do you have pancake day in the usa?
 

just wondered if you have the day.

http://www.lasr.net/travel/city.php?...S10 19015a009

International Pancake Race

A tradition since 1950, the International running of the Pancake Race has become a symbolic event of peace and unity between the Untied States and England.

Pancake Day is always on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent. Some people refer to it as "Fat Tuesday." It is a centuries-old traditional holiday.

In Old England it was customary for the housewives to drop whatever they were doing and hurry to the church at the tolling of the bell to be "Shriven" for their sins.

In 1445, a housewife in Olney, England started baking her pancakes rather late. They were not quite finished when the church bell rang.

Not wishing to leave her pancakes to burn, she hurried to the "shriving" carrying her griddle and the pancakes with her. This led to the annual sporting event in England.

In Liberal, Kansas, USA, we heard of this 500 year event of pancake racing over a 415 yard course from the "town pump" to the church when a World War II American soldier from Liberal met a soldier from Olney.

The event was brought to Liberal, and in 1950 the international challenge was accepted by Reverend Ronald Collins, Vicar of Olney.

In the running of the International Pancake Day Race, times of the winners in both Olney and Liberal are compared by Trans-Atlantic telephone and an international winner is declared.

Over the years a three-day celebration has grown up around the event in Liberal. A concert, amateur talent show, pancake eating contest, parade, community pancake breakfast, Kids races, Men's Pacer race, International Pancake Race, receptions and other special events provide for a full schedule during the celebration. It has been suggested that perhaps the Pancake Race with women of Olney has established a grassroots international understanding between people of the two countries. This might never have been possible to accomplish over the conference table at top-level diplomatic sessions...

As someone in England said, "Long may the race flourish as a relic of simple enjoyment from our colorful and robust past in this sophisticated and somewhat grim atomic age."

It is customary for Liberal and Olney to send dignitaries to each country, so that an official representative is present at the race. At the end of the race, the dignitary congratulates the race winner with the Kiss of Peace.

The Pancake Race begins at the intersection of Sixth street and Kansas Avenue and finishes at the intersection of Third Street and Lincoln Avenue.

hell yeah, and I <3 pancakes :)

i thought it may be just a uk thing.

Cheating bastards, they arn't tossing pancakes, they are just running with a pan in their hands. no wonder the time is done by phone!

Bloody Brits!

Cheatin' Limeys, anyway!

No but you have my vote!

Actually I like crepes better

to be honest i do not think you make real pancakes in the usa.

your suposed to put lemon and sugar on them, not mapel syrup.

Ingredients
For the pancake mixture
110g/4oz plain flour, sifted

pinch of salt

2 eggs

200ml/7fl oz milk mixed with 75ml/3fl oz water

50g/2oz butter

To serve
caster sugar

lemon juice

lemon wedges

Preparation method
Sift the flour and salt into a large mixing bowl with a sieve held high above the bowl so the flour gets an airing. Now make a well in the centre of the flour and break the eggs into it. Then begin whisking the eggs - any sort of whisk or even a fork will do - incorporating any bits of flour from around the edge of the bowl as you do so.

Next gradually add small quantities of the milk and water mixture, still whisking (don't worry about any lumps as they will eventually disappear as you whisk). When all the liquid has been added, use a rubber spatula to scrape any elusive bits of flour from around the edge into the centre, then whisk once more until the batter is smooth, with the consistency of thin cream. Now melt the 50g/2oz of butter in a pan. Spoon 2 tbsp of it into the batter and whisk it in, then pour the rest into a bowl and use it to lubricate the pan, using a wodge of kitchen paper to smear it round before you make each pancake.

Now get the pan really hot, then turn the heat down to medium and, to start with, do a test pancake to see if you're using the correct amount of batter. I find 2 tbsp is about right for an 18cm/7in pan. It's also helpful if you spoon the batter into a ladle so it can be poured into the hot pan in one go. As soon as the batter hits the hot pan, tip it around from side to side to get the base evenly coated with batter. It should take only half a minute or so to cook; you can lift the edge with a palette knife to see if it's tinged gold as it should be. Flip the pancake over with a pan slice or palette knife - the other side will need a few seconds only - then simply slide it out of the pan onto a plate.

Stack the pancakes as you make them between sheets of greaseproof paper on a plate fitted over simmering water, to keep them warm while you make the rest.

