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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

At last - Pancakes!

It appears that our pancakes are a lot thinner than the American version, so we'll just have to eat more of them.
The Poetry Bus threw up some amazing odes to Pancakes. I also recently wrote for the Community Voice about them here so perhaps its best if I leave the final word on the subject to two experts:-

Shrove Tuesday

Mix a pancake,
Stir a pancake,
Pop it in the pan;
Fry the pancake
Toss the pancake –
Catch it if you can.

(Christina Rossetti)

Who wants a pancake,
Sweet and piping hot?
Good little Grace looks up and says,
"I'll take the one on top."
Who else wants a pancake,
Fresh off the griddle?
Terrible Teresa smiles and says,
"I'll take the one in the middle."

(Shel Silverstein)

4 comments:

  1. We had four each at lunch time with lashings of fresh lemon juice.

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  2. I'm helping out with our church's Shrove Tuesday pancake fundraiser - I sure hope I get to EAT some after all this torture READING about them :)

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  3. Class acts. I'm making the batter for a 7pm feast right now. And always, and only, with caster sugar and lemon juice!

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  4. I don't know how I missed this! it is so much fun, thanks!

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