Pancake Tuesday

aidanki

Its pancake tuesday tomorrow night and indeed pancake week for a few days after even.

Anyone any ideas on what to add as fillings to their pancakes ? Something that isn't sugar coated preferably.

rubadub

I was thinking earlier how I never see duck being promoted on pancake tuesday, though Chinese places sell aromatic duck with pancakes (which I know are more like wraps, but if I owned a Chinese takeaway I'd be cashing in!).

me_irl

Go savoury!

Mmmm ham and cheese toastie pancake.

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/top-10-pancake-fillings-sweet-and-savoury

Tree

I make a point of not having pancakes on pancake Tuesday.

Last Friday, however, I made a savoury pancake for himself.
- Plenty of butter in pan
- Pour pancake and swirl
- Start frying an egg
- Flip pancake once cooked on once side.
- Cover in a "light" layer of garlic and peppercorn butter
- add a handful of grated cheese
- top with fried egg and plenty of pepper.

Other fillings have included baby potatoes, ham, more cheese, pesto, cheese, chicken, did i mention cheese? Just put whatever would go nice in a toastie

Harry Palmr

Bacon!

Actually prunes and/or stewed apple should work quite well. Might well have that tomorrow.

Graces7

Not really keen on pancakes and the meaning has gone out of it, and only traditional i at all; sugar and lemon...

Gloomtastic!

Busy tonight so we had ours for breakfast (made last night and nuked this morning). Couldn't find fresh strawberries so bought tinned. Went very well with the creamy chocolate sauce I made.

Dizzyblonde

I like crispy bacon and maple syrup on mine - or else butter, sugar and lemon juice.

Malari

I think I'm going to try wholewheat ones later. With whatever I can find in the fridge.

We always used to have savoury ones growing up...chicken, bacon and mushroom sauce. Yum!

Shenshen

I fill them with mushrooms fried with garlic, spring onions and parsley, roll them up, place them in an oven-proof dish, cover them with a bit of cottage cheese and bake until the cottage cheese goes a bit brown.

I also make sure to make enough to have some left over. Those get cut into ribbons and heated up in some clear vegetable broth - Fritatensuppe







For sweet pancakes, I do the traditional thing - cover them in jam and roll them up.
Yes, traditions vary. People at home would declare me insane if I asked for lemon and sugar on pancakes.

The Hill Billy

Ah, Shenshen - memories of Fritatensuppe! Lecker!

Shenshen

The Hill Billy wrote: »

Ah, Shenshen - memories of Fritatensuppe! Lecker!

Oddly enough, I like it best if the pancakes have been allowed to not only cool but dry out a bit before being added to the broth

I'll be working till midnight today, but I'm definitely going to make some tomorrow now

Malari

Every year I forget how much I like pancakes and then I end up making them regularly for a month or so and then stop until next pancake day :pac:

B0jangles

My mother asked me to make 'a few' pancakes for dinner last night, so I mixed up a batch from an old Mrs. Beeton recipe - (1/2 lb flour, pint of milk, 2 eggs, pinch salt) I thought that was plenty, but she just looked at the jugful and said, all puzzled-like, "Is that enough?" So I mixed up a second batch since it only takes 5 minutes.

As of this morning, we're down to about 1/4 of the batch.

Woman dearly loves her pancakes...

(To be fair she's not the only one eating them but everyone else just eats a couple, she's a pancake-eating machine )

Alun

The Hill Billy wrote: »

Ah, Shenshen - memories of Fritatensuppe! Lecker!

My, admittedly vague, memory of it is that the pancake used is a bit "eggier" than a normal one, or am I imagining things?

The Hill Billy

Actually, I've had Flädlisuppe (as it is known in Der Schweiz) with both eggier & flourier - bordering on pasta - noodles.

REM76

Graces7 wrote: »

Not really keen on pancakes and the meaning has gone out of it, and only traditional i at all; sugar and lemon...

Totally agree Grace. I only know it as Shrove Tuesday. I always instill the meaning of these days in my young children, they love the meaning of Shrove Tuesday and have no end of fun making up their pancakes from what we've got in our cupboards.

I think it's very important to raise your children away from the shallow spectre of advertising and consumerism, although we are in a minority now for sure, sadly. But, we are not yet alone

testicles

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Malari

REM76 wrote: »

I think it's very important to raise your children away from the shallow spectre of advertising and consumerism, although we are in a minority now for sure, sadly. But, we are not yet alone

Advertising was the only reason I realised it was Pancake day! :P

tampopo

Okonomiyake ftw

Shenshen

Malari wrote: »

Advertising was the only reason I realised it was Pancake day! :P

They were advertising it?

L1011

Shenshen wrote: »

They were advertising it?

Nutella extensively so.

Did some extra eggy chorizo and shallot ones - bordering on omelettes with flour I guess - as dinner and normal ones for desert

coleslaw

spinach riccotta and bacon with parmeson yum and grated chocolot rasberry and roasted banana

Malari

Shenshen wrote: »

They were advertising it?

Yeah, on banners over a load of pancake fixings in several supermarkets.

Morgane

Does anyone else fancy yummy banana pancakes ? 1 banana - 2 eggs and you good to go !

Zaph

Morgane wrote: »

Does anyone else fancy yummy banana pancakes ? 1 banana - 2 eggs and you good to go !

I refuse to accept that that's a pancake. It's a banana omelette!

Harry Palmr

I had pancake Tuesday on Wednesday and it was thoroughly underwhelming - funny thing is I might do it again today - I've got the taste for them (and yes I know that is completely against the pious spirit of the whole thing)