SHROVE TUESDAY TOMORROW
SHROVE TUESDAY OR PANCAKE DAY HISTORY.
By Ellen Castelow, Contributing Writer
Pancake Day, or Shrove Tuesday, is the traditional feast day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday. Lent - the 40 days leading up to Easter - was traditionally a time of fasting and on Shrove Tuesday, Anglo-Saxon Christians went to confession and were "shriven" (absolved from their sins). A bell would be rung to call people to confession. This came to be called the “Pancake Bell” and is still rung today.
Shrove Tuesday always falls 47 days before Easter Sunday, so the date varies from year to year and falls between February 3 and March 9. In 2016 Shrove Tuesday will fall on the 9th February.
Shrove Tuesday was the last opportunity to use up eggs and fats before embarking on the Lenten fast and pancakes are the perfect way of using up these ingredient
:) Good luck with the pancake toss Cranky. Maybe you could get lessons from Dominic.
Highest pancake toss
The highest pancake toss measured 9.47 m and was achieved by Dominic Cuzzacrea (USA) at Walden Galleria Mall in Cheektowaga, New York, USA, on 13 November 2010. Dominic beat his own previous record by 30 cm.
Just dug out my old Commonsense Cookery Book (1960 reprint) and its pancake recipe (so simple).
Used that recipe to make ‘pancake art’ for my grandkids a while back … superhero pancakes, e.g. Spiderman.
Now that's what I call a pancake !!
Largest pancake
The largest pancake was created in Rochdale, Manchester, UK in 1994, by the Co-Operative Union, Ltd. Measuring 15.01 m in diameter and 2.5 cm thick, the pancake weighed 3 tonnes (6,614 lb), and took more than just a frying pan to flip over!
NEED A NEW RECIPE ?? TRY THIS ONE.
Banana Bread Pancakes with Cream Cheese GlazeIngredients - Pancakes
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
3/4 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup sour cream
3 Tbsp granulated sugar
3 Tbsp packed brown sugar
1 large egg1/2 tsp vanilla extract
4 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted
1 1/2 cups mashed overripe bananas (from about 3)
Glaze
113 grms cream cheese, softened
4 Tbsp butter, softened1
1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
6 Tbsp milk (more or less to reach desired consistency)
Directions
For the pancakes: In a large mixing bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon
for 20 seconds. Make a well in center of mixture then set aside.
In a separate mixing bowl whisk together buttermilk, sour cream, granulated sugar, brown sugar, mashed bananas, egg, vanilla and melted butter.
While whisking, pour buttermilk mixture into flour mixture then blend just until combined (batter will be slightly lumpy).
Butter griddle as necessary then pour a heaping 1/3 cup onto griddle and slightly spread outward into a round.
Cook until bottom is golden brown (a lot of bubbles won't really appear on surface so just keep an eye on the color on bottom) then flip and cook opposite side until golden brown.
Serve warm with cream cheese glaze.
For the glaze:In a mixing bowl, using an electric hand mixer set on medium speed, blend together cream cheese
and butter until well combine and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
Add in remaining ingredients and mix about 1 minute until well combined. Store in an airtight container in refrigerator.
Note
Preheat an electric griddle to 350 degrees (you could also make these on the stovetop using a non-stick pan).