I love the French

[guinnessdrinker]

More like she needs a masterclass. It is possible to make buckwheat pancakes by just mixing water and nothing else with the flour to make the batter but you have to beat it to ******** death.

they appear to have no problems in brittany making it, have they got special gifts concerning pancake batter?

 

[ViolentPanda]

I don't actually see how you can make bread from buckwheat flour. Bread relies on the gluten in the flour to hold the bubbles that the yeast makes - which is what makes it rise.
Buckwheat bread would just be a big solid lump.

You can make a sourdough (only tried this the once with these ingredients but it was quite tasty) using rice or potato flour and rye or oat flour. in thirds. It's still dense, but no worse than a good rye bread.

I do wish I wrote my "culinary experiments" down more often.

 

[tobyjug]

they appear to have no problems in brittany making it, have they got special gifts concerning pancake batter?

Not special gifts, but it does take a lot of practice and skill.
I have tried replicating some of the seemingly simple things I have seen Breton cooks do, my only real success thus far has been Iles Flottantes.