No eggs on pancake day!!

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Just been to Tesco before work and there are literally NO eggs..... not even the really expensive ones they do.......

I am now going to make DH go to every single shop until he finds some, as the day cannot end until we've had pancakes!

They use chickpea water to make meringue so I am guessing it can act as an egg substitute in a range of ways?

Can anyne tell me the other historic Christian religious observance days? Many lost now. Michaelmas is one I recall.

If you or your DH have time, our Tescos have lots of bottle pancake mixes (£1 I think, don't know how many they make). They're on one of the ends, totally opposite end to bakery and cake mixes. The did have some ready made ones in chiller cabinet, but they were £2.30 for 6 (no idea how good they are).

Pancakes can be enjoyed any day of the year.
Personally I'd rather enjoy mine on a day that I'm not going to be caught up in a mad egg hunt.

The pancake mix is only 50 p in Iceland according to Google. But the reviews for all versions from all supermarkets are pretty terrible. Makes you wonder what is in it for something so basic to be so bad.

I was in our local supermarkets Saturday pm and there were 2 cartons of eggs and no tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce whatsoever. However I went back Sunday morning and managed to get some, but there weren’t many at all in stock

Glad we have chickens, we normally have too many eggs!
Poor things aren't allowed out at all at the moment though ☹️🐔🐔🐔

@MooBaby Are you a bit dense? Why would you notice that something you’re not trying to buy isn’t in stock?

Yep I'm struggling to get spinach too (the baby leaves sort is our favourite but I haven't seen any for 2 to 3 weeks)

It's only natural that OP wants to have pancakes like a lot of us - it's a bit of light hearted fun and a chance to have a pudding (rarely have them here) or if savoury ones, something different for a meal. Yes, pancakes cost money, but they are food and if that's what OP wants to do with what disposable income she does have (rather than say bottle wine, coffee out) then good on her.

fucking hell. It’s pancakes literally one of the cheapest things you can make, hardly like she’s serving up foie gras and truffles with them

Maybe go back to bed and get out the right side this time?

Do you have to work at being nasty or does it just come naturally to you?🤔

It's interesting that people's experiences of egg shortages are so varied. Round here, for months, there have quite regularly been no eggs on the shelves at all - not even the really expensive ones from posh chickens - and when they're in stock you're limited how many you can buy. My understanding is that it's due to a combination of avian flu and supermarkets not paying providers properly.

I managed to get pancake shakers at the weekend and I just saw more on the shelf this morning, so hopefully they're a good alternative for anyone unable to find eggs.

Hope you get sorted and enjoy your pancakes, OP!

Another option if you can't get eggs or substitutes could be potato cakes? A lot of recipes call for an egg but the recipe I grew up with doesn't use any. Something like this below.

www.instructables.com/Traditional-LancashireYorkshire-Potato-Cakes/

Although I've just realised that recipe bakes them, and we fry ours. But that's the ingredients anyway.

Some people sell their excess eggs outside their house, keep your eyes peeled!

tbh the shaker packs are on offer at £1 atm and probably a safer bet with availability.

We don’t have eggs in the house here due to a family member’s severe allergy. We just had real nice egg free pancakes this morning (bbc vegan recipe). I’d recommend buying a pack of chia seeds in as they are really useful and work out very cheap as an egg replacer as you only use a teaspoon at a time. They work well for pancakes and also are the best alternative I’ve found for the egg stage of breading things. The only thing is you do see the seeds so if you’re making an extra special cake you might want to use an alternative like chickpea water

I found two organic eggs at back of fridge
Sadly too old to use (3 months!)
I tested them in a jug of water and both floated.

Hope I cam find some fresh ones today

Honestly I can’t believe folk think it’s ok to not be able to buy a staple of many diets, or that pancakes are a luxury to be planned and budgeted for - how have we become so insensitive to the shambles our economy has become.

OP I hope you find eggs and have the best pancakes.

Eggs arrived this am in my ocado order.

We have a very active whatspp group on my road-would happily lend/give someone a couple of eggs if they asked-is this an option?

I know right. I was just thinking the same. I hate posts like this where random people start acting stupid and horrible to a harmless thread.

You can't afford eggs OP, how dare you moan about it. You can't afford eggs op, you should not be having any form of enjoyment or treats then. You don't have eggs in the house? The point of shrove Tuesday is to use up what you have Op.... I wish all the fun suckers would take their misery elsewhere.

Fwiw OP, I hope you find some eggs and enjoy your bloody pancakes!!

Candlemas ?.

There is no actual egg shortage. The supermarkets are creating this problem themselves by refusing to pay British egg farms what it costs to produce the eggs.

Our local Sainsbury’s Local is currently selling Italian barn eggs, despite the company pledging to sell British eggs. They’re claiming it’s all they can get due to ‘the egg crisis’. Meanwhile, our local egg farm, half a mile away, has stacks and stacks of eggs available.

The egg farms are not holding the supermarkets to ransom with unreasonable costs. Our farmers are struggling to survive, not holidaying in Barbados. You can lay (excuse the pun) this problem firmly at the door of the profiteering supermarkets. I would urge everyone who can do, to seek out and patronise their local farm shops instead.

We've got this, it's actually OK.