And even this year we survived Shrove Tuesday.Well, to be more precise the kitchen survived Shrove Tuesday.
When I moved to Ireland I knew I had to give up the suggestive Venetian carnival with its colorful masks and pompous costumes.No more fancy party in those elegant palace where the music and the dancing and the laughing go on all night, filling for once a year all the rooms.
What I did not know, it was that Fat Tuesday in Ireland is pancake day.That,didn’t really mean much to me until the girls came along and wanted to celebrate the Irish way,like all their friends.
Unfortunately it turned out that I am not genetically equipped to make pancakes.Even the ready mix it does not do what it says on the tin,when it is me handle it.No matter the recipe and no matter the effort, my pancakes have usually an ugly asymmetrical shape and an absurd size.To be honest,even the taste is not the best.There is always an inexplicable smoky aftertaste that,with some luck and an heavy stuffing, can be somehow disguised.
Once the odd pancakes are eventually piling up and waiting to be filled ,it is time to clean the kitchen.Scrub off the oil that splattered everywhere and open all the windows in the hope that the smell of fry will go away before next pancake day. The reward for all this trouble, is the happy smile on the kids face and their genuine belief that their mother’s pancakes are the best.Belief probably based on the fact that they never tasted any other type of pancakes and think that this is exactly what all pancakes taste.Then,as more the kids grow and as more their taste buds become sensitive.They try other people’s pancakes and suddenly they cannot be fooled anymore.On the contrary of how it might look,this is not all bad.If they are old enough to have developed decent taste buds,they are old enough to understand that their mother is human and can fail.They are old enough to face reality:I am a woman who better buy ready made pancakes.That,I suppose,it also comes as a relief to the whole family:Eventually even in our house there are tasty and perfectly roundly pancakes to be enjoyed in a non smelly and warm kitchen.
I’m right there with you in that I cannot make attractive pancakes, despite my best trying. They always turn out offensively ugly, and that’s if I can manage to keep them in one piece. Perhaps I’m missing a critical piece of DNA?
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I’m sure we have billions of other and more useful skills then making perfect pancakes……I am not even that mad about them😜
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You are Italian. You can do anything you put your mind to!
I stick with a great formula.
1 egg
1 cup of self raising
1 cup of milk
1 pinch of salt
Cook with butter
Medium to low heat.
Only flip once there are bubbles
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I stop you at the flip………..will I cover my ceiling or not?😂you said I’m Italian I make tiramisu and lasagne no flipping pancakes😂😂😂😂😂😂😎
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But we can make anything amazing… I believe in you… lol I haven’t had good tiramisu in years… my nonna used to use savoiardi instead of sponge… it was so yum…
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Your nonna was right….you only use savoiardi.if u use sponge ur tiramisu will be like my pancakes😉
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Lmfao
Yep… she would always slip me a couple of the savoiardi… probably not good for a young person… pretty sure she put a bit of alcohol in hers too… lol yum… now I want yummy stuff…
Ravioli is the best I can do tonight… lol
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Oh my you have very refined taste buds indeed❤️
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Lol
I was very young… she also used to slip me a tiny glass of red wine on special occasions. She was kick arse. Lol
🖤🖤🖤
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She was a great woman by the sound .I love her and look at how classy you turned out on your taste 😉
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Bahahahahahaha classy is not a word I think I have EVER been called… you are super sweet…
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My previous Italian neighbor referred to Tiramisu as “sweet lasagna”.
He also taught me how to make it.
It’s simple because it can’t get burned or overcooked. Yet, extremely delicious 😀
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That’s right you must only remember to whisk the yolk and the egg white separately and that’s the secret😉
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Ah, but the memory those pancakes fill young minds with are eternal. Good job.
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That is very poetic image of my pancakes and my kids too…..far too poetic😜thank you George
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It’s what’s inside that counts. Like… Pancakes inside my belly…
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You are so CLEVER 😎
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Lol 😊😎
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😂😂 what about the taste ?
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Smoky😂😂😂😂🙄but with a decent dose of Nutella they are eatable 😜
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😄😄 👌
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Mmmm 😉
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Does that mean you don’t care about the taste ?
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I care about the taste, too.
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Ohh! Ok so good tasteful pancakes in the belly
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Mmmm with syrup
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Haha! Thank goodness for Eggos 😊
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You still do it which shows how much you love them. 😀
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Yesssss pancake mother of the year!!!!!😂😂😂
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Yes, I remember eating loads of pancakes 🥞 with my dad every year on Shrove Tuesday covered in maple syrup and blueberry syrup.
Delicious 😋.
I wouldn’t mind spending the day before Ash Wednesday in a Venetian palace at an elegantly dressed costume ball however- maybe make out with an elegantly dressed beautiful vampiress or two. 😉
And have lots to confess to the priest on the morning of Ash Wednesday.
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I’m sure there is little Venetian priests have not heard after shrove Tuesday night yet😉🧛♂️🧛♀️
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They are old enough to face reality: I am a woman who better buy ready made pancakes.
I laugh, Ortensia, and I’m sure your pancakes are delicious. I like them too. I embrace you V.
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Welcome back dear.I missed you and no,in fairness my pancakes are not the best but I don’t give a sugar cube about it 😍
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so it must be… 😀 ❤
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Have almost to come over for Fat Tuesday and cook a pancakes from the scratch for u lol
But u r not alone I have to say, my aunt can’t make pancakes and she tried many times :))
And that’s ok. She’s great person without that skill 🙂
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Ha ha ha ,pew I’m not alone but hey,as I was saying before I do tiramisu and a great homemade mascarpone cream…..why bother with pancakes?!😉have a good day❤️
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Pancakes is everything lol 😂 u won’t do tiramisu every day 🙂 but pancakes u can: with eggs, with cottage cheese, with potatoes, with lots of yummy things inside & also roll them or make a pancake-cake haha
But I’d never say “no” to a tiramisu ☕️💓🍰
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Pancake is just once a year in our house.unless they come in a plastic wrapping😂
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hahaha…
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Love your new picture!
You need to practice more
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Thank you.i don’t know what happened but the picture disappear d and then couldn’t find the old one in my phone anymore.it was from few years back🤷🏻♀️
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Well… i like this one
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😊
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You might falter at pancakes but i bet you make an awesome pizza! you haven’t failed you just admit to having human frailties!
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Yess and you know what….I’m fine with it…..pizza night is every week ,pancake day is once a year😂thank Heaven!
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you have pancakes, I have cookies! What is it, I wonder? Funny story. love Michele
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Cookies don’t work for me either🙄
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do not give up! A little girl at school, who is a great baker gave me so many pointers and they worked!!
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May be I have the wrong attitude 🙄
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It took a grandchild for me-and I have a long way to go yet! haha! love Michele
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Have you ever made Micky Mouse pancakes?–one large center for the face and two smaller connected circles for the ears. Those huge pancakes are one of the reasons I prefer waffles. Fun post.
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🤔mmm that it is an idea…..I’ll pin it on the calendar for next year as I don’t want to spoil my family with more pancakes this year…..😉
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Are you? 😜
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My mom makes amazing pancakes – I always tell her that!
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You are a lucky daughter😉😀
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