Pancake Day/Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday

[danny la rouge]

sounds like a recipe for scotch pancakes to me, not normal, proper pancakes.

You're confused; proper pancakes are 'Scotch' pancakes.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

You're confused; proper pancakes are 'Scotch' pancakes.

Proper pancakes don't have sugar in the recipe. Are you american or something?

 

[Xanadu]

I'm having pancakes tomorrow. Just because I can.

 

[feyr]

i had 2 savoury pancakes, filled with grated cheese and salami, followed by 2 with lemon and sugar
*pats belly*

 

[_pH_]

oh yes.

lots of pancakes for me and callie with appley filling and ice cream. nom. and we put a bit of scotch in the frying pan to do the whoooooosh! catching light thing. made the pancakes a tad soggy but very spectacular

i still have a bit of batter left over so might have more tomorrow

 

[quimcunx]

I had mine with maple syrup, raspberry sauce, pinapple and squirty cream, then maple syrup, nutella and squirty cream. Next I am going to try raspberry sauce, nutella and squirty cream.

Forgot to get bananas and my chopped nuts were well out of date.

 

[Pip]

I had children in tow, so I made a massive batch, with the following, in various combinations:

marshmallows
raspberry icecream
chopped hazlenuts
chocolate chips
hundreds and thousands
strawberries
squirty cream
strawberry sauce
nutella
smarties
skittles

I stuck with lemon and sugar

 

[quimcunx]

I don't believe I have ever had a pancake with lemon and sugar.

 

[pigtails]

I don't believe I have ever had a pancake with lemon and sugar.

what?!?

It's simple but amazing!

 

[Xanadu]

My mum makes something with jaggery and dessicated coconut. It's lovely, but I don't think I can be bothered to go home for her to make it for me.

 

[danny la rouge]

Proper pancakes don't have sugar in the recipe. Are you american or something?

Of course they do. You're thinking of English "pancakes", which are actually crepes.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I think you need to look into the history of pancakes.

 

[danny la rouge]

I think you need to look into the history of words.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

You mean words like PAN-CAKE?

The fact is that a crepe is just a type of pancake, as is a drop scone or scotch pancake. You do know what the definition of a pancake is don't you?

 

[danny la rouge]

You mean words like PAN-CAKE?

Yes. Cake. Cakes rise. Crepes don't. English "pancakes" don't rise. They are crepes. Proper pancakes rise.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

It's a name dumbass not a definition. How much does a cheese cake rise and how much cheese is in it?

Read this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancake

 

[danny la rouge]

It's a name dumbass not a definition. How much does a cheese cake rise and how much cheese is in it?

Proper baked cheesecake rises. Fake easy cheesecake doesn't, but it's just a cheat's way of approximating the real thing.

Crepes are a subset of batter-based flatbreads cooked in a pan. English "pancakes" are crepes.

 

[STFC]

My first few pancakes were a bit of a disaster, every time I tried to flip them over they folded up. But I persevered and managed to make a few decent ones, which we ate filled with ham, gruyère and mushrooms. Very tasty, although the pancakes themselves were a bit bland. Next time I'll add a bit of salt I think.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Proper baked cheesecake rises. Fake easy cheesecake doesn't, but it's just a cheat's way of approximating the real thing.

Crepes are a subset of batter-based flatbreads cooked in a pan. English "pancakes" are crepes.

No. English pancakes and Crepes are not the same thing.

English pancakes are similar to French crêpes, and Italian crespelle, but are not "lacy" in appearance.

Just look it up anywhere. Read the Wiki or look it up in any dictionary.

Either way a crepe is a type of pancake.

Also look up cake in the dictionary.

cake (kk)
n.
1. A sweet baked food made of flour, liquid, eggs, and other ingredients, such as raising agents and flavorings.
2. A flat rounded mass of dough or batter, such as a pancake that is baked or fried.
3. A flat rounded mass of hashed or chopped food that is baked or fried; a patty.
4. A shaped or molded piece, as of soap or ice.
5. A layer or deposit of compacted matter: a cake of grime in the oven.
v. caked, cak·ing, cakes

 

[danny la rouge]

No. English pancakes and Crepes are not the same thing.

Fine. Then at least have the decency to call them "English pancakes", so as not to disappoint people expecting pancakes.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Fine. Then at least have the decency to call them "English pancakes", so as not to disappoint people expecting pancakes.

I live in england I don't need to say that the ones I am making are english style.
If I say 'pancake' in the UK, everyone knows what I am talking about. Only a moron would get confused.

That is why I first asked if you were from america - where a scotch type pancake is commonly know simply as a 'pancake'. In the UK it is not.

 

[_angel_]

Not another pancake/ crepe beef.

What Danny posted are drop scones, over here, no matter they're called in Scotland.

 

[mr steev]

Fine. Then at least have the decency to call them "English pancakes", so as not to disappoint people expecting pancakes.

You don't have to call them English pancakes. The thicker ones are already known as scotch pancakes or drop scones. English pancakes are plain 'pancakes'

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Leave it guys, he's already lost and he knows it, don't batter him.

 

[Maggot]

My first few pancakes were a bit of a disaster, every time I tried to flip them over they folded up. But I persevered and managed to make a few decent ones, which we ate filled with ham, gruyère and mushrooms.

You need to practice your tossing technique - it's all in the wrist action.

 

[danny la rouge]

If I say 'pancake' in the UK, everyone knows what I am talking about.

In the English part of the UK, perhaps. But this is what I mean: imperialist-ethnocentrism. Not all of the UK is England.

 

[Madusa]

this discussion's gone right down the pan.

 

[_pH_]

Leave it guys, he's already lost and he knows it, don't batter him.

ha....ha.....ha....






I've just had 4 pancakes to use up the rest of the batter from yesterday

 

[wtfftw]

We're having pancake day today. Missed it completely last year but today we had lemon and sugar on some breakfast/lunch pancakes and later he shall be having ham, cream cheese and mustard and I shall be having sweetcorn, spinach and cheese. We may incorporate mushrooms.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

In the English part of the UK, perhaps. But this is what I mean: imperialist-ethnocentrism. Not all of the UK is England.

Then call it whatever you need to call it when you are not in England. Go into a restaurant and ask a chef (or anyone anywhere for that matter) to make you pancakes in England and see what you get. Are you going to say "Those are english style pancakes, I wanted scotch pancakes, drop scones". The reply will be "You are in england numb nuts".