Pancake Day !!!!!

[minsue]

Creamed Corn
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
2 garlic cloves, sliced
6 sage leaves
4 ears corn, kernels removed
Salt and pepper
1/2 cup heavy cream
In a skillet over medium-high heat, lightly brown the butter. Add the garlic and cook until it is light brown. Add the sage and cook until aromatic. Add the corn kernels and cook for 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper. Pour in the cream and simmer until it is reduced by half, about 4 to 5 minutes. (can also be an appitizer on prosciutto on a grilled baggette)

Thanks, Peg. I have a couple of recipes bookmarked, but the odds of me every actually making it are long.

 

[Pegasus_Flying]

Thanks, Peg. I have a couple of recipes bookmarked, but the odds of me every actually making it are long.

lol....ok...yw and...I am Phil...*grins*

 

[minsue]

lol....ok...yw and...I am Phil...*grins*

I promise to try to remember that, as opposed to shortening your Lit name, but the odds of that are long, too. I learn eventually, though.

 

[Pegasus_Flying]

I promise to try to remember that, as opposed to shortening your Lit name, but the odds of that are long, too. I learn eventually, though.

My bad...I am new to this part if lit.com and now know I should use my name...hell, Pegasus_Flying confuses even me at times...laughing

 

[Liar]

Had me one of those today. It's traditional and stuff.

 

[Guest]

I miss cream style corn. *le sigh* Yet another food I took totally for granted and never even considered that I wouldn't find it here.

you do get it.

i dunno from where. but i'll find out for ya

 

[3113]

Had me one of those today. It's traditional and stuff.

Looks yummy! Is there a recipe?

 

[ABSTRUSE]

I have raspberry paczki now!!!!

 

[R. Richard]

Anyone can eat a pancake. But how many can race while flipping a pancake?

On Pancake Day, pancake races are held in villages and towns across the United Kingdom. In 1634 William Fennor wrote in his Palinodia:

"And tosse their Pancakes up for feare they burne."

But the tradition of pancake racing had started long before that. The most famous pancake race, at Olney in Buckinghamshire, has been held since 1445. The contestants, traditionally women, carry a frying pan (skillet) and race to the finishing line tossing the pancakes as they go. As the pancakes are thin, some skill is required to toss them successfully while running. The winner is the first to cross the line having tossed the pancake a certain number of times.

The tradition is said to have originated when a housewife from Olney was so busy making pancakes, that she forgot the time until she heard the church bells ringing for the service. She raced out of the house to church while still carrying her frying pan and pancake.

Since 1950 the people of Liberal, Kansas, USA and Olney have held the "International Pancake Day" race between the two towns. The two towns' competitors race along an agreed-upon course, and the times of all of the two towns' competitors are compared, to determine a winner. After the 2000 race, Liberal was leading with 26 wins to Olney's 24.

 

[minsue]

Had me one of those today. It's traditional and stuff.

*drools*

Wow, that looks yummy.

 

[Liar]

Looks yummy! Is there a recipe?

Here's one that seems fairly accurate. I have no idea why they call it "Easter Cake" though. Nobody in their right mind would eat it as late as easter.

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Swedish Easter Cake (Semla)

100 g butter
3 dl milk
1/2 tsp salt of hartshorn
50 g yeast
1 dl sugar
1 pinch salt
1 l flour
1 egg

1/2 dl ground almonds per bun
1/2 dl sugar per bun
some milk

whipped cream

Melt the butter and add the milk. Pour into a bowl. Add yeast and
mix. Add sugar and salt, and then the flour, a little at the time.
Let the dough rise for an hour (to double size).

Make the buns. Let them grow for half an hour on a buttered baking
tin. Paint with some egg. Bake in the oven at 250 C for 10 min.
Let the buns cool.

Liar note: Everything up to this point is pretty redundant. It's a plain, sweet bun.

Just before eating, cut off a small lid on top (triangular or
circular, depending on taste). Make the lid just big enough for
next step. Now take out the interior of the bun with a spoon.

Mix the ground almond with the dough you took out and with the
sugar. Add milk until it looks like some kind of porrige. Put this
back into the buns.

Whip the cream and put on top and replace lid.

Liar note: For style, sprinkle powdered sugar on top. For super style, make a cool motif.

You either enjoy this as a desert after, for instance, soup, or
with strong coffe at teatime. Some people enjoy eating it out of
a bowl with warm milk in it. This is called (hetvagg), and it's
nice - the semla gets a bit soggy this way.

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[Remec]

Here's one that seems fairly accurate. I have no idea why they call it "Easter Cake" though. Nobody in their right mind would eat it as late as easter.

Maybe it's made as a dessert to celebrate Easter? Since Lent ends with Easter, and so would the dietary restrictions.

 

[Vermilion]

I miss cream style corn. *le sigh* Yet another food I took totally for granted and never even considered that I wouldn't find it here.

Find some American servicemen stationed over here - they have massive depots full of US products available at US prices...
x
V

 

[TxRad]

Like the new bride asked, "Lent to whom and for how long?"

 

[Vermilion]

Like the new bride asked, "Lent to whom and for how long?"

Why a new bride?
x
V

 

[TxRad]

Why a new bride?
x
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Uh... It's part of an old joke....

Probably older than most members around here....

Sorry, just showing my age and...... Uh.... what were we talking about.....

 

[matriarch]

http://www.addis-welt.de/smilie/smilie/essen/007.gif

Made 5.............

http://www.addis-welt.de/smilie/smilie/essen/571.gif


..ate 3.....

Stuffed.

Result?...........one happy auntie.

http://www.addis-welt.de/smilie/smilie/essen/div220.gif

 

[Vermilion]

Uh... It's part of an old joke....

Probably older than most members around here....

Sorry, just showing my age and...... Uh.... what were we talking about.....

Well I wanna hear it now <folds arms and waits expectantly>
x
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[drksideofthemoon]

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In these countries, and amongst Anglicans in Canada, this day is also known as Pancake Day,

No reason in particular............just because its that day.

I grew up on the prairies in Canada and remember Pancake Tuesdays fondly...and trying to give up homework or turnips for Lent...

 

[scheherazade_79]

I thought it was tomorrow, and ended up having sticky toffee pudding instead

It was very nice, though

 

[matriarch]

I thought it was tomorrow, and ended up having sticky toffee pudding instead

It was very nice, though

Ermmmmmm............how can Shrove TUESDAY........be on a WEDNESDAY???



Sheesh.

 

[scheherazade_79]

Ermmmmmm............how can Shrove TUESDAY........be on a WEDNESDAY???



Sheesh.

I didn't think of it like that- in my mind it was just Pancake Day.

And besides, I rarely keep track of the days of the week. There are more interesting things to think of