Will you be using............

Gosh! and I thought it was just me Actually I had to throw my first lot of batter away because I had a rush of blood to the head and put in way too much (semi skimmed) milk. It cooked up very nasty! Lemon and Sugar last night, but my American SiL has got me into American style pancakes with Maple syrup and bacon. Yummy!

Oh, absent, you should have made the pancakes - I bet he would have looked good wearing one!!

He broke the plate, not me. [butter wouldn't melt emoticon]

Absent - did no part of the crockery end up on Mr Absent's head or in his face? How restrained

absent

I did mix up pancake batter after all as I thought it would be a treat for Mr absent as he has a sweet tooth and rarely gets pudding. However, owing to our having two entirely different points of view on an unrelated topic, his chicken went on the floor smashing the [brand new] plate, my chicken went in the bin and the batter went down the plug hole. Happy days!

Yoyu could make some seriously big pancakes in one of those!
I always cook mine in a tiny knob of butter using delia's basic pancake recipe. My first one is rarely the best so Grace gets that and for the rest, we like lemon juice and caster sugar., I now make the whole batch, keeping them warm over a pan of simmering water as what used to happen was that I would be cooking while the others ate and as I finished each one, there would be an empty plate pushed in front of me and optimistic face.

Made pancakes at DD's house however she doesn't possess a small frying pan so I used a wok. It made flipping them over so much easier, I may never use my usual pan again.

Just made myself a couple with sugar and lemon, and sat in solitary state to eat them - yummy. Very odd as the late Mr.G and I used not to bother very much about pancakes.

Ooh yes! Nutella!

Don't usually bother but had DGS and DGD for a sleepover so I was over a barrel. They insisted that they ALWAYS had pancakes before their tea and as it was an unexpected visit and a bit of a treat we had a couple of tea plate sized ones and a couple more after tea. DH's grandmother's filling of butter, soft brown sugar and lemon went down a treat. But I tried DGS's Nuttella and lemon and that was yummy. I bought semi-skim milk but I'd try it again with our usual skim milk. The fillings are rich enough.

Semi skimmed and made by eye
I mix the batter and DH cooks them. love pancakes

Probably won't have any tonight, not quite the same as when Mr P is here.

He doesn't eat them himself, but makes them for me.

We have a competition to see if I can eat them faster than he can make them! Guess who wins

Wont be using any milk. We have the builders in and the kitchen ceiling down and you cannot cook pancakes in a microwave, toaster or electric kettle, all of which sit on a table in the corner of the living room.

I love really crispy bacon, maple syrup and scrambled eggs. [yummy emoticon]

Oh yes! That's why the lady in front of me in M and S this morning was buying maple syrup. For her pancakes! Yes. Very American.

I buy buttermilk in my local Sainsbury's and in Tesco and use it in baking, Lilygran

I wouldn't use it in pancakes Enviousamerican as the ones we make on Shrove Tuesday are to use up all the left overs of flour, milk eggs etc before Lent and are traditionally flat (as a pancake!!).

Yes, you can get buttermilk in supermarkets nowadays. I use full-fat milk and some melted butter in mine. Envious, I have fond memories of those lovely New England breakfasts, with pancakes, bacon and maple syrup.

You can get buttermilk, Enviousamerican and people do use it in baking but it isn't widely available. My granny used to use sour milk in her scones but I don't think she used it in pancakes. American pancakes! Mmmm....

Do you use buttermilk in the UK ? I use it in pancakes and some cakes.It makes them tender and fluffy. I don't drink it though yuk!

I made a big pancake last night using leftover Yorkshire pudding batter from Sunday. Filled it with blueberries, maple syrup and poured cream all round.
This lunch time MrA said 'You know we had pancakes last night?'
Me (reading gransnet on my phone): 'Hmm'
MrA: Does that mean we're not having them tonight?
Me: Well, I suppose we can if you like....
MrA: Can they have lemon and sugar on them?

So we will have the complete performance, made with semi-skimmed milk but cooked in lard and the same accompaniments that I have had for the last 60 years

Only ever use full fat milk except when DD is visiting.
Pancake mixture now ready to use!
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Hi Kari, I got the recipe from one of those little Goodfood cookbooks specially for GF. The Victoria sponge recipe in there is good, too. And Absent's almond and orange cake is fabulous.

It was 140 grams GF plain flour, pinch of salt, 2 eggs, 200 ml milk and 100 ml cold water. Made in the usual way but with an electric whisk (don't know why but it doesn't seem to work if I just use a fork). At this stage the batter looks very sorry for itself. Leave to stand for 30 mins by which time the batter is looking more like normal batter, then whisk in 50 grams of melted, unsalted butter. Cook as normal. Eat all of them