Naked Pancakes - Crempog Noethlymun
Pancakes are associated in Wales with Dydd Mawrth Ynyd) Shrove Tuesday). This is a Christian tradition marking the start of the Lenten fast. I am Jewish however and I don't have that tradition. My Christian husband however, loves this tradition and as I love making pancakes, and that is what we did this 'Pancake Day' as some in the UK call it these days.
This traditional Celtic food however goes back at least to medieval times or earlier. Traditional Welsh crempog were prepared with a batter of flour, eggs, buttermilk, sugar, salt and butter, together with a raising agent (sometimes yeast, sometimes soda). They would have been cooked on a hot slab or bakestone as small, thickish cakes and served with honey or butter.
Mine, today were made with a batter of eggs, flour, milk and salt. I cooked them in the only frying pan I have in my kitchen, sizzling hot to be kept warm in the oven before serving. A ladleful of batter is sufficient to make one good size pancake. Today I made 10. In the past with a large family to feed it has been many many more! Dutiful mothers like myself spend a long time at the stove with pancakes being eaten by hungry children's mouths (and husband's) almost the second they leave the pan. Happy Memories!
I'm Jewish. My frying pan is heavy and I DON'T toss pancakes (it would probably end in disaster!). A minute or so until they unstick and then I flip them with a turner to do the other side. Nobody has ever been able to tell me why you get brown spots on one side but not on the other!
So when this one's ready, go on, why don't you have it? I've got plenty more left to make. Pancakes are perfectly kosher (and milchig). I eat mine with grated cheese but also with lemon and demerara sugar (Tate and Lyle's because it's kosher). My husband eats his spread with butter and jam. I cook naked because...well you know by now that I live my life this way.
Well there we are. Happy Shrove Tuesday, Mardi Gras or Pancake Day everyone. If you enjoyed this blog post and are a naturist, please share, comment or say hi. This is not a sexual blog however so don't expect me to respond to any cheeky sexual remarks (naughty!). I have another sexually themed blog where you can say hi if you wish instead.
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