To serve, sprinkle each pancake with freshly squeezed lemon juice and caster sugar, fold in half, then in half again to form triangles, or else simply roll them up. Serve sprinkled with a little more sugar and lemon juice and extra sections of lemon.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/ba...withsuga_66226

of dear.

yes your suposed to fling them in the air,

they should be arrested for doing it wrong.

i somtimes think i should go to the usa to teach them how to do things correctly.

No, because that's fucking weird

fuck no. do you spread spotted dick on it??

In Redding California, they have rodeo week, they have a big pancake breakfast where they pour so many pancakes, they use a cement mixer for mixing the batter

My high school and many other ones had pancake breakfast usually once a week to raise money for the sports teams etc.

eh?

http://www.goatinn.co.uk/Images/Spotted-Dick.jpg

that's a joke right? that cement would fuck your ass up. :helpme

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

As for the topic of the thread, I thought every day was pancake day in the US, courtesy of:

I've no idea...

i don't fuck with too much fast food. over 80% of it has been tampered with. last thing i want to be eating is some mother fuckers food that didn't get laid last nite and he's short on rent= pissed and adding crazy things in my food. :1orglaugh i watched i think it was 20/20 a while back. this guy was putting his weiner in peoples drinks :helpme

I don't think they have pancakes in the States to begin with, they serve these small thick crapcakes and call them pancakes; just like their football - these guys can't seem to get it right

at least we have a stove to cook them :winkwink:

Nutella.

Maple syrup or bust!

jesus christ i know it's popular to bash america, but over pancakes? rly says more about you than america.

i do not think he is having a go.

i think usa pancakes are different to uk ones (though i could be wrong).

its called sunday

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancake#United_Kingdom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancake#North_America

so, yeah.

read it again
crapcakes.....comparing it to our version of football.

srsly. retarded.

like our football, our fucking pancakes aren't right or wrong. and it's not a matter of getting it right or wrong. they are just fucking pancakes.

and for the record, i make homemade pancakes 3x a week


my recipe, frommemory

1 cup buttermilk
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 egg
1 tbsp oil

real butter
real maple syrup

I've never heard of it called pancake day, and "fat tuesday" I've only ever heard in terms of Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

I like pancakes once in a while. I make them with Bisquick. 1 cup bisquick, 1 egg, 1/2 cup milk. Nostick pan on medium with no oil or sprays or butter. Just heat the pan, do a small test cake to make sure it's hot, and away you go. Makes 4 nice sized pancakes.

i had chicken and waffles this morning :)

pancakes in England are thin (kinda like crepes).. and usually you put Jif lemon on them, but seriously that stuff is gross...

pancakes in Canada (never had them in the USA) are thick and fluffy and usually come smothered in butter with a selection of syrups to pour on them. My father in law usually puts sausages and bacon in between the layers for added goodness and then smothers everything with thick maple syrup!

Personally I can't stand either kind of pancakes :1orglaugh

what day is that happening next? i'm coming over, yum!

Shrove Tuesday (also known as Pancake Day, Pancake Tuesday, Fat Tuesday, and Mardi Gras) is a term used in English-speaking countries, especially the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia,[1] New Zealand, Philippines, and parts of the United States[2] for the day preceding Ash Wednesday, the first day of the season of fasting and prayer called Lent.

So its more of a religious holiday than anything.. but any excuse to have pancakes is fine by me. I do blueberry pancakes every Sunday morning, but every once in a while.. they are good for Dinner as well

Lyle's Golden Syrup here. Zapped in the microwave to get it nice and warm and runny.

DVTimes, you made me hungry for pancakes now. :)

I didn't even know it was Pancake day untill it was too late. No pancakes for me... :(

We had Pancakes on Pancake day, but we had no idea it was Pancake day until the next day.

we used to have Pancake day on Sundays but have not done that in some time..

But I think I know whats for dinner.

scottish pancakes are made exactly the same as flapjacks.. minus the maple syrup, poor bastards

But flapjacks in the UK are nothing like scottish pancakes :) All these cultural differences are confusing.

i'm surprised the british don't make theirs into a pancake pie or pancake pudding.

We oddly recognized National Pancake Day last week when we had breakfast for dinner, pure coincidence.

The cement mixer has never been used for cement, just pancakes, it's a small one you would tow behind a pickup

Actually it's Nutella then roll it up and put sugar and lemon juice on the top. Now wondering if I can fit in Golden Syrup too somehow :upsidedow

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