Early Pancake Day!

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The UK is unlike the USA and rarely one would find pancakes on the menu for breakfast in most British homes. We tend to have cereals or toast. Pancakes are normally eaten on Pancake day as is generally known or rather on Shrove Tuesday the eve before Lent. Pancakes have featured in recipe books from around the 1400's although many towns used to hold a football games from around the 12th Century. People used to use up their butter eggs before beginning their fast for Lent. The following foods represent the following: Eggs ~ Creation Flour ~ The staff of life Salt ~ Wholesomeness Milk ~ Purity People used to attend church on Shrove Tuesday to repent of their sins. To attend church for confession which was known as shriven would be an annual event prior to the commencement of Lent. Legend has it that in 1445 a woman from the village of Olney heard the shriving bell while she was making pancakes and rn to church in her apron still holding her frying pan. This set the scene for the annual Olney Pancake race where local women race tossing pancakes still in the pan wearing an apron and scarf on their heads. As we are way for Shrove Tuesday the grand children wanted grandma to make pancakes. After school my daughter dropped them at our house. Traditionally pancakes were served with lemon juice and sugar but not these days the kids wanted strawberries, banana and cream. My wife had made some plain pancakes and also some with coconut and sultanas in them. Even the baby enjoyed her pancakes and ate every single piece up. Do you like pancakes and do you make them? They are very simple to make!