Comments on: Pancake Day

By: Monika

Monika — Thu, 03 May 2007 11:07:58 +0000

We call them “Palatschinken” and there are never enough when I make them. When my father was young, he once ate 12 of them, my mother and grandmother told me. I can eat 5, no problem, filled with apricot marmelade. Mmh! ;o)

By: Lil bro

Lil bro — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:52:23 +0000

Great memories Is. Thanks.

By: TadMack

TadMack — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 02:10:37 +0000

Mmmm… pancakes… Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday or no, I could eat them daily… Yours are so nice and elegant and crepe-y; mine are about a ton each, and after two, you can fit in maybe an additional half, and afterwards you stagger about and find a soft place to fall.

My mother used to leave rolled oats in a cup or two of soymilk overnight and then do them with the regular flour and baking powder and a bit of vanilla. I’ve added on to that by using whole steamed oats and a cup of flax seed or a cup or two of granola in place of that, sometimes with coconut … and top it with almond butter and applesauce and a few raisins and a drizzle of maple syrup or honey.

Honestly, those are days you just eat the one meal and nibble.

And one DOES wonder who those people are who think, “Gosh, I hate kids, they’re so annoying and disorganized; must go and spend all day with them” — ? I worked with people like that, and they completely bewildered me.

By: India

India — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 22:35:12 +0000

Yumm - I forgot to make pancakes on Tuesday, what with all the knitting palaver - made them with the kids at nursery and forgot about it when I got home. I make what non-Scottish people call drop scones - but they are every bit, some might say more!, delicious.
India

By: Donal

Donal — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:34:38 +0000

With maple syrup and vanilla ice-cream. Delicious! But you know that already.

I remember being shouted at by a teacher in school for not having my German book covered. He went mad screaming at me. I pointed out that it actually was covered, that made him madder. Then I showed him it was covered with that clear plastic laminate stuff. That shut him up, the eejit.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:15:33 +0000

I’m much better about traditions that don’t require me to plan ahead much. For example, I had forgotten that it was Ash Wednesday until I read your blog this afternoon! So guess what we’re having for dinner tonight!

So many people have those sad teacher stories.I just don’t get it. Why would someone think to herself, “Let’s see, I don”t like kids and I’m terribly impatient what should I do for a career?” ..I know, I’ll become a…teacher.

By: diane

diane — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:28:21 +0000

I make my own pancake mix and I like to add vanilla. My pancakes are light and fluffy, not the crepe kind. Add a dot of butter and maple syrup…dark amber from Quebec…yummy

By: Elimare

Elimare — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:37:01 +0000

We had the ‘how many can you eat’ competitions as well. I used to love the thick fluffy ‘Merkin style pancakes, but nowadays thin crispy crepes with lemon juice and sugar are what its all about.

Re: the book thing. I remember going to the library when I was 9 and grabbing a bunch of books that the librarian wouldn’t let me take as she thought they would be too advanced for me. (not subject matter, READING level.) My mother had to go in and speak to her that ‘YES, I would be able to understand the books’ and ‘YES, my reading skills were up to it.’

I should add that I too was one of those kids who read ahead in whatever book we had been assigned for class. We did an aptitude test when I was about 11 and the teachers were amazed cos apparently I had the reading comprehension level of a 16 year old.

By: Sara

Sara — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:05:08 +0000

I am of the same opinion about books as you are, and had the same type of experience with the mother of a friend of mine, after lending a NEW book of mine to the friend and getting it back in an appaling state, I went to speak to the mother about it (I was about 10)and I got LECTURED about how to care for my books and that her precious daughter would never do something like that to a book!Needless to say, the friendship soured after that…
I like my pancakes thin and crepe-like, with butter, sugar and lemon juice on them.
I also like them with butter and maple syrup on them, I had both types last night, and ate until I couldn’t move! As children we used to hold competitions over how many we could eat.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 09:09:41 +0000

Of a similar mind….did a blog post about the North American approach to pancakes….must have maple syrup! I’ll have to try the crepe-type ones next year, if the family will let me, that is! Hope you and himself had a nice dinner last night!