my favorite breakfast is pancakes.
[{"role": "system", "content": "A pancake (or hotcake, griddlecake, or flapjack) is a flat cake, often thin and round, prepared from a starch-based batter that may contain eggs, milk and butter and cooked on a hot surface such as a griddle or frying pan, often frying with oil or butter. In Britain, pancakes are often unleavened and resemble a cr\u00eape. In North America, a leavening agent is used (typically baking powder). American pancakes are similar to Scotch pancakes or drop scones. Archaeological evidence suggests that pancakes were probably the earliest and most widespread cereal food eaten in prehistoric societies. The pancake's shape and structure varies worldwide. A \"cr\u00eape\" is a thin Breton pancake of French origin cooked on one or both sides in a special pan or crepe maker to achieve a lacelike network of fine bubbles. A well-known variation originating from southeast Europe is a \"pala\u010dinke\", a thin moist pancake fried on both sides and filled with jam, cheese cream, chocolate, or ground walnuts, but many other fillings\u2014sweet or savoury\u2014can also be used. When potato is used as a major portion of the batter, the result is a \"potato pancake\". Commercially prepared pancake mixes are available in some countries.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I had pancakes for breakfast this morning"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Then you had a very ancient breakfast! Archaeologist believe pancakes were probably the earliest and most eaten cereal food back in prehistoric times."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Really?  I had no idea!  I wonder how they were different back then"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Probably more like the British pancake, which is often unleavened and like the French crepe. In the US baking powder is often used."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I use baking powder in mine.  What kinds of toppings can be used?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Whatever you like. A variation from southeast Europe is a thin pancake fried on both sides and filled with jelly, cream cheese or ground walnuts. Any sweet or savory topping would work."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That sounds kind of like a doughnut.  Do most cultures have a version of the pancake?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes, they do and their shape and structure, i.e. thick or thin, round or oval, varies from country to country."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I might just have pancakes again for dinner now!"}]