FLIPPIN’ GOOD

AN ORIGINAL FAST FOOD, PANCAKES TAKE CENTRE STAGE IN FEBRUARY. HOW DO YOU LIKE YOURS?

Words: LAURA ROWE Illustrations : VICKI TURNER

ASSOCIATED WITH MANY religious festivals including Shrove Tuesday (celebrated on 9 February this year) and Hanukkah, pancakes’ few ingredients symbolise big things: eggs for creation, flour the staff of life, salt wholesomeness and milk purity. It was also a celebratory way to use up the foods forbidden during Lent fasting. Over time they’ve become more everyday. In the US they like them in the morning, fat, stacked high and covered in maple syrup. Maybe you prefer a mini version; bitesize buckwheat blinis from Eastern Europe, topped with sour cream, smoked salmon or caviar? Or perhaps you’re a fan of the thin pancake, rolled and stuffed with shredded roast duck, hoisin sauce, cucumber and spring onions for dinner in a bao bing like the Chinese. There’s a pancake for everyone and any…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2016 - Issue 44

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