A crêpe is a type of very thin pancake. Crêpes are usually of two types: sweet crêpes (crêpes sucrées) and savoury galettes (crêpes salées).
Crêpes are served with a variety of fillings, from the simplest with only sugar to flambéed crêpes Suzette or elaborate savoury galettes.
Crêpes originate in Brittany, a region in the west of France; the consumption is widespread in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Canada, and many parts of Europe, North Africa, North America, Lebanon, Brazil and Argentina.
Crêpes belong to the general category of ancient Greek Tiganitai, from Greek tíganos (τίγανος), meaning frying pan, which, in English, is literally translated to pancakes. The French term crêpe derives from the Latin crispa, meaning with creases. The name galette came from the French word galet pebble since the first galettes were made on a large pebble heated in a fire.
In France and Belgium, crêpes are traditionally served on Candlemas, La Chandeleur, February 2. This day was originally Virgin Mary's Blessing Day but became known in France as Le Jour des Crêpes (literally translated The Day of the Crêpes, and sometimes called colloquially as Avec Crêpe Day, National Crêpe Day, or day of the Crêpe), referring to the tradition of offering crêpes.
In fact, in 472 Pope Gelasius I offered Crêpes to French pilgrims that were visiting Rome for celebrating the Chandeleur. Also, the belief is that catching the crêpe with a frying pan after tossing it in the air with your right hand while holding a gold coin in your left hand would cause you to become rich that year. The roundness and golden colour of a crêpe resemble the sun and its rays. This symbolism also applies to the coin held in the person's hand.
More information: The Local
Now I think French is even stranger.
In France, their fish is poisson, their bread is pain,
and their pancake is crepe.
Pain and poison and crap.
That's what they have every day.
Xiaolu Guo
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