What do you put on your pancakes ?

Lemon and sugar

On another note, quite a few of the local Traditional Pancake races and events like the Ashbourne Shrovetide Tuesday Football game through the town Centre, have been cancelled this year due to Covid 19. This was an internationally recognised event with people travelling far and wide to attend. A great loss to all the businesses that relied on the increased trade and the extra publicity it gave to British Tourism in general.

Now I am on my own I don’t bother but in the past used to make crepes Suzette. Also had them at Christmas because the children didn’t like Christmas pudding.

I had never heard of lemon on pancakes! Made me realise that we have always eaten them in the Danish fashion, that is with raspberry or strawberry jam on them.

Probably because pancakes of this sort, are an English tradition, as is eating them on Shrove Tuesday, and it was more or less unknown in my Scottish childhood

In Denmark, Monday before Ash Wednesday is celebrated with sticky buns filled with custard and iced - the stickier the better and children used to go out guising for them. That stopped when Saturday morning school went out in the late 1960s, because Shrove Monday was no longer a half-holiday.
The logic, if such it is, being that unless it became an ordinary school day, it would not be possible to teach the stipulated hours a year! (They could just have deducted a day from the summer holiday, instead of ruining an ancient tradition!)

Many years ago we used to make crêpes suzettes with oranges and grand marnier and we’d flambé them. They were delicious. I wish I could buy the liquor as a miniature but you can’t nowadays as I wouldn’t particularly enjoy as a drink.

We have Percy Pig Syrup this year

But I shall remain boring with my lemon and sugar

Oat flour pancakes with Greek Yoghurt, Maple Syrup, Blueberries and Strawberries. Mmmmm can't wait for dinner tonight...

Lemon, sugar and a sprinkle of cinnamon, yum!

Am going to try bacon and maple syrup!

Tonight's meal will be American pancakes: I find them easier to make than the traditional "British" ones. Has to be lemon and sugar on top, but we forgot to buy any lemons. So it'll be bottled lemon juice, plus a few frozen lemon slices (normally kept for G & Ts) out of the freezer.

CarlyD7

1 egg
Half a banana
Big dollop of peanut butter / smooth or crunchy
Mix, fry in butter, eat.
I usually double the amount.

Nutella for me, maple syrup for DH.

I have a happy memory of eating a Nutella crepe from a little shop in Montmartre. Got in such a mess that DH had to clean my face with a tissue, in front of all the passers-by. It was delicious, though.

It's a family tradition for us to make "Magic" pancakes. We make up a pancake mix with the kids, divide the mixture into two, say a spell over one of them and then send them off whilst the batter "rests". Once their backs are turned, we add some chopped, frozen spinach to the one with the spell so that, hey presto, when they return, their mixture has turned green. We add cheese in the middle after after cooking the pancakes and the children gobble down their healthy pancakes. They can then cook the plain ones for pudding.
Even though we have no children left at home, my husband still loves his green pancakes on pancake day...we don't say the spell! ?

Growing up in the 50/60s my gran always made a pan of thick stew on pancake day, so we would have both a savoury with the stew and then a sweet with lemon and golden syrup. Still love them with either.

Just had ours for lunch. Very traditional with lemon and sugar.

Grabbed one of those ready made mixes in a container as walking through the supermarket yesterday. I had my lemon and sugar only when I went to use the ready made mixture I found it had chocolate chips added.
I made it this morning for breakfast a lovely pancake with chocolate chips, it was delicious.

On Shrove Tuesday, we always have lemon and sugar, but at other times we have both sweet and savoury flavours.

The mixture is standing at the moment waiting to be cooked this evening.

I’ve tried buckwheat and flour mix this year.

I have lemon and sugar on two and golden syrup on one. OH has toffee sauce or golden syrup on all three. I love maple syrup but keep that for breakfast pancakes, with bacon, and porridge.

Lemon and sugar or maple syrup here.

Grandchildren here, it's half term, mum and dad working and being on my own they're my bubble (before anyone questions) They've had syrup I've had honey, I prefer lemon and sugar but have no lemon.

Well I've just had mine for lunch. Pancake, bacon, maple syrup and for the first time I added a slice of black pudding. I was making ham, egg and black pudding for my husband for lunch.
I must admit it was delicious

BBbevan

We had low carb pancakes this morning. Just egg ,banana and peanut butter. I had blueberries on mine . DH had lemon and sugar.

I avoid wheat whenever possible (though am fine with sourdough rye bread and pancakes). These sound lovely. Could you share the recipe? Thanks.

Our pancake this morning was made from the "excess" from hubby's attempts at making sourdough bread (you have to regularly feed and divide it) - was light and fluffy and tasty. We added fried bacon, mushrooms, tomatoes, and a big dollop of cream cheese - spread out on it. Absolutely delicious.

Just lemon and sugar, I know that’s a bit boring, but I don’t like mine too sweet or too thick and stodgy, gotta be thin and crispy around the edges. X

If I make them for us both on the table will be maple syrup, dark muscovado sugar and lemon juice.

I prefer drop scones (scotch pancakes) these days with berries and maple syrup.