Shrove Tuesday
 

For those of you who havent realised yet, its pancake day today, like last year they havent advertised it like they used to on TV......just reminding you though :D:D:D

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Daughter rang up this morning, numpty wanted to know - How ya make Pancakes.:rolleyes::D

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Was she not brung up right :p :D

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There are 1,690,00 recipes on google,Hope you find one suitable for her.:D

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Go on then don't be shy, how do you make pancakes.
Haven't tasted one in donkeys years.

Retlaw.

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£1 ready mix in a bottle just shake and pour

sure iv seen them in asda or tesco

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4 oz flour,egg,pinch o salt, half pint milk, sieve flour n salt, add egg or eggs n enough liquid to make it sticky beat crap out of it then add rest, if ya wanna be posh chuck tablespoon of olive oil in, bit of oil or lard in hot pan n jobs a good un.:tongueout

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I have just looked on the Mysupermarket site at several pancake mixes.
What a rip off! They are charging for salted flour with a bit of skimmed milk powder in it and 'add your own egg'.

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Best served with a sirloin steak and trimmings.:cook38::D

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2 for a £1 in Asda

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Ingredients
For the pancake mixture:
110g/4oz plain flour, sifted
pinch of salt
2 eggs
200ml/7fl oz milk mixed with 75ml/3fl oz water
50g/2oz butter
To serve:
sugar
lemon juice/orange juice
Method
Sift the flour and salt into a large mixing bowl with a sieve held high above the bowl so the flour gets a airing. Now make a well in the centre of the flour and break the eggs into it. Then begin whisking the eggs - any sort of whisk or even a fork will do - incorporating any bits of flour from around the edge of the bowl as you do so.

Next gradually add small quantities of the milk and water mixture, still whisking (don't worry about any lumps as they will eventually disappear as you whisk). When all the liquid has been added, use a rubber spatula to scrape any elusive bits of flour from around the edge into the centre, then whisk once more until the batter is smooth, with the consistency of thin cream. Now melt the 50g/2oz of butter in a pan. Spoon 2 tbsp of it into the batter and whisk it in, then pour the rest into a bowl and use it to lubricate the pan, using a piece of kitchen paper to smear it round before you make each pancake.

Now get the pan really hot, then turn the heat down to medium and, to start with, do a test pancake to see if you're using the correct amount of batter. I find 2 tbsp is about right for an 18cm/7in pan. It's also helpful if you spoon the batter into a ladle so it can be poured into the hot pan in one go. As soon as the batter hits the hot pan, tip it around from side to side to get the base evenly coated with batter. It should take only half a minute or so to cook; you can lift the edge with a palette knife to see if it's tinged gold as it should be. Flip the pancake over with a pan slice or palette knife - the other side will need a few seconds only - then simply slide it out of the pan onto a plate.


To serve, sprinkle each pancake with freshly squeezed lemon/orange juice and sugar, fold in half, then in half again to form triangles, or else simply roll them up.

This makes 10 7in pancakes i know as this is how many i had yesterday:eat_arrow:eat_arrow:eat_arrow:D

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You are not a ****** then?:D:D

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not where pancakes are concerned but being a mod on here i have been called that a few times:rolleyes:

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Who would dare call you that mick? :rolleyes: :D :D

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Shrove Tuesday, also known as Pancake Day in Britain, is the day before Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent - 'Shrove' stems from old English word 'shrive', meaning 'confess all sins'. It is called Pancake Day because it is the day traditionally for eating pancakes as pancake recipes were a way to use up any stocks of milk, butter and eggs which were forbidden during the abstinence of Lent.

Did you all confess your sins??

I can remember silly ladies running down Lime Avenue in Ossie with their pancakes in a frying pan. The winner was the one who crossed the line with her pancake still in one piece!

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Had none to confess sue, pure as driven snow is cashy.:D

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No sorry too busy making and eating pancakes :D:tongueout

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I forgot to do the pancakes yesterday! :(
Joys of not having the kids to remind me:rolleyes:

I may treat myself to some today tho if I remember :D

Does anyone make pancakes when it isn't pancake day?

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yep had some last month, love em.:D

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Yup, I was a bit keen with the batter mix last night so had a couple for my breakfast. My wife was less than enamoured by the fifth one....think I may have miscalculated a bit there.

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yep just to use the flour and the 2 eggs up i had another 8 pancakes yesterday:D

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Aye in Holland they have "Pannenkoek Haus" thes are cafes/restaurants tha serve pancakes on a daily basis, mostly savoury but they also do desert pancakes, you can even get them with chips or other stuff but the pancake alone is usually sufficient. :)

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And not one of you offered me any!!

I still aint had mine yet

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If i had any going spare you could have had some or i could have brought them to the railway in two weeks for you:tongueout
but i only had 18 in all so none spare:D:tongueout

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Your so mean :p

2 weeks? :eek:
I'll be in on Saturday :D

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In that case you can have the one stuck to the ceiling it should have dropped off by then:D

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Awwww thanks Mick... you generosity is just overwhelming :p

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I've just been into the local tearooms for a brew and nobody, not one person, had made pancakes from scratch. Everyone seems to be either getting pre-packed ones or these 'shake-n-bake' bottle efforts.

I was aghast.

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People just can't be bothered to bake anymore, so flour is not in their food cupboard.

I have seven types of flour in my store, and a 60cm wall cupboard just containing baking ingredients only. Flour doesn't go off if it is stored right.

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In that respect I am hopelessly out of touch. It's one of the kitchen essentials in my opinion and I couldn't make half of the recipes I use on a regular basis without flour. I suppose cornflour is out of fashion too?

Mind you, I just have the three types - SR, plain and strong white for bread.

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What ? you mean someone Posh invited you in ?? :D

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Wrong Wrong Wrong
I do a lot of baking just ask any member of our research team i am always baking cakes for them :cook38::cake::drink::drink::drink:

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i bake a lot too, tend to bake more in the summer for some reason though, i always have flour in my cupboard

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That time of year again folks, Pancake Tuesday ! So stuff yerselves before heading out to the Match tonight. :D

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My pancake batter is 'resting' in the fridge.......made from scratch.....by that I mean no ready mix for me.
The tinlids will be having the pancakes as dessert after a tasty Lancashire hotpot.

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i forgot!!!! and as i dont eat eggs unless theyre fried and in a butty wi sausage and bacon and tomato .. i dont buy them .... as theyd go off otherwise ...

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Sounds like a breakfast sandwich from Rotten Ronnies .... echhh;)

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only had 8 pancakes this Tuesday all home made by me though
i did make sure i got the right recipe though as i made some pancakes on Sunday just to make sure i could still make them had 8 then too:D

Oh while i was making the pancakes i noticed we had loads of eggs and oranges in so i also baked a "Orange drizzle cake ":D

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Yep, we had pancakes here and again mixture made from scratch :)

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we didn't have any

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I had twice that amount.:D

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you must have been well full...of nothingness

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There's a lot of us in that category Shaz:rolleyes: mind you it's better than being filled with s............;)

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I managed 6..........and were stuffed!! :D

Made from scratch by my own fair hands!!

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The tinlids gathered in the kitchen hoping that when I flipped the pancakes they would either stick to the ceiling or fall on the floor......happily, I was a 'flipping' marvel......and they tucked into pancakes with strawberries, cream, and strawberry sauce.....nothing as common as lemon juice and sugar.

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i love bananas on mine

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That should teach us something,maybe quite a lot.:D:D

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Remember the last time I tried to do pancakes I set the bloody smoke alarm off:D