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What do you put on your pancakes ?

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NotAGran55 Tue 16-Feb-21 06:58:28

Are you traditional with lemon and sugar or do you like to ring the changes ?
Savoury maybe rather than sweet ?

Lemon and sugar here normally but I forgot that it was Shrove Tuesday and only have one lemon in stock , so will rustle up some cherry sauce from frozen berries and serve with some left over cream .

NotAGran55 Tue 16-Feb-21 21:46:57

Well I started the day thinking about pancakes hence starting the thread but we didn’t have them in the end . Batter is in the fridge ready for tomorrow though .

Lots of delicious sounding combinations here .

ILE35 Tue 16-Feb-21 21:51:41

I went for Nutella, sliced strawberries and banana and squirty cream tonight, then felt sick ! Much prefer plain and simple.

Mamardoit Tue 16-Feb-21 22:59:06

When I was little it was always raspberry or blackberry vinegar on pancakes.

I didn't bother making any but DS occasionally makes them or breakfast with lemon and sugar.

Witzend Wed 17-Feb-21 06:44:20

We had some a la (sort of) crepes Suzette - folded into quarters in a pan of hot sauce made of butter and brown sugar, orange and lemon juice and a good slosh of Cointreau. And very nice they were too - 3 each ??.

janeainsworth Wed 17-Feb-21 09:16:36

Witzend ??

JackyB Wed 17-Feb-21 14:11:39

I often make pancakes for my DGS and he loves bacon and maple syrup but he's never had them together. We have been home schooling him as both parents work from home and schools are, of course, shut.

I has to laugh at Michael Macintyre when he was talking about holidays. Well, he makes me laugh anyway, but it was odd to hear him say "There's no run-up to Pancake day.

It starts in November here (when life is normal), culminating in the Thursday beforehand (" Dirty Thursday" or "Ladies' Day") being the start of (for some) a drunken weekend of dressing up, getting legless, even getting off with other people's husbands or wives is allowed. By the Tuesday afternoon everyone is practically exhausted or comatose. Then there are the parades from Saturday to Monday with hundreds of huge floats. Shops and offices shut on the Monday or Tuesday afternoon, and schools have those days off.

No run up to Pancake Day, my foot!

LadyJus Mon 22-Feb-21 09:13:52

I must have got something wrong when I was growing up... we always used to have vinegar and sugar on pancakes! I'd never even heard of lemon juice on a pancake until I met DH!

jenny04 Wed 24-Feb-21 03:13:59

Banana pancakes coated with nutella for my children and definitely lemon and sugar for me and husband

CanadianGran Wed 24-Feb-21 06:34:13

Totally forgot about it last week, and I haven't made pancakes in a long time! I make both crepes and canadian/american style pancakes.

Crepes we have with brown sugar and butter (yum), pancakes with maple syrup. My DH and grandkids like them with peanut butter and maple syrup. Waffles as well.

Vlad Wed 24-Feb-21 19:51:31

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