A PSA and a poll about pancakes (46/365)

[white_hart]

For those who are utterly adrift in time and didn't happen to glance at their calendar just now while desperately seeking inspiration for a post, tomorrow is Shrove Tuesday, aka Pancake Day for those of us in the UK (and anyone else who fancies pancakes).

Possibly I should have saved the poll for tomorrow, but I might be too busy eating pancakes then. Also, I want to steal your pancake ideas.

Poll #25296 Pancakes!

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 41

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What kind of pancakes do you have on Pancake Day?

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Thin crèpe-style pancakes
23 (59.0%)

Fluffy American-style pancakes
6 (15.4%)

I don't celebrate Pancake Day
4 (10.3%)

SEWIWEIC
6 (15.4%)

Sweet pancakes or savoury?

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Sweet
22 (56.4%)

Savoury
1 (2.6%)

Both!
16 (41.0%)

Do you give things up for Lent?

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Yes, and I celebrate Pancake Day
4 (10.5%)

Yes, but I don't celebrate Pancake Day
1 (2.6%)

No, but I do celebrate Pancake Day
27 (71.1%)

No, and I don't celebrate Pancake Day
6 (15.8%)

Feel free to tell me about your favourite way to eat pancakes in the comments.

Comments

[perennialanna]

I only sort of like pancakes, and I pretty much never have the energy to cook them in the evening of Shrove Tuesday when it falls in term time. I am quite relieved that Tuesday is now not one of my days with children.

Lent means no alcohol, though I drink so little that I tend to think that doesn't count. It also comes with a Lent Book - often a poetry anthology. This year's is prominently subtitled Lent Book 2020, which says a lot about the last year. I managed all of one chapter then. I am also attempting to get myself into the habit of getting washed and brushed and into pyjamas before going downstairs after putting the children to bed, so that if I must wake crumpled up on the sofa in the small hours I only have to fall into a bed I am already ready for. I never mean to fall asleep on the sofa, but it happens at least twice a week.

[el_staplador]

I have Forty Days With The Messiah (will have to get a dispensation for the Hallelujah Chorus, I suppose) which I've had for years and not got round to.