Shrove Tuesday/Pancake Day

Shrove Tuesday/Pancake Day

This year we remembered Pancake Day.

Sometimes we remember a couple of days after the date and this year with all the other things going on and the crappy weather so unlike our normal Spring weather ,we might have forgotten but we didn't.

Mike prepared with the eggs, milk, lemon , butter and maple syrup. He found the old falling-apart British cook book and he was ready to go.

We rarely eat pancakes at any other time of the year and hardly ever the type found at fast food restaurants – those pile high rounds of thick spongy almost cake- like pancakes covered in jam and ice cream.

But our pancakes are truly special. Mike has finally figured out how to make enough at one time and can keep them hot so we can actually sit down together and eat the feast and enjoy good Mardi Gras conversation.

The pancakes were really good . Hot and swimming in the real maple syrup we had brought back from Canada , they were a delightful way to celebrate the day.

I did my bit. I found my old shiny beads to decorate the table.

Who knows maybe next year we'll find some masks as well.

If we remember....