It’s Shrove Tuesday next week so whether you like stacks of buttermilk pancakes dripping with maple syrup or more delicate thin, lacy crepes with lemon juice and sugar, I’ve got a few suggestions. Continue reading
Mardi Gras: Fat Tuesday. Somehow it sounds better in French. Traditionally it was when you ate all the rich foods left in your pantry before Lent’s 40 days of penitential fasting.
According to Wikipedia popular practices on Mardi Gras include “wearing masks and costumes, overturning social conventions, dancing, sports competitions, parades, debauchery, etc.”
I quite like the sound of the debauchery Continue reading
I’m putting this out there ahead of my usual schedule because you might just want to plan ahead. In fact nip out to the shops right now and buy the ingredients because these American-style, strawberry-jammed pancakes are so good I very nearly inhaled them. Continue reading
It’s Pancake Day next Tuesday and the perfect excuse to whip up a quick batter. In past years we’ve enjoyed crepes stuffed and baked, American-style buttermilk pancakes smothered in maple syrup and Chinese pancakes crammed with crispy duck. But this time I want to revisit the small but perfectly formed buckwheat blini. Continue reading
I’m potty about pancakes and with Shrove Tuesday coming up it’s the perfect excuse to pig out. That’s what it was all about in the old days: the last chance to stuff yourself with gusset-busting goodies before the fasting and religious obligations of the penitential season of Lent.
So throw caution to the winds and break out the flour, eggs, milk, butter and sugar. You’ve got 40 days of Lent ahead of you to repent and atone. Continue reading