To not cook pancakes for breakfast?

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My 7 year old was nearly in tears that mum isn't doing pancakes for breakfast on pancake Day. Am I a selfish cow? (They can have them tomorrow night....tonight is parents evening, swimming, and fitness class). Unless Dad will cook them for the kids later on.....

Thanks for making me giggle me. Some wonderful and slightly scary comments. My child will survive. I would like to challenge the 5 minutes to knock up a batch of batter (no shop bought nonsense here...as plenty of people have kindly pointed out it is only eggs, flour and milk) and to cook 8 pancakes - 2 each for kids and OH - in 5 minutes. That should be entertaining.

I'm not a selfish cow - the swimming is the children. Then yes the exercise class is for me, but one night a week at 8pm is perfectly acceptable. (And no I am not going to class stinking of pancakes as there is little enough time to get the kids ready for bed after swimming before I go out without fitting in the pancakes and a shower).

As it is I think Dad will do them. So no harm done (no harm anyway as DS1 had them Friday at scouts, DS3 - the complainer - had them last night at beavers and DD2 would be getting them at Brownies on Thursday....so hardly hard done by kids. Lol. )

We have them for breakfast a couple of times a month and always on the first day back after a school holiday.
I don't find them a faff aside from my hair smelling like frying.

I made the batter last night - took nearly 15mins. Now I'm not a great cook, but I really can't see how I could have got it down to 5 mins.

I'm at work today, so needed to have me and three kids out of the house by 7.30am. They go to breakfast club and there is no time in the schedule for pancakes in the morning without getting up silly early. I do morning pancakes on the weekend sometimes and it takes ages.

I've told my lot that we'll have a pancake blow-out tonight, then morning pancakes tomorrow when we have more time. They are completely happy with this. PP suggested that it would be easy to get the shitty ready made ones. Erm, clue is in your description. If you like the shop bought ones, great. My DC would rather wait for the ones they really like.

The hyperbole about needing to send DC off to school with pancakes in their bellies is ridiculous. Both this evening and another day (unless you are religious) are fine, especially if the alternative is to have less good pancakes/more stress/missing other activities/being late/whatever.

newsthump.com/2017/02/28/quickie-divorce-granted-after-man-serves-up-american-pancakes-on-shrove-tuesday/ for all you scotch/american pancake eaters 😂

Cheese and ham are good in savoury ones, the kids like bacon too. Be interested to see if anyone else has some savoury suggestions though

My dd still remembers her best ever pancake Day.Pancakes at school,for tea and at brownies.
Never for breakfast.Make or buy ready made for tea tonight,they only take 5mins to eat.

We are having savoury.Filling with caramelised onions,chestnut mushrooms and spinach mixed with a bit of cream or Philadelphia cheese.Wrapped,cornered on cheese sauce and baked for 30 minutes.Yum.

Pancakes tend to be our Friday breakfast, and it's a great way to lure tired, grumpy DCs out of bed at the end of the week

I use the food blender which gets the batter smooth in about one minute, and using two frying pans was a total game changer and makes it about 3 times quicker.

OP, why would it take you longer than that? Batter (eggs, flour, milk) takes 3 mins (even with my 3-year old helping!). You just pop them in a bowl and mix. Why does it take you longer?

Then a minute to cook per pancake. So 8 more mins.

11 mins in total.

Quick to make, quick to eat. Can you describe what it is you do that takes a long time?

Blimey, I think some people should read the actual OP.

The question is not: AIBU not to buy ready-made pancakes for my children who do not like them and prefer to wait for a full pancake meal at the weekend?

the question was: AIBU to refuse to make pancakes for a child who is really upset about not having pancakes on pancake day?

7 pages of debate... I wonder if there are any dads anywhere who have gone off to work feeling guilty about not making their kids pancakes. I wonder if there are any father's who would be asked to justify themselves by describing exactly how they make their pancakes to see how long it takes them. Are there any fathers who have slaved over a hot frying pan of pancakes this morning and used the expression 'happy children, happy daddy'.

