Dizzy Dee

[January 30th to February 5th - 2008]

For the pancake lovers among us, this is probably great news!!

There are some lovely pancake recipes on All Recipes.com which you can use to vary your pancakes from the normal cinnamon sugar filling.
Personally I’m not keen on all the sweet fillings, so I’ll be reading up on the savoury fillings

Still, I don’t know if I’ll be able to eat pancakes every day for a week…

I also read up on the history of pancakes, and found it rather interesting. Pancake Week is grounded in ancient tradition. During the Middle Ages, it was common practice to prepare for the austerity of Lent by purging the pantry of luxurious foods such as eggs, butter and milk. These ingredients often became big batches of pancakes. To this day, many communities around the world feast on pancakes all the way through Shrove Tuesday–also known as Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras–before the season of moderation begins on Ash Wednesday. In fact, another name for Fat Tuesday is Pancake Day.