Shrove Tuesday

[Wood Butcher]

For those of you that haven't realised today is Shrove Tuesday. The day for Pancakes. On the radio this morning they proposed an interesting question that I think is very relevant here. Are pancakes a meal or a dessert?

[silentC]

They can be either. My Dad used to do dinner every Sunday night to give Mum a night off and he ALWAYS made pancakes with lemon juice and sugar.

[Wood Butcher]

Both for me! I could have pancakes anytime of the day. Pancakes for breakfast with maple syrup and butter, lunch or dinner with a savoury filling, or for dessert with fruit and ice-cream!
Thinking of which I might go and see if I can find some now :D:D

[silentC]

Do you class a crepe as a pancake? There's a restaurant I often stop at in Bredbo. You can have a savoury crepe (my favourite is the one with sauerkraut and Kranski) for main and follow it with pancakes and maple syrup or a crepe with apple and cinnamon.

[RufflyRustic]

Definitely like savoury crepes for mains and pancakes for dessert!!!

cheers
RR

[Termite]

BEER PANCAKES.

2 cups of sifted self raising flour
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups of beer (room temp)
1/4 cup melted butter
2 large eggs
pinch salt.


Method:

Mix flour, sugar and salt together in large bowl until well combined.

Beat eggs and yolk together, then add melted butter and beat again briefly. Add beer and stir until mixed in.

Add liquid ingredients to dry ingredients. Using a whisk, mix together until lumps are gone. Don't mix until smooth. Overmixing makes for tough pannys

Heat heavy based fry pan on low heat. Too hot and you'll burn the little buggers. When hot, grease with an oil dampened piece of kitchen paper.

Pour in batter until you get about and 8 cm circle. When the bubbles rise and burst and the hole doesnt fill in again, turn them. Just use the "turner" to check under them to make sure they are that light golden colour before turning them.

This recipe has been given the seal of approval by the SA mob. :D

[TARLOX]

Hey Silent,

We always stop for crepes and pancakes at Bredbo on the way to and from the Snow. How good are they!

[silentC]

Definitely worth stopping for. I used tyo wonder how they survived in such a small town but there's always cars parked out front.

Bredbo used to have a reputation for a different reason - the highway patrol officer who was stationed there. I never got busted but plenty did.

[AlexS]

When we were in Tumut the canoe club used to run a weekend long comp once a year. Daughter & friends used to raise funds for the club doing a 'canoeist's breakfast' - fruit juice, bacon & eggs on pancakes.

[Shedhand]

For those of you that haven't realised today is Shrove Tuesday. The day for Pancakes. On the radio this morning they proposed an interesting question that I think is very relevant here. Are pancakes a meal or a dessert?What on earth is srove tuesday? :confused: Is it another american cr*p celebration :mad: like THanksgiving (why do we celebrate it?), Valentines Day (why do we celebrate it?), Guy Fawks (why do we celebrate it?) Mothers Day (another tawdry seppo invention). :mad:

Sorry Wood Butcher its a stupid and meaningless poll so I didn't answer, but I got to unload. hehehe :D:D

PS: I like really thin Aussie pancakes with lemon and sugar or Rasberry Jam and King Island cream any time I can get 'em.:):):):)THose big fat pancakes the seppos and cannucks eat are just oversized pikelets. :rolleyes:

[Andy Mac]

Aren't the breakfast ones with bacon, eggs and beans called 'flapjacks'?!
They're all good!:D

Cheers,

[ss_11000]

i thought they're breakfast stuff. al though i eat them for tea. any way- its a any time food

[Termite]

What on earth is srove tuesday? :confused: Is it another american cr*p celebration :mad: like THanksgiving (why do we celebrate it?), Valentines Day (why do we celebrate it?), Guy Fawks (why do we celebrate it?) Mothers Day (another tawdry seppo invention). :mad:

Sorry Wood Butcher its a stupid and meaningless poll so I didn't answer, but I got to unload. hehehe :D:D

PS: I like really thin Aussie pancakes with lemon and sugar or Rasberry Jam and King Island cream any time I can get 'em.:):):):)THose big fat pancakes the seppos and cannucks eat are just oversized pikelets. :rolleyes:
:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[Wood Butcher]

What on earth is shrove tuesday? :confused: :rolleyes: Honestly I don't really know what is about. All I know that it something to do with Easter :confused: where you get to eat pancakes:D.


its a stupid and meaningless poll
Pancakes are stupid and meaningless:p. They are very tasty and a staple part of any my diet!:D

[RufflyRustic]

By the time I got to the common room this morning, they'd all GONE!!! and didn't leave me one pancake at alll :mad: :mad: :mad:
............
Later this evening, RR asks HWMNBO, "How about Crepes for tea darl?"

HWMNBO replies, "Get yer glad rags on, we're going out for a steak!!!!!"

RR replies :D dinner problem solved, and no dishes.....

[Gra]

[quote=Shedhand]What on earth is srove tuesday?

Shrove tuesday, is nothing to do with the sepos, it is more to do with the vatican..... this is the last day before lent, so shrove tuesday was to use up all the stuff that you werent supposed to eat during lent.

That makes tomorow ash wednesday (and that is nothing to do with a large bushfire)

[Auld Bassoon]

In France generally, and in Normandy more specifically, there are many "Creperies", as they are know, that sell nothing but crepes (aka pancakes) - but with a wide variety of fillings / toppings from spicy through to sweet. Very, very Yummy!

[Sturdee]

Are pancakes a meal or a dessert?


Whilst they normally are both, tonight it was only a meal. Savoury pancakes with vegies for dinner followed with icecream instead of crepes. :D


Peter.