What did you have on your pancakes and what will you be giving up for Lent?

I forgot too late now.

A sprinkle of sugar on mine. I forgot to pick a lemon so didn't have lemon juice.
DH had maple syrup on his.

No pancakes here. I think I’ll give up still wine and stick to the fizzy stuff?!

Orange and lemon with sugar on our pancakes. Nothing given up for Lent as I had enough of that years ago with religion all the time.

I was going to make pancakes, but cheated and we had bought blueberry ones from Waitrose. DH had sugar and lemon, I had golden syrup and lemon. They were OK, but not as nice as home made.

I haven't observed Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras) or Lent for many years. I believe it was meant to use up any milk, butter or eggs which would have been given up during Lenten fasting. Even being raised Catholic, we ate normally during Lent.
I guess it's more of an excuse to celebrate pancakes, which I do love. I haven't made crepes in years, since my pan is cast iron and my stove-top is glass. I should look for a lighter pan, and treat the GC. We always had ours with brown sugar and extra butter.

Lemon and sugar here.

A few years ago I resolved to be more mindful of what I was saying and so stopped myself from using all those unnecessary tags that had crept in, eg 'actually' 'at the end of the day' 'basically'. That was my most useful Lenten resolution to date.

This year? A resolution to switch the TV off when I'm not actively watching it. I so often just have it burbling away in the background during the evenings, just wasting electricity!

I had mine with banana and honey. I haven't given any thought to giving anything up. Maybe I'll give up chocolate.

Yes I made pancakes for two of the Grandchildren one choose ham and cheese the other squeezy chocolate ice cream topping.
They were gobbled up quickly and they didn’t need to be called away from the computer game twice either for seconds.
High praise indeed?
Always seem to produce a messy dud one before I get into the rhythm, I call them the practice ones …I wonder why?

I hadn't heard of not eating meat on Shrove Tuesday - my understanding is that everything was eaten up on Shrove Tuesday.

I've not heard of not eating meat on Shrove Tuesday although we haven't eaten any today.

If everything has to be eaten up I'd better eat those two bars of chocolate I bought, before I'm tempted during Lent.

Syrup and a squeeze of orange. Sometimes they’re good with icecream.

Our local pancake race was cancelled due to lack of interest ?

I had lemon and sugar as usual, Mr A has butterscotch sauce. Also made a bunch of scotch pancakes for tomorrow. Used to hate making them until I realised I could whizz up the mixer in the Nuriblender. Also bought a good pancake pan last year and it makes a world of difference.

That was my understanding too. I've never heard of Shrove Tuesday being a day of Fast and Abstinence.

Sago

Really dont like pancakes, growing up it was Shrove Tuesday then Ash Wednesday so we had to go to Mass and parade around with a dirty thumb mark on our heads.
I seem to remember Shrove Tuesday was also a day of fast and abstinence.
Certainly no meat was eaten.
Tonight’s dinner is a lamb tagine.
I will burn in Hell ?

I hadn't heard of not eating meat on Shrove Tuesday - my understanding is that everything was eaten up on Shrove Tuesday.

I had lemon and maple syrup on mine. Will try and get Mass most days for lent and give up my second cup of coffee in the morning.

Today's were the worst pancakes I've ever made.
I bought a McDougall pancake mix instead of using a traditional McDougall cookbook recipe.

I did manage two but they were stodgy, lemon and sugar helped.

As for giving something up for Lent - I forgot about that.

I forgot it was pancake day. Can we have them tomorrow?

Sugar and lemon for me!

I had butter on my large Tesco buttermilk pancake. I might give up alcohol for Lent

My late husband was the pancake maker and my daughter used to have ice cream, squirty cream, raspberries, banana and chocolate sauce. Sometimes maple syrup. Bit like a pancake knicker bocker glory!

I went for savoury pancakes and had shredded crispy duck and slivers of spring onion and cucumber in 2 Chinese pancakes.
I thought it was Shrove Tuesday 2 weeks ago (doh!) and we had sweet pancakes then (with fresh lemon juice & sugar).

Maple syrup. I don't give up anything for Lent.

We decided not to bother with pancakes. Not giving up anything for Lent either. Oh dear.?

I couldn’t be bothered with making pancakes, might do them for breakfast tomorrow?
I’m not even remotely religious, I had Lent and abstinence dinned into me at RC school, put me off religion for life I’m afraid ?

Forgot all about it, shall have some tomorrow with lemon and sugar. I am not religious so do not give up anything for lent.