Gung Hay Fat Choy . . . .

BTW - how many here had pancakes on Tuesday?

A belated Happy Fat Tuesday to those in NO and other places where they celebrate carnivale (from Downunder, where it is already Ash Wednesday)

MMMMMMM... my family thought i was crazy having breakfast for dinner again. But they scarfed it all down! Pancakes, sausage, bacon and eggs... nummies. Had to stop myself this morning from grabbing some of the leftover sausages tho.

Pancakes? what's that all about?

We had no school today (3 inches of slushy sleety ice! over night!)

So I did pancakes this morning (before I sent them out to clear the driveway. Can't snowblow this mess -- old fashioned shovels are the only hope. We're supposed to get 6-9 inches later today/tonight. That I'll be happy to snowblow - -sure hope the ice underneath doesn't freeze solid!

It's been snowing here since yesterday afternoon. They just canceled classes at the university. They rarely do that. We probably have at least

We did :)

Not American style ones though:

Whisk together to form a smooth batter and let stand for 1/2 hour

• Heat 1 tsp oil in a 8" to 10" frying pan until it just smokes then add sufficient batter to cover the bottom of the pan by tilting it around. Cook over a moderate to high heat until golden brown on the underside and the batter on top is no longer liquid, toss (or turn it over with a palette knife if you're a wuss like me ;-) )and cook the other side.

Slide onto a plate, squeeze on fresh lemon juice, sprinkle with sugar, roll it up, eat and enjoy.

Repeat from * until all batter is used up.

Lizzy

We did, too. No fancy weighing though. Bung some flour in a bowl. Make a well and beat in an egg or two (depending on whether you used yay much flour or YAY much flour). Add milk until it's about the right thickness. Stand until the kids come home from school. Fry and serve as soon as they come out of the pan.

The reason that pancakes are associated with the day preceding Lent is that the 40 days of Lent form a period of liturgical fasting, during which only the plainest foodstuffs may be eaten. Therefore, rich ingredients such as eggs, milk, and sugar are disposed of immediately prior to the commencement of the fast. Pancakes and doughnuts were therefore an efficient way of using up these perishable goods, besides providing a minor celebratory feast prior to the fast itself [2].

from Wikipedia....

Rasputin

We did! With chocolate chips in them! Except DD, who managed to get lucky and have M&M's in hers! (Ran out of chocolate chips and had just a few M&M's, so I thought I'd get rid of all of it in one shot!)

Happy Ash Wednesday to those of you who celebrate....to those of you who don't, Happy Wednesday! Either way, it's half way to the weekend! :-)

Dannielle

Cheryl, our church where we used to live always had a pancake dinner for Shrove Tuesday. I miss that, since DH just can't bring himself to have pancakes for dinner at home -- he'd only do it at the church. :S

If anyone would like to try the ULTIMATE pancake experience (this is sweet pancakes) then try this recipe. It can be kept warm in an oven without going tough.

Separate eggs, cream sugar and butter, beat in yolks, then mix in flour and sufficient milk to make slightly thick batter (but will still pour). Leave mix to stand for at least an hour but up to 12 hours in a bowl with a light cover (put a plate over the bowl, we used to make these the evening before for breakfast). Whip egg whites to frothy but not dry, fold gently through batter, cook in pan with either a nob of butter or a little oil. The pancakes can be made and rolled up or stacked on a plate to keep warm so you don't have to cook to order and eat immediately. I find a lot of pancakes turn to leather when kept warm.

These melt in your mouth, and are best with lemon juice and sugar but great with just about anything.

The "pancakes" eaten with sausage, etc for breakfast in the US are not what I grew up with. They are thicker, like hot cakes or drop scones, although we usually eat these with sweet toppings too rather than with savoury foods. Cooking for the Marines out here was a massive learning curve for me and my staff, but we did manage to introduce them to some Aussie classics lol.

But we never got used to the popular mix of sweet and savoury that many of them ate for breakfast (eg. sausages and bacon piled on pancakes and smothered with maple syrup), and they were always amazed at the variety and amount of fresh food we ate (not pre-prepared or pre-mix).

In Sweden we eat semlor, special cream-puffs with almond paste in the middle. I managed to ingest a few. . . :-)

Erin

Yesterday was Shrove Tuesday and here (and obviously in Oz too) it is traditional to have pancakes - usually with lemon on but I use orange 'cos lemon is too sour for me.

Think they are different to the US pancakes - more like the French Crepes - very thin covering the whole of the base of the pan.

The idea apparently was to use the last of the luxury food before Lent, though I've never seen eggs, milk and flour as luxuries.

Sally at the Seaside ~~~~~~~~~~ (uk)

Kate G. wrote:

Such nice people are born in the year of the rat too.

Dee in Oz

We did Cheryl. DD auctually got up to cook them for us and we all had immitation maple syrup with them.

Dee in Oz

Howdy!

You can have the Ultimate; I'll take the Best:

or

Quilters' gotta' eat!

Quilt shop on Pancake Lane: