It's pancake day today!

Bill Sikes · Post by **Bill Sikes** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:21 am

1 large egg

2oz plain flour } or multiples of these for more pancakes

3oz milk

Whisk, leave for a few hours, melt a little lard in the pan, do your pancake very

thinly indeed, twizzling the pan to coat the bottom, flip the pancake as soon

as it slides on the bottom of the frying-pan, dish up on a hot plate with white

sugar and lemon juice. Thick pancakes must not be made.

SuzyB · Post by **SuzyB** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:24 am

Jim made these last night for the kids they had one mouthful each, then i ate what they left:-5 :-5 I brought some more for tonight, but i'm going to add sliced banana's, strawberrys and whipped cream :-4

Red · Post by **Red** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:34 am

Is it? bloody hell hadnt even realised, my old dad used to make the best ever pancakes bless him it was like a little production line, him making the pancakes mam putting on the syrup then me adding the lemon.

Its not something i bother with now though, maybe when LL gets a bit older

Pancake trivia

SuzyB · Post by **SuzyB** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:41 am

Hi Red:-6 ,

I started with the kids when they was tiny, they thought it was hillarious watching me toss the pancakes and then hear me cursing whilst picking it up from the floor! They then used to decorate them, the favourite was hundreds and thousands with lemon and sugar, they'd eat a couple of mouthfuls then try to feed me their creations.

PS. The kids now toss their own and they still end up on the floor:-5

Red · Post by **Red** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:45 am

Hiya sue

AWW sounds like fun, i must admit on the 2 occassions ive made pancakes for LL just for a teatime treat she's had one bite and spat it out...i refuse to take this to heart though and just accept that she doesnt like my cooking :wah:

cant think why though they were banana pancakes smothered in choccy sauce..odd child

SuzyB · Post by **SuzyB** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:47 am

Red;555148 wrote: Hiya sue

AWW sounds like fun, i must admit on the 2 occassions ive made pancakes for LL just for a teatime treat she's had one bite and spat it out...i refuse to take this to heart though and just accept that she doesnt like my cooking :wah:

cant think why though they were banana pancakes smothered in choccy sauce..odd child

I'm going back to the shop for chocc sauce, sounds yummy;)

Red · Post by **Red** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:56 am

SuzyB;555151 wrote: I'm going back to the shop for chocc sauce, sounds yummy;)

well df and i thought so sue! can i come to yours for tea pls? :yh_drool

im very quiet honestly, ull hardly know im there

SuzyB · Post by **SuzyB** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:58 am

Red;555156 wrote: well df and i thought so sue! can i come to yours for tea pls? :yh_drool

im very quiet honestly, ull hardly know im there

You are more than welcome, you don't have to be quiet though, quiet people get lost in this house, it's very NOISY

Red · Post by **Red** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:59 am

SuzyB;555158 wrote: You are more than welcome, you don't have to be quiet though, quiet people get lost in this house, it's very NOISY

Oh fab i LOVE NOISY

crazygal · Post by **crazygal** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:33 am

OMG I forgot about Shrove Tuesday and my son is in Brighton with my parents visiting my grandad! He can't miss out, I'm gonna have to give them a call and make sure my mum makes him some.

crazygal · Post by **crazygal** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:06 am

I should have known, my mum bought some ready made ones, lazy moo but at least he'll get some.

Ryan made them with my brother at cubs last night anyway, I didn't realise.

Red · Post by **Red** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:07 am

crazygal;555216 wrote: OMG I forgot about Shrove Tuesday and my son is in Brighton with my parents visiting my grandad! He can't miss out, I'm gonna have to give them a call and make sure my mum makes him some.

she'll remember mums are good at that kind of malarkey

crazygal · Post by **crazygal** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:08 am

Red;555259 wrote: she'll remember mums are good at that kind of malarkey

I wasn't, I only remember because of this thread. :wah:

Red · Post by **Red** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:12 am

crazygal;555262 wrote: I wasn't, I only remember because of this thread. :wah:

me to actually, but were the new generation of mums so were forgiven for being thick :wah:

Bill Sikes · Post by **Bill Sikes** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:18 am

Banana, chocolate sauce, syrup, strawberries, whipped cream? Heathens!

