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

[tree_and_leaf]

I'm giving up meat and alcohol (the meat is a bit of a struggle, tbh).

[mrs_redboots]

You always do give up meat, I've noticed - do you allow yourselves fish, or are you strictly vegetarian? I would, but as it simply wouldn't be any kind of hardship, I don't bother! Although we do tend to eat vegan on Ash Wednesday (main meal, anyway) and on Good Friday unless we are already staying with my mother. Oh, and P.S. lots of veggie and vegan ideas on my recipe blog if you're devoid of ideas - you never know, it might spark something!

[tree_and_leaf]

Yes, we allow fish, but try to keep it to no more than twice a week. (We've abandoned giving up meat twice in recent years - once when Lawyer broke his arm badly, and last year when we got Covid mid-way through.* In fact, thinking about it, Lent seems not to be a good time of year for us!)

Thanks for the recipe ideas!

*Mind you, as we were relying on other people to shop for us, AND there were also still weird shortages at that point, we ate quite a weird assortment of stuff. Not that we could taste it, anyway....

[mrs_redboots]

I wouldn't have minded not being able to taste anything - my sense of taste went totally weird and cheese tasted metallic, it was revolting. And coffee tasted of fish! It did recover, but for awhile all I could tolerate was those very bland pre-cooked chicken slices!

We are omnivorous, but it seems that most of the recipes I play with are either vegetarian or vegan. Not quite all....