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Pancake day

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Viperama · 18/01/2023 00:38

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???

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Viperama · 18/01/2023 12:28

Chuckling away here at some of your very fun responses, (and ignoring those that have gone off topic).

Yes it would be hilarious to misunderstand and bring in 400 pancakes haha!

School is an RC one, and event is to raise money for charity. Shrove Tuesday is right after half term, so for those of us away this will be a challenge.

Where I grew up we didn’t really celebrate it as pancake day (never heard it called that until I moved here), more Mardi Gras, though I’m grew up more north, so we focused on approaching Lent and what we would abstain from.

I’ve put myself forward, clarified I’ll be making American vegan / allergen friendly versions and they've come back to say they’re not sure and think they might need to be crepe style. I’ll make my version anyway. I don’t think crepe style can be make without eggs, surely a key element to get them that thin and bind together. Allergen Vegan kids should be able to participate as well. We habitually avoid bake sales at school to avoid DC disappointment.

Enjoy your pancakes / crepes/ scotch pancakes / drop scones everyone 😎

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littlelid · 18/01/2023 12:38

So now they are being fussy about their pancakes.

Is it for a pancake race coz that's extremely wasteful

maddiemookins16mum · 18/01/2023 12:52

Yours will be the most popular by far.

pelargoniums · 18/01/2023 13:36

Viperama · 18/01/2023 12:11

No I don’t rest the batter. I use a proper cast iron pan topping up with more olive oil every two rounds. And I quickly pop our fave blueberry topping straight onto batter as soon as it first goes down. Then flipping over it cooks nicely and goes all squishy inside. I make a big batch and eat fresh with maple syrup and freeze any left overs immediately for easy breakfasts mid week. Just defrost in fridge the night before and pop in oven to warm.

Thank you, I’ll take 400 please.

Puffinshop · 18/01/2023 14:26

BarbaraofSeville · 18/01/2023 07:53

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.

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No, we don't. We don't have any pancake day Sad

Iceland has cream bun day on the Monday instead. Shrove Tuesday is salted lamb and split pea soup, which is quite nice but doesn't beat pancakes.

OP, American pancakes are fine and they keep a lot better too! Fresh I would definitely prefer the crepe style but if somebody else made me pancakes I'd have to be pretty rude to complain they were the 'wrong' sort.

HikingforScenery · 19/01/2023 00:05

littlelid · 18/01/2023 07:20

Yeah I wouldn't want to eat that either

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I’ve never bought anything that’s been brought in for school sales either but my point was it’s very common.

I’ve eaten homemade Parkin at the church fair and ladies craft night bring and share though, although I know them well enough tbf

Toddlerteaplease · 19/01/2023 06:40

If they are being picky about what type of pancakes to bring. I'd tell them to sod off. Yours sound wonderful.

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