Street View Street Food
Crêpe
History
Crêpes are served with a variety of fillings, from the
simplest with only sugar to flambéed crêpes Suzette
or elaborate savoury galettes. While crêpes are often
associated with Brittany, a region in the northwest of
France, their consumption is widespread in France,
Belgium, Canada, and many parts of Europe, North
Africa, and the Southern Cone of South America.
Culture
The belief was 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 color
from being fried in butter, of the crêpe resembles the sun
and its rays. This symbolism also applies to the coin held
in the person’s hand.
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