WHAT ABOUT WINES AND BEERS?

[BigBecka]

What does it mean pancake day? Are making a lot of pancakes?

Yes! Lots of Pancakes! I should have called it Shrove Tuesday (I think Catholic/Protestant religious holidays are at different times to the Orthodox ones?); it is the day before Lent, so historically people would use up all their food making pancakes before fasting for Lent. Very few people fast nowadays, but pancake day has remained
it has become more of a national celebration, rather than a religious one

British pancakes are traditionally thin, like French crepes (but not that thin), and are served with white sugar and lemon juice sprinkled on top, then rolled up. I find it difficult to make thin pancakes without egg, so mine are a bit thicker

[Sergio]

What does it mean pancake day? Are making a lot of pancakes?

Yes! Lots of Pancakes! I should have called it Shrove Tuesday (I think Catholic/Protestant religious holidays are at different times to the Orthodox ones?); it is the day before Lent, so historically people would use up all their food making pancakes before fasting for Lent. Very few people fast nowadays, but pancake day has remained
it has become more of a national celebration, rather than a religious one

It’s strange how much this holiday is similar to Russian “Maslenita”, it’s a holiday which name have as root “butter” in Russian so I suppose in Russia they used all preserves of butter to make pancakes before Lent.

British pancakes are traditionally thin, like French crepes (but not that thin), and are served with white sugar and lemon juice sprinkled on top, then rolled up. I find it difficult to make thin pancakes without egg, so mine are a bit thicker

When I’ve showed pancakes I’m making to a guy from US, he said that these pancakes are more similar to French thing, or may be in US they make pancakes thicker?
By the way, I usually can make thin enough pancakes with these ingredients:
flour
water
salt
sugar
you can add vegetable oil, but it’s not necessary.

[lunarflowermaiden]

You know, I haven’t had pancakes in a long time. I am craving them now. I think that I shall whip myself up some tomorrow morning .

[BigBecka]

When I went to the US last year the hotel provided some really sweet breakfasts, including stacks of small, thick pancakes covered in cherries and maple syrup Hey, Lunarflowermaiden, any recipes?

[lunarflowermaiden]

You went to the U.S. ?! I wish that you could visit here again so that we could meet. You seem like an awesome person! Anyway, I was going to ask you or anyone else here the same question. I haven’t had pancakes since long before I became a vegan and still ate eggs, and all of the recipes I can find here are ones that include eggs. So, I was wondering if you knew of any good recipes that exclude the eggs?

[BigBecka]

You went to the U.S. ?! I wish that you could visit here again

Aw, thanks So do I! By sheer luck I managed to get on a work trip over there, to have a meeting with another company - the guy who should have gone had let his passport expire We visited Boston, which is a gorgeous city (and surrounding area) if you haven’t been.

A few of my school-friends have ended up living abroad, and I really want to take a year off work soon and go travelling and see everyone - I really regret not taking a gap year before or after university to do some travelling! Now I just need to be good and save up some money…

My pancakes are pretty much as per Sergio’s recipe, though I did experiment with using an egg replacer powder that’s made of potatoe starch (semi-worked!) How do you make the cherry syup stuff - is it just boiled cherries/berries? Maybe I’ll do some “research” in the morning

[AndyBa]

How cool it would be to have a meeting so that we could show each other how we cook different dishes

[meign]

Does this mean that wines are not vegan?