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Flapjacks, also called pancakes, are a breakfast favorite in the US. Oddly, it does seem to be fathers, even back when fathers didn't typically cook, who make the flapjakes, even if the mother is the usual cook. Perhaps because they are easy, and usually a weekend treat so there isn't as much rush to get breakfast made.

The recipe is from a very old cookbook, perhaps the 1950s, but the accompanying photo is from a modern cookbook. I love the part of the recipe that instructs us to "flap gently (don't knock the breath out of these flapjakes)".

The maple syrup label is from a local syrup producer. I do not understand fake maple syrup like Mrs. Butterworth. My youngest daughter always insisted on Mrs. Butterworth. I would try to convince her the real stuff from Maine was better, but she wanted the syrup "in the lady" (the bottle is shaped like a woman).