddle. Archeological studies even proved that the earlier forms of these flat cakes were found dating prehistoric times which were cooked on hot stone or shallow earthenwares over open fire. Cool.
  

I was getting bored today because my nephew went with my mom and dad to get a new refrigerator. I have no one to annoy *evil grin*. The past months my mom was complaining how our old refrigerator was acting up and spoiling her stock of meat and veggies. It's strange that overtime, the refrigerator seem to get smaller. Or is it that the food consumption in the house is getting bigger? I guess the latter, since like I hinted in the past few articles that my family is known to have a healthy (?) appetite; even my once-stick-figure nephew became a picky-but-voracious eater. Anyway, what was I supposed to talk about again? Oh yeah... So I was bored. And a lot of people would know that boredom would sometimes trigger curiosity; and I was getting hungry too. Curious and hungry, haha! A nice combination. :D