Pancake Day 2013 in pictures

These are the pancakes I've seen and some that I've eaten today. Best filling was by far the whole Mars Bar using Golden Syrup as glue. Mmmmmmm

One of the older lads at scouts is a celiac and brought his own gluten free mix along to the meeting tonight. He made me one up as he knows I have a slight intolerance to gluten. It may have been see through but it tasted amazing. 

Easter might be far off but Mini Eggs make a fun garnish on top.

 I managed to eat 4 pancakes today which is pretty low but I enjoyed every single one. I also had a fab time at Scouts tonight watching and helping them cook their own pancakes. Then they even had a pancake race which was great fun!

Here's to March 4 2014!

Pancake Day update

Just eaten my first pancake of the day. I overslept and didn't have enough time for any at breakfast. Topping choice for my lunchtime snack is chocolate and banana. Mmmmm the chocolate sauce melted and was delicious. How many have you had so far?

Pancake Day 2013 and the start of 'Lent'...

Credit to Lobe occipital for the picture


Pancake Day is my favourite day of the year. Only Christmas Day comes close. I love it more than my birthday now that I'm older and get less presents. It starts at breakfast and can last all the way to the evening. So many topping choices. Sweets, fruit, cheese, bacon, eggs, golden syrup, lemon juice, sugar, chocolate buttons, Nutella and much more.

It's even better that it falls in the same week this year and my most hated day. As a sad, frumpy singleton, I despise the whole idea of Valentines Day. Bleugh. So, on Thursday you'll find me still recovering from my self inflicted Pancake hangover.

Shrove Tuesday for Christians means the start of Lent. Lent is all about giving something up. Making a sacrifice to remember the one Christ made for them. As someone who has basically come away from those beliefs over the past 3 years, I guess I don't really have to go in for that anymore. But as I'm celebrating the whole idea of using up all the ingredients in the cupboard, then I should see it through. Last year I gave up chocolate and though it was hard at times, I saw it through and reaped the rewards of discounted chocolate after Easter Sunday.

So what do I give up this year? I really don't know. I did think earlier whether it was worth trying to stop using Twitter for the duration of Lent. But would anyone really care and what would it achieve? The chance of missing out and things and being that person who is out of the loop. Then again I might have time to read and not sit procrastinating, watching everyone else say interesting things about current affairs except me. If I gave up Facebook, I might miss out on events. Who am I kidding? No one invites me to events.

I could stick giving up crisps and chips as seems to be quite popular. Smoking seems an obvious option too. I'm just not in the right frame of mind for that, I think.

What else? What else is there in the world for me to give up? Being bitchy? I don't know, that seems pretty steep!

Help me!

In return for your ideas here's my two go to recipes for excellent pancakes

BBC Basic Pancakes with Sugar

Liberty London Girl's Recipe for Foolproof Pancakes


Happy Pancake Day for tomorrow.

Shrove Tuesday - my favourite day of the year.

The whole idea of Shrove Tuesday is something that excites me. Using up everything you have 'leftover' and chucking into a pan to make something stodgy and fattening. Then in a modern day twist, cover it in even more sugary products. (Sweet only tonight. I'm still coming round to this insane idea of savoury pancakes - Dirty b******s.) Then sitting back and wondering why we don't eat pancakes all year round like the Americans.

I haven't had much practice at making pancakes in my lifetime. My dad always made them when I was a child. He'd shout each time a pancake was ready and it'd be a challenge to see how many we could each eat. They were good times. The key was to add a bit of lemon and stop at that. Too much and you'd be full to quickly.

I've read many a recipe for pancakes but my favourite is Queen Delia's on BBC Food. Which can be found here. It all felt very easy and it says you can make 12-14 pancakes from it. Well Delia, as much as this recipe is spot on, that amount is not. I made 3 batches and got about 4 from each batch. And they were thin!

I also tried out Domestic Sluttery's recipe for scotch pancakes. They worked out ok, a bit burnt but that's my fault. So I highly recommend trying it out.

I had a few friends round for the pancakes. They were all politely nice about the result. Must make more pancakes for practice. They make a good pre run snack.(minus the Maltesers) 

Mmmm bubbling away

 More chocolate and blurred camera skills

 Somebody wasn't too impressed tonight....

Best topping?