Visiting England

[Saorsa]

The new neighbors came to check us out,



They didn't seem impressed

[James G]

Hi Brian, looks like you are on the top of the Chilterns there. I'm always taken by the way the 'neighbours' manage their lawn!

[Saorsa]

Hi Brian, looks like you are on the top of the Chilterns there. I'm always taken by the way the 'neighbours' manage their lawn!

We are just outside Olney at present. I'm looking forward to pancakes but am told they are out of season.

[CP140]

You'll have to go down to Bletchley Park. It was quite fascinating to visit a few years ago and I understand the exhibits have improved since then....

[IzzieK]

They might not be if you showed yourself naekid to them... You could have at least covered your face...

The new neighbors came to check us out,



They didn't seem impressed

[dan marchant]

We are just outside Olney at present. I'm looking forward to pancakes but am told they are out of season.

Unfortunately proper English pancakes are only available for a short period around Shrove Tuesday (Feb/March). They don't grow for the rest of the year as it isn't cold enough. The thicker Scotch Pancakes (also known as drop scones) are available for a longer period as the weather is colder up there for more of the year. Unfortunately, despite this fact, Scotch Pancakes are actually less common these days. This is as a direct result of the resurgence of Scottish nationalism as a result of the recent independence referendum. The Scots have rediscovered their national foods and culture, including the Haggis. This had led to an increase in the farming of Haggis, which of course feed on Scotch Pancakes and other wild fungi.

[pnodrog]

Unfortunately proper English pancakes are only available for a short period around Shrove Tuesday (Feb/March). They don't grow for the rest of the year as it isn't cold enough. The thicker Scotch Pancakes (also known as drop scones) are available for a longer period as the weather is colder up there for more of the year. Unfortunately, despite this fact, Scotch Pancakes are actually less common these days. This is as a direct result of the resurgence of Scottish nationalism as a result of the recent independence referendum. The Scots have rediscovered their national foods and culture, including the Haggis. This had led to an increase in the farming of Haggis, which of course feed on Scotch Pancakes and other wild fungi.

They say you learn something new every day... I was going to go to bed but first I better forget this and visit another web site to find something else to learn....

[tao2]

Unfortunately farmed haggis - like its DNA-related cousin - farmed salmon, pales, compared to its wild siblings.

[george013]

What is that pancake? The one I know don't grow somewhere but are made in the kitchen, all year.

George

[IzzieK]

So why does it have a cut off date? I googled Scottish Pancake and it turned out that those ones are thicker than the normal pancakes many produces in our kitchens here...I just want to know the difference and how special it is. I ended up cooking my normal Betty Crocker's Heart Smart pancakes with strawberries for breakfast...I think I better stay away from this post...

[ST1]

So why does it have a cut off date? I googled Scottish Pancake and it turned out that those ones are thicker than the normal pancakes many produces in our kitchens here...I just want to know the difference and how special it is. I ended up cooking my normal Betty Crocker's Heart Smart pancakes with strawberries for breakfast...I think I better stay away from this post...

Me thinks the cut off date was a wind up Izzie
.
The Pancakes traditionally eaten on Shrove Tuesday are thin (think Crepe).
The trick is to be able to flip (in the air and out of the pan) the thin pancake over to cook/ colour the top side which if the flip is successful becomes the bottom IYSWIM.
A filling (Maple Syrup in USA maybe ?) of choice is then spread on the plated top side. The pancake is then rolled on itself and eaten warn.
Let me know if you want the recipe to grow some of your own

[Saorsa]

So why does it have a cut off date? I googled Scottish Pancake and it turned out that those ones are thicker than the normal pancakes many produces in our kitchens here...I just want to know the difference and how special it is. I ended up cooking my normal Betty Crocker's Heart Smart pancakes with strawberries for breakfast...I think I better stay away from this post...

Olney is not is Scotland, it is in Buckinghamshire near the Bedforshire border.

If you want to learn a bit more google 'Olney Pancake Race'. It's been around a lot longer than the internet.



It's a bit of a fashion event as well. Proper racers must wear an apron and headscarf.

[Simon Garrett]

Unfortunately farmed haggis - like its DNA-related cousin - farmed salmon, pales, compared to its wild siblings.

I was told that Scots make haggis from those parts of a sheep that all other nations throw away.

[xpatUSA]

The Pancakes traditionally eaten on Shrove Tuesday are thin (think Crepe).

A filling of choice is then spread on the plated top side. The pancake is then rolled on itself and eaten warn.

In our family (Lewisham, London) it was a good sprinkling of sugar drizzled with lemon juice. Memories . . .

[IzzieK]

Oh! you're talking about the race...I thought it was about the pancake! This race looks fun....here in Missouri we have the waiters' or chef race in the city annually and I haven't been to it ... yet. By the time I got to know about it, it was already in the papers or the news.

Olney is not is Scotland, it is in Buckinghamshire near the Bedforshire border.

If you want to learn a bit more google 'Olney Pancake Race'. It's been around a lot longer than the internet.



It's a bit of a fashion event as well. Proper racers must wear an apron and headscarf.

[Max von MeiselMaus]

My old employer, Rehab, hosts a Parliamentary pancake race every year where MPs don chef's hats and run through Parliament Square with a saucepan full of pancake. It's a national obsession. http://www.timeout.com/london/things...pancake-race-1