Pancakes

[poliphilo]

We remembered it was Shrove Tuesday (it was, wasn't it?) and made pancakes for tea. Pancakes are the northern European medieval peasant's idea of a good time. I like mine with lemon juice and sugar.

Shrove Tuesday always makes me think of Brueghel.

Comments

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

You were a week early. It's next week Tuesday.
:)
You'll just have to repeat the pancake feast next week!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Oh dear......

Pancakes twice in one year- what extravagance!

[suzilem.livejournal.com]

I have my paczki. I am content. :-)

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I hadn't heard of those before. They sound delicious.

[suzilem.livejournal.com]

There is a large Polish population in Detroit, and I first encountered them when I lived in Michigan (Ypsilanti).

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

The nearest I've come to eating Polish was on a trip to Czechoslovakia- as it then was- in 1990.

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

We have them in northern and western Connecticut as well. Hit or miss on where you can find them. Despite my lack of Christianity, I enjoy lent as a season. I tend to get a lot done (since my lack of current Christianity does nothing to check my abundance of Lutheran upbringing) during lent.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Britain acquired a large Polish population when the EU was enlarged in 2004. Suddenly there were Polish shops everywhere.

[huskyteer.livejournal.com]

I'll be out late on Shrove Tuesday, so I may have to cheat and have Findus Crispy Pancakes.

I did make blueberry pancakes for breakfast on Sunday, though, and they were delish.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Pancakes are quite difficult to get right. The amount of mixture you pour in the pan is crucial.

[halfmoon-mollie.livejournal.com]

someone else pointed it out - Shrove Tuesday is next week.

MMM...pancakes.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I've never been very good with the calendar. Even when I was a vicar I could never remember whether Christmas fell on the 24th or the 25th

24th or 25th?

[zoe-1418.livejournal.com]

For some reason that strikes me as very funny.

Re: 24th or 25th?

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I have considerable difficulty remembering anything involving numbers. :)