It's pancake day! How do you eat yours?

Albus_Scope

So today is one of my favorite days of all time, pancake day! Or Shrove Tuesday. 

Christians believe that the 40 days before Easter (called Lent) mark the time that Jesus spent fasting in the desert. Traditionally, Christians would spend this time praying and fasting, which meant not eating a range of foods including meat, eggs, fats and milk.

The days leading up to Lent (known as ‘Shrovetide’) were a time for celebrating before the strict rules started. Children would go ‘Shroving’ or ‘Lent-crocking’ on Shrove Tuesday, which meant knocking on their neighbours’ doors and singing:

"We be come a-shroving,

For a piece of pancake,

Or a bite of bacon,

Or a little truckle of cheese

Of your own making."

Whilst not allowed to eat 'luxury foods' like dairy or meat, people would often try and bend the rules a bit and dine on beaver tails, because they lived by the water and ducks (or barnacle geese as they were known) were allowed as they spent a lot of time in the water, so they were kind of like fish, which was allowed. 

Why pancakes?  Well people had to use up all their produce that would go off during that time, so pancakes seemed like an easy option, plus you can have whatever you want in them.

OK, less of the history lesson, let's talk about the important (for me) bit, PANCAKES!

I'm a huge fan of good old lemon and sugar, on proper thin pancakes. I wont try and flip them as every pancake made is very precious to me.

If I'm feeling very fancy, I'll have some Argentine Dulce de Leche with a bit of vanilla ice cream. 

So the big question that the whole team need to know, is how to you have your pancakes? Sweet or Savory? Loads, or only a couple? Nice and thin, or Scotch pancake style?

Let us know!

-Albus- 

Sandy_123

Other (Let us know below)

I only like the fluffy American pancakes and I'd eat it with  various fruits, but its rare for me to eat them.

Rosie_Scope

Sugar and lemon

Sugar and lemon all the way! But I have had peaches and whipped cream in the past which was tasty. Nutella and banana is always a good one too!

Strawberry1

Unfortunately I don't like pancakes . No I really don't. 

Beaver79

Sugar and lemon

Sugar and lemon for me usually just have a couple of thin pancakes.

Ada

if I did and was allowed carbs and sugar. It would be lemon all the time. Although I don’t have a sweet tooth. 

Albus_Scope

Sugar and lemon

Pancakes aren't for everyone of course, not everyone will like one thing. But it's good to see many people like a classic lemon and sugar.

I managed 10 last night and my dogs all got one each too. With a little bit of squirty cream as a treat. 

Adrian_Scope

Sugar and lemon

I was pretty unwell last night, but a stack of sugar and lemon pancakes certainly perked me up!

Ada

Please stopppp I want some. Lots of Mouth watering post on here. What about us diabetics lol 

Albus_Scope

Sugar and lemon

Oh there's loads of diabetes friendly pancake recipes out there @Ada, you can join in.  

durhamjaide2001

Nutella

Either this or bacon and maypole syrup 

Biblioklept

Other (Let us know below)

Just sugar for me, I keep trying lemon but just cannot get on with it