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Of the many famous French foods, crepes (可丽饼) are among the most popular. Different types of crepes are prepared around the world. Let’s look at where these delicious French foods came from and their influence on food culture.

As one story goes, a thirteenth-century housewife in Brittany, France, carelessly dropped some porridge (粥) onto a hot cooking stone in her kitchen. The lucky result was a flat and thin pancake that was made of wheat appeared, and wheat later became the key ingredient in traditional crepes. According to another story, crepes date back to the fifth century. The Roman pope (教皇) offered them to French visitors at that time.

The word “crepe” comes from the Latin word “crispa”, which means “curled (弯曲的)”. The food can be served in many different ways. Sweet crepes can include fruit, chocolate or cream. When they are served as part of a light lunch or a dinner meal, they may include ingredients such as meat, cheese or vegetables. Usually, crepes either appear in a half-moon or triangle shape, or rolled up like a newspaper.

Food and culture go hand in hand. ________

The best crepes should have a smooth taste. To produce smooth crepes, the batter (面糊) must be very thin and light. Even with the smoothest batter, the first crepe out of the pan is usually not a success, so it is traditionally offered to the dog or the cat raised by a family. Since crepes come from France, French people have a special holiday just to celebrate this food. The Day of the Crepes falls on February 2. On the day of the holiday, one tradition is to throw a crepe and catch it in the pan held in your right hand while holding a gold coin in your left hand. If you succeed, you will have good luck all year round!

Crepes might be the result of a “happy accident”, but it is not by accident (偶然的) that this delicious food has been filling stomachs for centuries.