All You Need to Know About Crepes

In this article, I will be informing you about the most wonderful food ever to be created by mankind. Crepes.

Overview of Crepes:

Crepes are "very thin, cooked pancakes" that are usually made from wheat flour. Crepes can be made of normal ingredients including cheese, ham, artichoke, and meat products, or they can be a dessert by filling them with sweet ingredients including fruits, melted chocolate, and Nutella. Sweet crepes are usually filled with mixed berries, fresh fruit, or lemon cream. They are often covered with syrup (regular or fruit flavored) or chocolate. This dish is considered the national dish of France, and although it originated in Northwest France, it is now widespread in Europe and around the world.

Creperies:

Creperies range from being a sit down restaurants to fast food or street food. Because of the wide varieties of ingredients that can be used to make a crepe, crepes can be a main meal or a dessert, along it to be served in many different ways. Creperies also may serve other food including baguettes and coffee. Although Creperies are most popular in France, they are spread around the world (there are even some in Richmond.)

Crepe Facts:

• The word Crepe is derived from the latin word crispa, which means curled. 
• Crepes were made on mistake by Henry Carpentier, who was a fourteen year old waiter, in 1895. He was making a dessert for the future King Edward VII of Britain.
• There is a type of crepe called the "Bodybuilders Crepe," and its ingredients include "whey protein powder, flavoring, egg white, and other popular ingredients such as cottage cheese, oats, and peanut butter."

Easy Crepe Recipe:

I have tried to make crepes on my own before, and although they are not perfect, they do the trick. So here you go:

Ingredients and materials: Nutella, quesadilla, bananas, strawberries or other fruit, pan, spatula, and plate.

Procedure: Put the pan on the stove and turn the knob somewhere in between low and medium. Then, take your Nutella and spread a thin layer of it around on the quesadilla. Once the Nutella is on all the way, place it onto the pan and wait until it is warm. (You don't have to cook it you just have to warm it up.) While it is heating up, cut the fruit that you are going to put in the inside into small pieces. Once it is to your preferred temperature, remove the crepe and place it on a plate. Next, take your chosen fruit and place it around the quesadilla. Finally, fold the quesadilla over so that it looks like half a circle and chow down.

Like I said, it is no where near a crepery level crepe, but it tastes really good.

Sources:

Stradley, Linda. “Crepes Suzette History and Recipe.” What's Cooking America, 14 May 2019,
https://whatscookingamerica.net/History/CrepesSuzetteHistory.htm.

“A Little Crepe History.” Go to the Are You Looking for the Perfect Crepe? Page, The Crepe Makers,

http://www.excusemyfrench.co.nz/a-little-crepe-history/.