Are we (UK and Ireland) the only people who celebrate Pancake Day?
Happy pancake day,and happy cooking. English Pancakes Ingredients For the pancake mixture: 110g/4oz plain flour, sifted pinch of salt 2 eggs 200ml/7fl oz milk mixed with 75ml/3fl oz water 50g/2oz butter To serve: caster sugar lemon juice lemon wedges Cooking Instructions: Sift the flour and salt into a mixing bowl with a sieve held high above the bowl. Now make a hole in the centre of the flour and break the eggs into it. Then begin whisking the eggs – any sort of whisk or even a fork will do. Next gradually add small quantities of the milk and water mixture, still whisking (don’t worry about any lumps as they will eventually disappear as you whisk). When all the liquid has been added, use a spatula to scrape any elusive bits of flour from around the edge into the centre, then whisk once more until the batter is smooth. Now melt the of butter in a pan. Spoon 2 tbsp of it into the batter and whisk it in, then pour the rest into a bowl, using a wodge of kitchen paper to smear it round be
