Yosser

Thanks for reminding me....Thou shall be doning the pinny tonight and will knock up a few batches for the kids.

Pancakes, lemon juice, golden syrup or strawberry jam with a light sprinkling of sugar.

mandpete

I have just made my pancake batter ready for after tea. For the first time in 20 years I am not making savoury pancakes just the plain ones with real lemon juice and sugar. Every year I say I'll make them more often because we all love them and then all of a sudden it's Shrove Tuesday again.

I am not religious and don't really know the meaning of ShroveTuesday. When I was little we had pancakes on Pancake Day and 'tater ash on Ash Wednesday. Don't know where my Mum got that idea from. It was only after seeing my mother-in-law with ash on her head after going to church that I realised it was nothing to do with 'tater ash. When I first saw the ash on mother-in-law's head I asked her what she had bruised her head on. She just gave me a stern look and said quite matter of factly "it's ash" and left it at that.

Anyway my kids and hubby will be wanting their proper english pancakes soon, so it's off to the kitchen I go.

Englishmum

Shrove Tuesday is the same as 'Mardi Gras'(Fat Tuesday' in French) ....the idea being that you fatten yourself up before the onset of the 40 days of Lent which begins tomorrow (Ash Wednesday). During Lent your are supposed to be more frugal eg. deprive yourself of luxury food items such as chocolate or alcohol etc. (plenty of chocs around though for Valentine's Day LOL!). Easter is really early this year.

Of course in the UK hundreds of years ago, people didn't really have a pantry full of food unlike today and pancakes were and are, a cheap nutritious food which 'fills you up'.

Expect to see a lot of 'ashed' people wandering around tomorrow - it's a pretty rare sight in the UK these days as so few Brits attend church, but in my neighbourhood there is a large RC church and the car park will be full until about lunchtime tomorrow.....

fuzzylogic

Is'nt the pancake mix the same that you use for making Yorkshire puds?

If so that's another dish to confuse my American girlfriend with!

mandpete

Yes it's the same recipe as Yorkshire Pudding.

I can make great pancakes but I have never managed to make decent Yorkshire Puddings. Either Wet and soggy or flat and crispy. May be something to do with that fact that I am originally a Lancashire girl.

robskatie

We've just finished eating ours, fresh lemon and sugar, delicious!! (Although we did have one end up on the kitchen floor, my eldest isn't that good at tossing!!!)

mandpete

Just finished eating our 2 large pancakes each, all with sugar and lemon except one which was with honey and lemon. Still got some batter left so it looks like pancakes for supper and maybe breakfast.

sibsie

Mr Sibsie insisted on calling them crepes, refused the offer of butter and lemon and ate his with some venison. WTF!

Lottie

Can someone remind me a bit earlier next year, I have just had takeout Thai green chicken curry and am stuffed, but am now seriously pondering making some pancakes (for dessert of course, I'm sure you understand)!!

Lottie

Paint

It crept up on me this year too - the British calender my MiL sent me for Christmas didn't have Shrove Tuesday listed on it! I only found out because I visited Delia Smiths cooking site earlier today.

Yes, we will be having pancakes with lemon & sugar after dinner tonight

Paint.

Big Vern

Will it count if I go out and get some crispy duck and pancakes...yum...

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dunroving

Would someone please post the recipe for British style pancakes? I'm too late to make them now, but you've all got me craving them now!

I used to make them years ago, but time and premature senility have erased the recipe from my mind.

mandpete

4oz flour
1/2pint milk (UK pint)
1 egg
pinch of salt

Voila english batter mix.

dunroving

Brilliant! Thanks!