They are simply too foppish, too fragile and a bit too snobbish to do justice to the true blintz. Nor is the blintz an American flapjack or griddlecake. This is not do demean flapjacks, but one would no sooner make a blintz that thick than they would destroy its flavor by anointing it with an inordinate amount of maple syrup. Nor is the blintz merely a form of a pancake. Pancakes, at least in the Yiddish kitchen, consist of fried potato mixtures and, as delicious as they may be, they are most assuredly not blintzes.
Blintzes are unique in other ways as well.
They are, for example, infinitely versatile and may prove eminently suitable for breakfasts, lunches or late snacks. They also make superb desserts. With regard to the ultimate value of blintzes, one should note that arch anti-semites Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain employed a special chef for the preparation of their blintzes. So impressed were they with the artistry of this chef that he was one of the few Jews who was neither exiled, forcefully converted or burned at the stake of the Inquisition. Not a bad deal for a blintz-chef.