SuzyB · Post by **SuzyB** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 12:49 pm

YUUUMMMMYYYYYYYY, we've just finished them, Sam had his with Golden Syrup, Jim, Jenna and I had, strawberry's with squirty cream (fat reduced). :-4

Red · Post by **Red** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 12:50 pm

SuzyB;555460 wrote: YUUUMMMMYYYYYYYY, we've just finished them, Sam had his with Golden Syrup, Jim, Jenna and I had, strawberry's with squirty cream (fat reduced). :-4

sounds yummy sue, must say though i def prefer mine the old fashioned way, golden syrup and squeezy lemon

SuzyB · Post by **SuzyB** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 12:54 pm

Red;555463 wrote: sounds yummy sue, must say though i def prefer mine the old fashioned way, golden syrup and squeezy lemon

We keep the syrup in the fridge so I asked my daughter to put it in the microwave, I must of told her 10 times to pour it over the plate, what did she do, turned round to talk to her brother!!!! I had to spend ten minutes cleaning the oven and washing the floor:-5

crazygal · Post by **crazygal** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 12:59 pm

I just love mine with lemon and that's it but not got any.

Red · Post by **Red** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 1:04 pm

SuzyB;555470 wrote: We keep the syrup in the fridge so I asked my daughter to put it in the microwave, I must of told her 10 times to pour it over the plate, what did she do, turned round to talk to her brother!!!! I had to spend ten minutes cleaning the oven and washing the floor:-5

awww poor you, nowts ever simple is it? :rolleyes:

SuzyB · Post by **SuzyB** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 1:11 pm

Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day)

Shrove Tuesday is the last day before the period which Christians call Lent. This day is one of the moveable feasts in the church calendar and is directly related to the date on which Easter falls.

Shrove Tuesday always falls 47 days before to Easter Sunday, so the date varies from year to year and falls between February 3 and March 9. (See our Lent page for a visual explanation why Shrove Tuesday is 47 days and not 41 days before Easter)

In 2007 Pancake Day will be on 20 February

and in 2008 it will be on 5 February.

Where does the word Shrove come from?

The name Shrove comes from the old word "shrive" which means to confess. On Shrove Tuesday, in the Middle Ages, people used to confess their sins so that they were forgiven before the season of Lent began.

Shrove Tuesday a time for celebrations

Shrove Tuesday is a day of celebration as well as penitence, because it's the last day before Lent.

Lent is a time of abstinence, of giving things up. So Shrove Tuesday is the last chance to indulge yourself, and to use up the foods that aren't allowed in Lent. Pancakes are eaten on this day because they contain fat, butter and eggs which were forbidden during Lent.

What is a pancake?

A pancake is a thin, flat cake, made of batter and fried in a pan.

The photograph shows a pancake being cooked in a frying pan.

(recipe)

Other names for Shrove Tuesday

In England we call Shrove Tuesday, Pancake Day.

In France they call it Mardi Gras, which means Grease or Fat Tuesday.

In Iceland the day is known as "Sprengidagur" (Bursting day).

What happens on Pancake Day in England today

Shrove Tuesday in England in the past

Pancake Day in Sweden

Pancake Day in Newfoundland, Canada

When is Pancake Day in France

crazygal · Post by **crazygal** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 1:12 pm

Wow thank goodness for copy and paste! :wah:

SuzyB · Post by **SuzyB** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 1:16 pm

crazygal;555499 wrote: Wow thank goodness for copy and paste! :wah:

About the only thing i am capable of doing:wah:

Red · Post by **Red** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 1:19 pm

SuzyB;555510 wrote: About the only thing i am capable of doing:wah:

dont forget the yummy pancake making missy

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 12:03 am

God I miss it already. :-1

Pancakes that is. :wah: