Pancake Day aka Shrove Tuesday aka Mardi Gras Shrove Tuesday is once again upon us and everyone will be stocking up on flour, eggs, milk to make their runny batter and have a gluttonous sugary feast before being shriven of these excesses in diet as well as in life. As a child, I was brought…
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Shrove Tuesday
Considering the amount of people that had pre-made pancake mix or pancake making ingredients in their shopping trolleys and have been asking questions about ‘the best pancake pan’ on social media, I know that everyone is going to be piling them high on Shrove Tuesday. So when it comes to pancakes what is your favourite…
Shrove Tuesday
The pagans knew how to party! They marked every festival with mirth and merriment but above all food. Food playing a central part to their festivities. So it isn’t really surprising that the Christians adopted this ethos before embarking upon a period of abstinence and denial. Throughout the 40 days of Lent, people are called…
Americana
Of all the places I have travelled to, New York aka New Yoik, is still one of my favourite destinations. Having been there on three seperate occasions with three different groups of people, I can encouragingly recommend this place to everyone. Other than the typical tourist attractions statue of liberty, times square, central park, etc which I will…
Weekend – Sunday
Pancakes…mmmmm! Which type should I make? American style, french crêpe, ricotta hotcakes, galette, gridle cake, pfannkuchen, pannenkoeken, poffertjes, palacinky, palacsinta, blini, drop scones, pikelets, crumpets, waffles the list goes on. Or so the internet tells me! “Ultimately, all of the above are a variation on a theme.” They all have flour, milk and eggs. Some…
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