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1. How do you make them them? I know its flour, egg, milk but I'm looking for the perfect recipe and best tossing technique!  :girlgiggle:

2. What are your favourite accompaniments? I know its boring but have always favoured the simple lemon and sugar combo. Not a big fan of the European influenced banana/ nutella shite!

buy 1 get 1 free from the co-op ready made. works out at 2 quid for 16 and they're lovely. Lemon juice and sugar the only thing for em

Golden syrup.

I once tried Marmite. I'm a Marmit lover, but trying it on a pancake was a pretty horrific mistake.

Add grape jelly to the sugar & lemon

Savoury, or maple syrup. Can't stand lemon juice and sugar pancakes

I experimented a bit this year, got some apple sauce and drizzled some of the kids toffee sauce (usually used for ice cream topping) on top. Was surprisingly good :I'm a complete mofleakin Deak

Flour, milk, eggs. Literally chuck them all into a bowl/food processor and whisk them until they form a batter, like making yorkshires or what you see being put on fish  in the chippy- should be a bit gloopy, and nice and smooth.

Cooking/tossing technique- heat a little bit of oil (butter'll burn) in a small, non stick pan. When its just about to start smoking, pour in your batter, swirl it round so It's nice and thin. I normally refresh the oil once every 6/7 pancakes, but it should be fine if youre using non-stick. Flipping them, you want to push the pan away from you slightly whilst flicking your wrist.

Maple syrup and squirty cream is the best. Apple sauce goes really well with that too.

(I made roughly 700 last year for an event, so am not having any this year as I'm sick of the sight still)

Going for some savoury salmon and cream cheese as a bit of an experiment, reckon it'll be nice. Then I've got blueberries and honey as well as lemon and sugar for some sweet ones to follow!

plain or self raising?

Being on a diet is a right cunt today.

In fact, all days.

That is all.

Made pancakes for the family today.  None for me.  4 stone gone in a year, another half stone to go.  Back to a shitty soup now.

I gave up my diet and cancelled my gym membership. 8)

I'm not overly arsed by pancakes though.

I use the Jamie Oliver recipe - an egg and the same quantity of flour and milk (a cup full works well).

Cooking them always turns to shit for me, can never seem to get the right temperature.

nothing wrong with a treat once in a while

Im a savoury man myself, so thinking of maybe some cheese ones, might cook up a bit of chicken maybe. we'll see

forgot it was pancake day but we have them once a month or so anyway.

the absolute best is pancakes with bacon and maple syrup.

Now you're fucking talking!  Big, fat, doughy pancakes though, or failing that french toast.

it's the plain boss

bacon and spreadable cheese (stuff that comes from a tube, sold as Primula in the UK i think) is fucking awesome too.

peanut butter and nutella (not together) is good

Jamie Oliver says Self Raising,most people say Plain.

Its a veritable Minefield

Sliced Banana and chocolate sauce pancakes are amazing.

What he said. One or two pancakes isn't going to hurt.

I've eaten terribly whilst off of work for the last week and a half. Back tomorrow though, so I'll be stuffing myself with pancakes tonight before the healthy living starts again tomorrow.

I know.  But im in the determined phase.  Once im back off of work and able to go back to the gym Ill treat myself then.  There is some kind of method to my madness.  Another half stone and im no longer 'overweight' according to official figures.  Somewhere I havent really been since the age of 12!

Is it illegal to make pancakes tomorrow?

The fuss people make over today is staggering. If you like them so much then you would make them regularly during the other 364 days of the year.

Has DMR stopped pretending he's a bit of a lad then?

Once a year in my house, covered in maple syrup, toffee and sugar!

I bet you have loads of birthdays and christmasses...

Fuck I have one min left to have some form of pancake

I had one pancake - with eucalyptus honey. Maple syrup is good mind

I had a chicken sandwich, does this mean I will die as I didn't have pancakes?

I got drunk and had a dominos pizza.

When I was a student we were lucky to get a "pizza" made from the end crust of a sliced loaf, a slice of cheese and some tomato purée put under the grill.

£8.50 for a large meat feast. Can't go wrong.

Do they still have the 'Mutley Plain Special'?

Students must be minted these days...in my time you'd only spend that sort of money on drugs.

Those things mess up your insides. I think its the grease, but I never felt right the day after eating a meaty domino's. The words sluice gate were used often in my old house to describe their effect. Soon as I switched to ham and pineapple, not a problem.

Anyway, back on topic...

Fruit on pizza = no no.

The more meat (and cheese), the better.

Dominoes Texas Barbecue with extra bacon.  :I'm a complete mofleakin Deak

I know I know but I acquired a taste for it in my childhood. Blame my parents.

Also, to be pedantic, isn't tomato a fruit?

(I KNOW someone is going to get EVEN more pedantic and go 'Actually a tomato is a cytoplastismricle, not a fruit')

Disagree with that when it comes to pineapple.

Fish on Pizza, in particular anchovies, people who order that should be made to live in France..

I get the same, it's the sausage I think - rancid. Get any other pizza with a good amount of meat on it and you don't get the same issue.

I find Papa Johns pretty rank. Dominos the same too, except for

THE TEXAS BBQ

It's a magical taste sensation. Think of other classics like duck, hoi sin and pancakes, or the majestic combination of flavours in a roast dinner, or english breakfast. Dominos Texas BBQ is up there with the best.

Papa Johns is wank. Dominos varies massively from place to place, the one in Cov (open 24 hours a day, poppickers) was greasy and dismal whereas the one that opened in Kenilworth was about a million times better.

although this may be the difference between eating pizza at home in the evening and eating a pizza at work at 3am

Not that I know of, but living a good 5 minutes from Mutley Plain it sounds like something that should be in my life.

I've always found Pappa Johns massively superior to Dominos, better bases fresher topping.

But they are expensive without an offer, and I'm the only person in the entire world that likes their special garlic sauce. 

I only had Papa Johns in India. Perhaps not the best place to sample their pizzas!

Loads of really good Italian restaurants in Luxembourg which do much better pizzas than the generic chain muck being discussed here.

Southall? :D

I have actually never been to Southall, guessing a large Indian community?

Nah, it was in Bangalore, proper India! :)

Think of Slough but with a few more Indians :)

Nothing like going to a new continent and experiencing the culture ;) :)

Oh and for the record I have never been to India or had a Papa Johns pizza but I have travelled afar to Southall :D

So you're why they sell it?

I think the only thing special about that sauce is the person who decided it was fit for human consumption. :)

As do lots of Italian restaurants in the UK.

It's fast food. I wouldn't order a kebab and expect a gourmet classic.

What are you talking about?

The kebab is a gourmet classic.

i've only ever had one kebab in my entire life and it was truly an awesome culinary experience, so i'm with the thaiboy here

I think Dominoes pizza would have to be up there in my "death row meals"

I completely understand that it is junk/chav food, probably mass produced with cheap ingredients.  I have eaten some expensive meals in some posh restaurants (if someone else is paying) but there is something indescribably amazing about a Dominoes.

As far as chain restaurant food goes, only GBK comes close.  You got one of those in Swindon?

Edit: apparently not (http://www.gbk.co.uk/find-a-restaurant/?search=swindon)

If we're going to start talking about 'gourmet' chain restaurants, Byron is fucking great. It's only in London (that I know of), but their shakes/burgers/sweet potato fries are fucking immense.

i have eaten the occasional burger in my life but i swear that Oslo is the greatest place ever for burgers.

Would have thought Germany was good for Bergers.

I know a bloke by the name of Guy Hamburger. True story.