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Spiffy
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The family that has been doing the Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper from time immemorial at my shack has requested and been kindly granted a reprieve. So now we're wondering if we should do something else-- something not-pancake-y.
Anyone seen/heard of non-Pancake Shrove Tuesday parties at churches? Do you have a brilliant idea I can steal, I mean, borrow?
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Pigwidgeon
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No ideas, but I'm anxious to hear others' ideas. I've given up going to Pancake Suppers because I always leave hungry. As a final fling before Lent, I want a real meal (preferably with drinks)!
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fletcher christian
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Savoury crepes?
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Firenze
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Since the idea of pancakes was to pig out on stuff you couldn't eat in Lent, then it follows what you need nowadays is a chocolate party.
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Spiffy
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Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
No ideas, but I'm anxious to hear others' ideas. I've given up going to Pancake Suppers because I always leave hungry. As a final fling before Lent, I want a real meal (preferably with drinks)!
We do serve cocktails at our Shrove Tuesday, they're just usually in coffee mugs.
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georgiaboy
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After years of ShTue pancakes at our place, we switched to Beers and Bratwursts -- much more successful! (With hot dogs for those who preferred them, and sodas for those not wanting beer.)
We also added costumes and skits, making it more like a Mardi Gras festivity.
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Chorister
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Blinis, topped with cream cheese, salmon and other savoury toppings.
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Spiffy
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Originally posted by georgiaboy:
After years of ShTue pancakes at our place, we switched to Beers and Bratwursts -- much more successful! (With hot dogs for those who preferred them, and sodas for those not wanting beer.)
We also added costumes and skits, making it more like a Mardi Gras festivity.
That. Sounds. Awesome.
There's been a suggestion of karaoke. We've got several musical instrument groups in my parish, I'm debating putting forward the concept of live karaoke-- you pick the song from a book that the group has and sing along.
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Pigwidgeon
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Originally posted by georgiaboy:
After years of ShTue pancakes at our place, we switched to Beers and Bratwursts -- much more successful! (With hot dogs for those who preferred them, and sodas for those not wanting beer.)
Not on Shrove Tuesday, but we do have an annual Beer and Brats party.
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basso
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Originally posted by georgiaboy:
After years of ShTue pancakes at our place, we switched to Beers and Bratwursts -- much more successful! (With hot dogs for those who preferred them, and sodas for those not wanting beer.)
We also added costumes and skits, making it more like a Mardi Gras festivity.
I'd just started going to church again, after some years away, when a friend invited me to Shrove Tuesday at her parish in S. F.
They served jambalaya.
I joined the parish.
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Lyda*Rose
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Basso! Happy to see you and happy New Year!
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Sir Kevin
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Happy New Year Basso and Lyda.
This year we are on a low-carb diet. Once again, I shall be giving up beer for Lent as I have done in the past. Maybe we should just go to the local pub and the top of our street and have a big dinner. No Shrove Tuesday party at my parish; when I was protestant, the large parish I attended had a big party with pancakes put on by the men's club: if you helped set it up, you got free beer!
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The Midge
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I need to find a non-dairy alternative for decent batter because I'm off the milk.
Any suggestions?
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Ariston
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Pancakes have always left me a bit unfulfilled as well, and sausages . . . well, aren't you supposed to eat those on Ash Wednesday? I tend to think of beer and barbecue as the ultimate in Lent-inapropriate foods, so perhaps a half rack of ribs might be a good offering.
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Gee D
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2 or 3 years ago, Anglicans Online ran an article on little-known AC practices for Shrove Tuesday. There was a Pancake Procession, but also directions on how to hunt shroves in your local church. See if you can find it.
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Eleanor Jane
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Noo... not sans pancakes! I love pancakes, but as mentioned above, only in adundance. Nothing worse than two mingy pancakes when you really want six (with lemon and sugar only - nothing fancy)!
Re the milk substutes, I'm not an expert but surely the soy milk/ rice milk/ almond milk things they sell would work well enough?
Pancake story - we first went to our current church the Sunday nearest Shrove Tuesday - they fed us masses of pancakes so we stayed! They were very friendly (all of them, not just a few keen souls) and there was a quiz to keep us entertained and give us something to talk about.
Cheers,
EJ
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Ariel
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Originally posted by Eleanor Jane:
Noo... not sans pancakes! I love pancakes, but as mentioned above, only in adundance. Nothing worse than two mingy pancakes when you really want six (with lemon and sugar only - nothing fancy)!
I once stayed in a guesthouse where they had buckwheat pancakes with sugar/lemon/maple syrup etc etc on the breakfast menu. So I opted for those.
I got 3 small thin ones and I was ravenous for the rest of the morning. As I realized belatedly, they didn't come with toast or anything else.
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The Midge
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Originally posted by Eleanor Jane:
Re the milk substutes, I'm not an expert but surely the soy milk/ rice milk/ almond milk things they sell would work well enough?
Cheers,
EJ
If only! I have tried pancakes and yorkshire puds etc using the standard mix but you end up with flat sticky gloop cakes.
This reminds me that other batter recipes such as Yorkshires and Potato Latkes could make a more substantial meal.
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Firenze
Ordinary decent pagan
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Or frittery things done in tempura batter - where the liquid, as I recall, is iced water?
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Pomona
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Fritters, latkes et al are a great idea. I would also go for sausage and mash or pommes dauphinoise*, and make the potatoes as rich as you dare.
*Or hashbrown casserole - always wanted to try that.
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Firenze
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If we're talking flattened potatoes, let's not forget rosti.
Days when I feel my calorie intake is not high enough, I run a potato or two through the shredder, dry on kitchen paper and then shallow fry until crispy.
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Moo
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Originally posted by The Midge:
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Originally posted by Eleanor Jane:
Re the milk substutes, I'm not an expert but surely the soy milk/ rice milk/ almond milk things they sell would work well enough?
Cheers,
EJ
If only! I have tried pancakes and yorkshire puds etc using the standard mix but you end up with flat sticky gloop cakes.
I wonder what would happen if you used less than the recipe calls for.
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Ariston
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Originally posted by leo:
It being a day of fasting and abstinence, the only sausages you could eat on Ash Wednesday would be vegetarian ones.
Not for everyone— bring on the tube meat!
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Alex Cockell
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Originally posted by georgiaboy:
After years of ShTue pancakes at our place, we switched to Beers and Bratwursts -- much more successful! (With hot dogs for those who preferred them, and sodas for those not wanting beer.)
We also added costumes and skits, making it more like a Mardi Gras festivity.
Make it a metre-long brat with decent sides and you're on. (credit to Adam Richman for that one)
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Spiffy
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We've actually kind of decided that an all you can eat taco thing is a bit more-- easy? Awesome? accessible to the myriad of dietary restrictions one finds in a cross section of Portland, Oregon?
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kankucho
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Originally posted by The Midge:
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Originally posted by Eleanor Jane:
Re the milk substutes, I'm not an expert but surely the soy milk/ rice milk/ almond milk things they sell would work well enough?
Cheers,
EJ
If only! I have tried pancakes and yorkshire puds etc using the standard mix but you end up with flat sticky gloop cakes.
I was catering for a vegan at a pancake supper last year. She helpfully gave me her own recipe, which used soya milk and also eliminated the eggs. Adding 2 tbsps of veg oil per 4 oz flour made a quite acceptable pancake.
On other occasions, I've found 'Kara' coconut-based milk also works well, with or without eggs. (For non-Brits: I don't know if that's an international brand, but NB it's a coconut based concoction, not full-strength coconut milk.)
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