It's Shrove Tuesday today!  My sons school has had to cancel the traditional pancake day races on the village green which is a shame as this day often falls in half term.  It's raining here and we can't have children running in the rain, now can we?  They might slip!  Instead the Headteacher has 200 disappointed youngsters.

Pancakes are always top of the list of favourites here and my youngest would eat them every day.  We will go for the traditional lemon and sugar with the odd variation of maple syrup for the Kipper and perhaps ice-cream and chocolate sauce with a token gesture spray cream topping. I use a £2 Ikea special frying pan, cheap enough to replace a couple of times a year so the non stick works and I will make enough for the three of us with some left over for breakfast tomorrow as a treat!

How do you eat yours?

For the first time ever (after 30 odd yeears) I have bought ready made pancakes today :D We have ours with syrup ..hubby has his with lemon juice and sugar

:)

another fat day coming up, i know when the kids come home from school this will be the first thing they want for tea.
usually with squeezed orange or lemon and maple syrup.
we are lucky as our canadian relations came for christmas and brought us a jug of orrgional canadian maple syrup.
looking forward to the extra calories: well it is shrove tuesday after all

Oh woops - totally missed out on this one - fortunately have a lemon (missing the rind :) ) from Sunday so can knock up some pancakes, if my lot remember, this evening :D :D First time that I have forgotten :( Senility setting in probably :D

Daisy

Ok I know Im 30 years old and no I don't know how to make Pancakes, yes I am ashamed, yes Im useless, Luis did all of that,  before that my mum.  My daughter knows but she's staying at my mums.  Could somebody help all I would need is just enough for me and Bradley (its our bonding night).
Emma
P.S Im sorry for being useless I will try harder I promise

Try just under half a pint of milk, one egg and about 3-4oz of plain flour.  Add enough flour to make it thick enough to well coat the back of a spoon.  Add a pinch of salt and a tablespoon of oil to the mixture as I find it helps them not to stick to the pan as much.

I guess you can do the rest!  Failing that you could go to your mums too!

Happy Shrove Tuesday!  (Uh Oh! That means it Lent tomorrow, now what shall I give up?!?)

Ash Wednesday ...time to go to Church and get the ashes on your forehead ;)

I go teetotal for Lent. Luckily Sundays don't count! :)

Teetotal for lent, that be like giving up breathing

I think that I must give up chocolate for Lent - see Dieting thread :D :D

Daisy

Im going to give up,  giving up.  If that makes any sense??   Men with white coates approaching from a northernly direction,    must    run.....

Emma

You have an excuse - I don't :(

Daisy

Having got the recepie book out for the mixture !! I managed to make pancakes.

Following a discussion with my 4 year old (!!) they were filled with smoked cod and prawns cooked in butter and garlic.

I then had  a traditional one with lemon and sugar :D

Golden syrup on mine....

Geoff :)

Go to Tesco ..buy a packet of batter mix and follow the instructions

I like the sound of Tesco's as there were alot of squadies in there on Sunday mmmm. 

:( Pancakes day and as normal Im at dog training so no pancakes for me, again!!!!

Ohwell will hopefully be an early night with people staying at home to eat pancakes so we should be finished quite early!!!!! :D

Rox

Sssshhhh

I havent told the boys its pancake day :rolleyes:
(cruel mother or what ...?) ;)

Well we were not going to bother having pancakes this year, but after reading this we decided we would.
Unfortunately so had everyone else, no eggs,flour or lemons not even a jif lemon in the shops, so we're going to have pancake Friday in our house instead.

Steve

No pancakes today, but will do a "pancake day" when i have lost some more weight later on in the year :D

Love them with lemon and sugar, or chocolate sauce, or maple syrup..... mmmmmmmmm ........... :D

Lindsay

would someone nip to the shop and get me some eggs please ? i really fancy some pancakes but can't be arsed going to the shop... :D

sarah
x

We're all set to make pancakes in half an hour or so.  I can't believe how many people don't follow the tradition anymore:-o  You don't see the jif lemon ad's anymore or anything:-(

Stacey x x x

My canadian friend puts BUTTER on her pancakes! Do any of you? I always put lemon and suger on mine, they are the best!
Do you all have think american pancakes, or thin big ones? I have the thin ones personally, less filling so i can have more! lol.

This reminds me of drop scones, which we used to make when I lived at home. You make a similar batter mix and 'drop' spoonfuls onto a hot griddle :) We always ate them with butter.

Daisy

Yes, they are a bit like scotish pancakes???? I now what you mean, we eat those types with butter, but not the thin and wispy ones!

Ok, how do you do low fat pancakes :D
Although, Only having pancakes for dinner, Kids having chicken nuggerts and chips. So I should be safe with the calories,,,,,,, shouldnt I ;)
Lea :D

Pancakes don't actually have any fat in them, just what you cook them in (and that can be very little), so really i would have thought its more what you  put in/on them that adds the calories? You could always use half milk and water or skimmed milk. personally, I think if somethings worth eating, then its worth eating the way you enjoy it most!:)

Fiona - who usually has any leftover batter mix from Yorkshire puddings as a pancake in the evening, but now all my boys have decided they like pancakes!  We'll be fighting over the leftover batter next week!

Oh alex i am happy you said that does that mean i havent buggerd my diet up after all :D yey

I had a toffe apple flapjack pud thingy from Asda with lots of cream instead of pancakes :)
Wish I'd made the pancakes that was toooo sweet :(
Lara x

we had ice-cream and maple syrup ones  yum