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Pancake Day today. Spent forty-odd minutes cooking for my wife and daughter and, surprise, surprise, there was actually enough left over this time for li'le ole me! It rubbish what it says on the packet - enough for eight pancakes. If you're lucky, you'll get three! They like their pancakes thick, but to me, there's only one way to have them - paper thin with sugar an lemon, and then rolled up like a cheroot and held in your fingers for everything to run all over your hands and face! 
Diabetic or not, I couldn't give a damn. When I go, I want to skid in sideways, brandy in one hand, bacon sandwich in the other. Like Sammy Davis Juniour, I wanna go out with a bang! Lol!
NOW CLEAN YOUR TEETH!
@5129frederick wrote:Pancake Day today. Spent forty-odd minutes cooking for my wife and daughter and, surprise, surprise, there was actually enough left over this time for li'le ole me! It rubbish what it says on the packet - enough for eight pancakes. If you're lucky, you'll get three! They like their pancakes thick, but to me, there's only one way to have them - paper thin with sugar an lemon, and then rolled up like a cheroot and held in your fingers for everything to run all over your hands and face!
NOW CLEAN YOUR TEETH!
I like them the same way as yourself Frederick. Too full to have them tonight though but perhaps tomorrow. Don't buy a packet. just use flour, eggs & milk. You can make a big jugfull & just keep on pouring! So easy.
In France they have similar, except they sprinkle brandy on them instead of lemon, and fold them up as opposed to rolling them. They call them un crepe but the pronouneation is something TOTALLY different! ROTF!
I've got lemon curd, I could spread some of that on I suppose....
I never got around to it last night, too much on in the day. I did pick up a packet of pancakes in the store, but there's only two of us and there were 10 in the packet!!!!
ohhh French crepes are sooo Delicious also the savoury ones called Galette's made from buckwheat flour 
I'm with you there Sam...nothing wrong with a little treat every now and again!
Aaahh, Ed - I used to be exactly the same with batter. Absolutely could never get it right, couldn't do pancakes, yorkies, anything battery, they always turned out absolutely disgusting; but one day it just sort of clicked and now I can do it!!
Failsafe batter for pancakes:
4oz plain flour
quarter pint milk and quarter pint water (some recipes call for half pint of milk, but milk and water mixture makes a lighter batter)
1 egg
1 tablespoon veg oil
pinch of salt
Whizz them all up together with a hand mixer, heat pan to a medium heat, add a ladleful of batter and swirl, then flip accordingly.
I've never had to throw away the first one (which many people say you have to do).
I did them yesterday - young'uns in the house had theirs with Nutella and cream (yeuch!), Mr Pix had traditional lemon and sugar.
I didn't have any, as I don't eat sweet things. They appeared to be very well received (lots of oooh, yum yum) 
