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Post by Lynnrose on Feb 23, 2009 16:40:45 GMT
Pancake Day is tomorrow.....who's gonna make some?
I will be making some with lemon juice and sugar, you can't beat that combination.
What's you favourite pancake?
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Post by lazysod on Feb 23, 2009 18:29:53 GMT
Yes I will be making pancakes tomorrow night as well, We like them with maple syrup or strawberry jam
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Post by Dunnit on Feb 23, 2009 22:20:56 GMT
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Post by mikkh on Feb 23, 2009 23:53:56 GMT
I had some for breakfast this morning with lemon, just had some for supper with orange and I'll probably finish the last bit for breakfast tomorrow - I always make lots of batter !
It's my daughters favourite treat too - all year round
I mostly just have them with sugar and milk
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Post by larrye on Feb 24, 2009 1:09:27 GMT
HMM, just trying to imagine pancakes with lemon juice and sugar. Never heard of that combination before, nor the versions mikkh posted about. I usually have them with butter and maple syrup, or if I have it, maybe some apricot preserves, or grape jam, etc. I just finished my dinner and now I'm hungry again. LOL
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Post by Lynnrose on Feb 24, 2009 10:33:46 GMT
Larry, lemon and sugar is the main combination in UK....next time you have one, just sprinkle the two over and let me know what you think. I presume you make pancakes the same way as we do using batter?[/size][/font]
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Post by phoney on Feb 24, 2009 16:38:21 GMT
Give us a recipe for pancakes then. I've never made one. Breakfast today...........................................Lunch.................................Dinner? ?? I was in Asda this afternoon and they had Tetley TBags one for £3.55 or two for £8.00 !!
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Post by Lynnrose on Feb 24, 2009 18:12:32 GMT
Lol, looks like Asda have made an error!
Just had two pancakes.....Tescos packet mix, (yes I cheated) two sachets in box.....you put the contents of the sachet in a bowl.....mix half pint water with one egg in a jug...then slowly add that to the mixture from the sachet, whisking as you go....heat up some oil in frying pan, once really hot, tip in a bowl and keep...pour in enough batter to cover the bottom of pan....flip (or toss in the air if brave)...cook the other side....put on plate, sprinkle with sugar then lemon juice. Pour the oil back into the pan...cook another one. One sachet made four pancakes, but of course will make more if you use a smaller pan.
Phoney, I just have to tell you that I have those exact same trays, two of them....Im pretty sure I bought them from Woolworths, but another possibility is Wilkinsons...and I have some coffee mugs to match! Your food looks lovely. Your lunch would be my dinner.[/size][/color]
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Post by mikkh on Feb 24, 2009 18:47:08 GMT
Americans have smaller thicker pancakes, and I assume they must use a thicker batter to achieve that Something similar to our 'dropped scones' I would imagine - and more like the bland ones McDonalds sell, although I also assume most American housewives would be horrified at what McDonalds sell masquerading as pancakes.
Ours are more like French 'crepes' that cover the whole pan and are much thinner, so you can roll them up
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Post by phoney on Feb 24, 2009 19:05:36 GMT
Pancake mix in a packet! Good Grief, your mother would be horrified. I'm all for simplicity though and keeping the washing up to a minimum, so I'll pick up a packet tomorrow. Sounds fairly straightforward. Got the tray in Asda. Does anyone sit around the table any more?
Do you pronounce scones, 'scones' or 'scons'? I'll have to Google 'dropped' scones.
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Post by mikkh on Feb 24, 2009 19:17:11 GMT
Yes, absolutely dreadful Lynnrose - shame on you :-p
Not only did I make my own english pancakes ( in about two minutes) this morning. I've just found an American recipe and made some of them too.
And before any of our Scottish friends chip in - yes American pancakes are really just Scotch pancakes
The main difference to American pancakes is that sugar is part of the batter recipe - along with baking powder
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Post by nocky2 on Feb 24, 2009 19:17:50 GMT
When I was kid back in Scotland, my mum made two sorts of pancakes.
The smaller,thick ones were pancakes, the big ones we called crumpets.[/size][/font] They were great with jam,lemon curd or syrup. ;D
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Post by Lynnrose on Feb 24, 2009 19:27:23 GMT
Sorry to disappoint you all lol I would have said the other way around Nocky, the small one looks like a crumpet and the other one definately a pancake
You are quite a cook Mikkh for a bloke...well done![/size][/color]
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Post by ken on Feb 24, 2009 19:53:54 GMT
I will have some tortias with my beans, rice and ried eggs in the morning. Every day is pancake day. I wish Tescos would sell masa tortias instead of the wheat flour tortias. Or better still Panamanian ones made with fresh corn pulp. I prefer English pancakes as a sweet at dinner time.
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Post by ken on Feb 24, 2009 19:57:52 GMT
A couple of weeks ago I bought, what I though were crumpets Lynnrose, and when I got them home they were Scottish pancakes.
KC
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Post by peppercat on Feb 24, 2009 20:09:35 GMT
Lynnerose--shame on you.. You seemed to have just as much work with the pancake mix as making from scratch.. Of course if making from scratch there wont be the additives.. Lemon and sugar for me...only civilised combination.. Of course for all you who cant mix their pancakes--I believe Aunty Betty makes pancakes--as does Morrisons.. My brother swears by Aunty Bettys--warmed in the microwave--yeuk ! Soggy pancakes !!
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Post by Roz on Feb 24, 2009 21:25:40 GMT
Lemon and sugar for me too.
I like scotch pancakes just with butter, crumpets also just with butter.
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Post by Lynnrose on Feb 24, 2009 22:47:59 GMT
Thanks Roz for not chastising me over the pancakes lol
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Post by photocool on Feb 24, 2009 23:30:51 GMT
I used one of those shake bottles you mix with water, I ate 3 pancakes with lemon and honey rolled up with a sprinkle of castor suger on top! mmmmmmm
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Post by Lynnrose on Feb 24, 2009 23:41:02 GMT
Another pancake cheater!
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Post by mikkh on Feb 24, 2009 23:53:25 GMT
Yes sweetheart, one of my many talents is cooking too :-p
I did buy one of those betty crocker shake in a bottle things too though, but only because it was on special with a free jif lemon for a quid ! I'll leave that for my daughter to play with next come she comes though.
Did you notice modesty is not one of my talents ;o)
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Post by Roz on Feb 25, 2009 0:18:27 GMT
Lol Lynnrose, each to their own lol.
But I make the batter so often (yorkshire pudding of course being same recipe), that I don't really give it a second thought lol.
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