Pancake Day/Shrove Tuesday
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I have around 5-6, with Lemon and Sugar, maple syrup, and sometimes Nutella.
(BTW its actual name is Shrove Tuesday)
I have around 5-6, with Lemon and Sugar, maple syrup, and sometimes Nutella.
(BTW its actual name is Shrove Tuesday)
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- Sanderson1981
Waitaminute... you all have a Pancake Day?!!?
Here in the states, Monday is President's Day, but I would much rather have a Pancake Day.
Here in the states, Monday is President's Day, but I would much rather have a Pancake Day.
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After a quick search, it turns out some communities practice it, but it isn't widespread.
I also found out that IHOP (a pancake restaurant) sponsors a pancake day on February 28, 2012. It seems to be for publicity though, and not a religious affair like yours.
I also found out that IHOP (a pancake restaurant) sponsors a pancake day on February 28, 2012. It seems to be for publicity though, and not a religious affair like yours.
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3 or 4 before school, 4 or 5 after 
Nutella, just plain jam, or maple syrup for me
Nutella, just plain jam, or maple syrup for me
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Our version of pancakes:
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Look where I am from.
In britain we don't traditionaly eat pancakes for breakfast but in the US you do that is what I was getting at.
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No they don't
Given the prevalence of pancakes over there - there's even a restaurant chain with it in the name - it's not a surprise.
"Shrove Tuesday", to give it the original name, was essentially the day where households used up all the fat and dairy products* in preparation for the fasting of Lent which followed - from Ash Wednesday through to Easter Sunday, 40 days and 40 nights. Shriving, of course, being the old practice of confession or absolution - so the sinful foods were consumed and the fasting of repentence could begin. Roll. Eyes. It's become pancake day, because you make pancakes with fats and dairy products. And flour.
Also, our pancakes aren't quite the same as USian pancakes - which are thicker and fluffiers. Ours are more like crepes, but not quite. Tradition dictates you put lemon juice and sugar on your pancakes. But, like USian pancakes and indeed crepes, you can put whatever the hell you want on them - I like a Nutella one alongside the more traditional ones.
If you're not from an English-speaking country and former colony, you will know the Tuesday you eat all your fats and dairy as "Fat Tuesday"... or "Mardi Gras".
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No they don't
Given the prevalence of pancakes over there - there's even a restaurant chain with it in the name - it's not a surprise.
"Shrove Tuesday", to give it the original name, was essentially the day where households used up all the fat and dairy products* in preparation for the fasting of Lent which followed - from Ash Wednesday through to Easter Sunday, 40 days and 40 nights. Shriving, of course, being the old practice of confession or absolution - so the sinful foods were consumed and the fasting of repentence could begin. Roll. Eyes. It's become pancake day, because you make pancakes with fats and dairy products. And flour.
Also, our pancakes aren't quite the same as USian pancakes - which are thicker and fluffiers. Ours are more like crepes, but not quite. Tradition dictates you put lemon juice and sugar on your pancakes. But, like USian pancakes and indeed crepes, you can put whatever the hell you want on them - I like a Nutella one alongside the more traditional ones.
If you're not from an English-speaking country and former colony, you will know the Tuesday you eat all your fats and dairy as "Fat Tuesday"... or "Mardi Gras".
That "pancake" is to a crepe as a parmo is to parmigiana.
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We put all sorts of things in our pancakes. Much like the Dutch do with their 'pannenkoeken' houses. We add fruit like apples, blueberries, banana and strawberry. Nuts too, like walnut goes great with banana. Bacon, sausage and ham go excellent in pancakes, too. Chocolate chips, anyone?
I like to stack my pancakes and add a layer of concord grape jelly in between each pancake. The secrete is to wait for the jelly to get completely absorbed into the pancake and then cut the entire stack like a pizza. Mmmmmmmmm!
I like to stack my pancakes and add a layer of concord grape jelly in between each pancake. The secrete is to wait for the jelly to get completely absorbed into the pancake and then cut the entire stack like a pizza. Mmmmmmmmm!
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The typical Lemon and sugar for me but I'm sure there will be some sort of chocolate too 
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- Antonisbob
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What in tarnations is 'Pancake day' ??
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Does nobody else put ice cream in their pancakes then? Just me?.....
I will admit, bacon and sausage sound nice, and I got some blueberry curd for christmas that's just begging to be tried out. When I make pancakes, I tend to make about 40 in one go (between two of us), so I don't think I'll be having an evening meal that night either.
I will admit, bacon and sausage sound nice, and I got some blueberry curd for christmas that's just begging to be tried out. When I make pancakes, I tend to make about 40 in one go (between two of us), so I don't think I'll be having an evening meal that night either.
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It's the day after "read post 17 day".
All we did in Primary school was throw rubbers across the classroom. That is all I can remember from Year 6.
Note for non-Brits: That's what we call "erasers", not condoms.
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You can keep your sweet pancakes, I take mine with ham, cheese and a few jalapenos.
Pancakes are one of the very few things I enjoy sweet; I always skip dessert when eating out, people think i'm weird.
That said I have never tried any savoury combination on a pancake, I always go with the traditional lemon and sugar on mine. Tried chocolate spread but it was a little sickly. The lemon juice and the sugar seem to complement eachother, it's not overly sweet like say maple syrup would be.
