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Happy Pancake Day! How do you like your pancakes?

Marjo — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 16:08:21 GMT

Hi guys,

So today is Shrove Tuesday aka Pancake Day, so I wanted to ask you all if you're having pancakes today and how do you like them? What are the ultimate pancakes like for you?

In Finland we do pancakes a bit differently. Instead of making them on a frying pan, we use the oven and the result is a giant oven pan shaped square and (ideally) quite thick pancake ("pannukakku") which is eaten with jam/berries/whipped cream...

I found this video on YouTube in case you want a recipe and to see what it looks like:

Also while I was drooling over the pancake video above I found another one where a robot learns how to flip pancakes, in case you're interested.

If you have any pancake pictures/videos also that you like, I'd love to see them so please post away.

Re: Happy Pancake Day! How do you like your pancakes?

Daddydoink — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 16:29:21 GMT

Egg free... sadly I'm intolerant. On the upside though, I get to make potato cakes tonight and throw those!

Re: Happy Pancake Day! How do you like your pancakes?

Marjo — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 17:23:44 GMT

@Daddydoink wrote:

Egg free... sadly I'm intolerant. On the upside though, I get to make potato cakes tonight and throw those!

Potato cakes? What are they like? I'm imagining hash browns.

Re: Happy Pancake Day! How do you like your pancakes?

jonsie — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 16:40:21 GMT

I'll be throwing my Asda ready meal cottage pie, I'm sick of them!

Re: Happy Pancake Day! How do you like your pancakes?

Daddydoink — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 18:31:00 GMT

wrote:

@Daddydoink wrote:

Egg free... sadly I'm intolerant. On the upside though, I get to make potato cakes tonight and throw those!

Potato cakes? What are they like? I'm imagining hash browns.

It's mashed potato with onion, cheese and mushroom, rolled into a ball and flattened out before being coated in breadcrumbs and herbs, then fried. I'd show you - except I've eaten them all.

Re: Happy Pancake Day! How do you like your pancakes?

MI5 — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 18:42:43 GMT

wrote:
Hi guys,

So today is Shrove Tuesday aka Pancake Day, so I wanted to ask you all if you're having pancakes today and how do you like them?

In ma belly

Re: Happy Pancake Day! How do you like your pancakes?

Marjo — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 11:04:52 GMT

@Daddydoink wrote:

wrote:

@Daddydoink wrote:

Egg free... sadly I'm intolerant. On the upside though, I get to make potato cakes tonight and throw those!

Potato cakes? What are they like? I'm imagining hash browns.

It's mashed potato with onion, cheese and mushroom, rolled into a ball and flattened out before being coated in breadcrumbs and herbs, then fried. I'd show you - except I've eaten them all.

That sounds delicious and has made me hungry now! Sounds amazing for breakfast!

@MI5

Re: Happy Pancake Day! How do you like your pancakes?

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 21:08:56 GMT

... like my mum used to make

Re: Happy Pancake Day! How do you like your pancakes?

Marjo — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 15:51:50 GMT

Same here @Anonymous!

How did your mum make them?

Re: Happy Pancake Day! How do you like your pancakes?

pgn — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 20:14:29 GMT

Now that would have been easier, @Marjo, but less messy, than what I did last Tuesday evening...

Re: Happy Pancake Day! How do you like your pancakes?

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 10:41:12 GMT

Greasy horrible things... ugh... no thanks..

although the Finnish version does look slightly more appealing!

Re: Happy Pancake Day! How do you like your pancakes?

jonsie — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 10:49:03 GMT

I hate pancakes, far too stodgy for me although I have tried them in recent years Los Angeles at IHOP. I found them exactly the same and as for maple leaf syrup....... Yuk!! Give me HP sauce with them and I might just try them again 😉

Re: Happy Pancake Day! How do you like your pancakes?

Cleoriff — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 11:56:56 GMT

A proper pancake should NEVER be thick and there is no excuse for it ever being greasy.

Cooked properly, with lemon and sugar added is the only way for me...though my husband likes jam on his..

Re: Happy Pancake Day! How do you like your pancakes?

Marjo — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 12:32:40 GMT

@Cleoriff For me pancakes are thick, and if it's not thick, it's a crêpe.

@jonsie's idea of HP sauce in pancakes is interesting Reminds me the best (American style) pancakes I've had was in a breakfast place in San Francisco; fluffy and moderately thick pancakes with whipped cream and fresh berries on top, with a side of crispy bacon strips and roasted herb potatoes. And a big cup of black coffee of course!

Re: Happy Pancake Day! How do you like your pancakes?

Cleoriff — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 12:51:39 GMT

@Marjowrote:
@Cleoriff For me pancakes are thick, and if it's not thick, it's a crêpe.

It depends where you came from @Marjo. My Mum was a Geordie and her pancakes were cooked thin.

I doubt she had ever heard of crepes....:smileywink:

My Nan and Aunty were from Yorkshire and they always served thin pancakes. To me a thick pancake is a Yorkshire pudding

I have tried pancakes made in the US. Covered with fruit and maple syrup....I enjoyed them at the time but the calories, oh the calories.....

PS @jonsie would pour HP sauce over everything I think....

Re: Happy Pancake Day! How do you like your pancakes?

jonsie — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 13:04:43 GMT

I shall be taking a box full back with me.... even my wife loves it 😉

Re: Happy Pancake Day! How do you like your pancakes?

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 17:56:52 GMT

@Marjo my mum made her pancakes thin as @Cleoriff has described ... sadly she did not pass the recipe on to me ... when I try to make pancakes, well, they are inedible = like foam rubber

Re: Happy Pancake Day! How do you like your pancakes?

Cleoriff — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 17:59:42 GMT

@Anonymouswrote:
@Marjo my mum made her pancakes thin as @Cleoriff has described ... sadly she did not pass the recipe on to me ... when I try to make pancakes, well, they are inedible = like foam rubber

See...and @Anonymous is a Yorkshire lass....

Re: Happy Pancake Day! How do you like your pancakes?

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 18:02:23 GMT

@Cleoriffwrote:
@Anonymouswrote:
@Marjo my mum made her pancakes thin as @Cleoriff has described ... sadly she did not pass the recipe on to me ... when I try to make pancakes, well, they are inedible = like foam rubber
See...and @Anonymous is a Yorkshire lass....

lolz @Cleoriff