Why the hell do us mums do this to ourselves and each other?!

When I was young we always had them after dinner with lemon and sugar but ive always made dd(10) them for breakfast probably because I worked backshifts when she was little.

She made her own this morning and even left some batter in the fridge so I can have some for lunch.

@RightOnTheEdge - Can I ask what people put in savoury ones though please?

We do ham, cheese and sliced mushrooms. Throw the lot on once you've turned the pancake. Once the second side sets, fold it over, cook one half, then turn and finish off cooking the other half. Cooks the mushrooms and melts the cheese properly.

@boatsnack3 what a lovely daughter you’re raising!
Our family tradition is definitely having them for dinner with lemon and sugar. I wouldn’t ever do them before school and whiny children about that would get my Mum-Look lol. YANBU to do it in the best way that suits your family. I would however try to have it on the correct day at some point; and remind the children why we have them.

Can you describe what it is you do that takes a long time?

Well... getting things out, getting measuring implements out, measuring things, cleaning up the bowl and saucepan and measuring jug afterwards, and putting all these various things away. Nobody is saying that it takes hours and hours, but those of us on a tight schedule in the mornings do not have time.

Everyone chooses to prioritize different things in the morning. We do maths practice and reading over breakfast because that's the time that works best for us. Other people don't have time for maths or reading because they are busy doing other things--good for them!

Dads I know either make the pancakes or take the kids out for breakfast to a place that does make them -- they don't seem to feel guilty because they don't make it a big deal in the first place

The local food places

I make hideously bad pancakes.

My kids have had to adjust.

Also, we leave the house at 7.25 so absolutely no chance they're getting anything that requires cooking for breakfast!

It can take 2-3 minutes per pancake, so if you are making 8, it’s more like 30 minutes including prep work.

I don't understand why you do pancakes, if you aren't talking about Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday, Lent and Easter.

That's why I never make them on Shrove Tuesday but I do them quite often.

I once revealed my method on here and it was called genius.

Anyway make batter and put in a jug or a bowl with a ladle. I make the batter in the jug.

Wrap solid fat in the wrapper

Set out TWO frying pans, one smaller than the other and a plate.

Rub the fat on the small pan and heat, pour batter in to the smaller pan and ensure it covers the pan, rub fat on the other pan and put on heat.

Once you see little holes in the pancake tip the pancake onto the other pan with the uncooked side down, wipe fat on the first pan and add batter.

By the time you have done that the first pancake is done, put it on the plate and continue until the batter has gone.

@RightOnTheEdge - Can I ask what people put in savoury ones though please?

My mum always did pancakes with stew.

I tend to do cheese and mushroom or I will fill them with something, pour cheese sauce over and bake in the oven,

We always had for them for pudding growing up. I loved it. We are having them for lunch tomorrow buuuut, my son is 2 so has zero idea about pancake Day. We don't give him sugary puddings in the evening as it's too late (he has fruit and plain yoghurt) plus DP makes ace pancakes and he's off tomorrow so we'll have them then instead.

Your child is not going to spontaneously combust if she didn't have them for breakfast so YANBU. Don't sweat it.

I don't understand why you do pancakes, if you aren't talking about Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday, Lent and Easter.

Same reason non-Christians celebrate Christmas and give Easter eggs. Same reason festivals of religious origin are still celebrated by non-believers all over the world. Because they are fun and have become part of traditional culture.

Can you describe what it is you do that takes a long time?

Explain yourself at once OP. CarpetGate is just one of many domestic goddesses and loving mummies on this thread who needs to know.

I can't believe how much flak the Op is getting.

The kid can have pancakes later-no drama!

I am a cm will be having after school kids so have bought the pre made ones for time benefits. Really bad planning if not having them tonight.

My Ds didn’t have them for breakfast . He plans to buy some at lunch , have them for tea and is making them at scouts .