Pancake day

[Viperama]

School have asked parents in DC year to make 400 pancakes for pancake day. I’m North American, will I be hated if I contribute with American style pancakes? I make them all the time and it’s super easy for me. Some will have blueberries and others chocolate cooked inside.
DC is allergic to dairy and egg and I’ve a good recipe to make without.
Will everyone be unimpressed???

Not as funny as being able to buy pancakes or pancake mix in the supermarket. Talk about missing the whole point of pancake day.

At least the OPs recipe serves a purpose for the dairy or egg allergic or vegans.

Definitely make your version OP, they'll be much nicer. Do you have pancake day in North America like the UK?

Fun fact, in Iceland, they have two pancake days, but I can't remember why.

You'd be a hero in my books!

We don't eat food from bake sales either due to allergies.

"If you are American, then they are what you call a crape."

Surely crepe is French and crape is just a posh turd?

@littlelid qnd @WineDup You’re being disingenuous. Of course the majority of these pancakes will be made by women, who are doing the majority of the rest of the domestic labour. You only have to read threads on here to realise that.

Personally if I was asked to make pancakes, I would make "American" style ones anyway! That's what a pancake is to me. But I'm Scottish so pancakes are never thin crepe style ones. I would refer to those as English pancakes not British or UK :)

Technically American Pancakes are actually just big Scotch pancakes. So American Pancakes are UK Pancakes. 🙊

Hearing this makes me very glad my children are older and left school.

All those have to dress as a dinosaur/favourite author/bring in empty coffee tins/chorizo/ make a hat that looks like a pineapple ( all those actual things- and you only find the squished piece of paper in the schoolbag the night before)
Not to mention the cash cow stuff- parents always being asked for money.
I am even now breathing a sigh of relief.

Snap!

a nice Scotch pancake, with butter and jam.

like a crumpet, but thicker.

Surely most people will be sending in a packet procured from the most convenient supermarket rather than making them anyway.

Send in some kimchi pancakes and really throw a spanner in the works. 🤣

donate a pack from Waitrose.
take them out of the pack & no one will know.
Far less detectable than shop-bought cakes

Wilfully misunderstand and bring in 400 pancakes.

If this is for a pancake-tossing competition, they will obvs need to be the floppy big ones, and it wont matter that they are cold and disgusting.

If they are for eating then id go with the nice fluffy amercian ones!

But i feel if the school is asking for pancake contributions it will be for the former....

Random parents making pancakes! Sounds like a food safety nightmare!

I can't fathom bringing in pancakes. I'm a big fan of most food tasting just as good cold as leftovers as it does fresh but pancakes? No way. They are for eating seconds after they come out of the pan. Very weird.

The assumption that women will be the ones making the pancakes is perpetuating the gender norms that exist. Changing attitudes starts with changed language.

In the homes of my family, parents of both genders are responsible for “domestic duties” - and actually, for most of our lives together, I’ve been the primary earner and my (male) partner has been the “primary parent” - and at my daughters school I’d say around 30% of those at pick up and drop off are actually men (presumably dads?) so I do think attitudes ARE changing.

So while statistically it may be more likely that it is mothers doing this task, it’s also not correct to say “do women not have enough to do” because this is perpetuating the myth that it’s automatically a woman’s job.

We need to stop letting men be helpless.

It freaks me out when I order pancakes and get crepes.

I wonder what English people call Scottish pancakes if they call our crepes pancakes?

Someone settle this for me please.

I'd check with the school first... are they for eating or for tossing (most likely at our school as they have races on the field)... would not be making any effort on ones for tossing, just basic big flat pancakes...

Has your school never had a bake sale?

Not for pancakes that should be served hot and fresh... not 2 days old (who has time on a school day!?)

They’d be better off tossing felt pancakes. Reusable and sturdier. But still floppy.

@WineDup you are aware single mothers exist? Not all households have two parents?

Or are we still social pariahs?

As do single fathers? Not sure how that helps prove any point tbh. My point is that gender should be irrelevant when it comes to making pancakes.

Yep I have just reread and thought 'oops'.

user yes they had loads of bake sales. DS never ate anything from them.