Pancake Start

The earliest attested references to tagenias are in the works of the 5th-century BC poets Cratinus and Magnes. Tagenites were made with wheat flour, olive oil, honey, and curdled milk, and were served for breakfast. Another kind of pancake was from (staitinos), of flour or dough of spelt,derived from flour of spelt. Athenaeus mentions, in his Deipnosophistae, staititas topped with honey, sesame, and cheese.The Middle English word pancake appears in English in the 15th century.