tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post742710679698779988..comments2024-03-29T13:11:25.325+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: It's French pancake dayKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-51541018594614537442009-02-03T05:19:00.000+01:002009-02-03T05:19:00.000+01:00Bonsoir Cousine,My mistake. For some reason I thou...Bonsoir Cousine,<BR/>My mistake. For some reason I thought you lived in Toronto. Montréal is much better! I'm sure FedEx will reroute that piece of sunshine I sent you this morning. The snow will melt "comme par enchantement".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-57031387330455246062009-02-02T21:17:00.000+01:002009-02-02T21:17:00.000+01:00Bonjour Cousin Unfortunately Montreal gets more sn...Bonjour Cousin<BR/><BR/> Unfortunately Montreal gets more snow than Toronto and colder too. We have run out of space to put the snow that we have cleared from the driveway and path leading to the house. So we are going vertical :-) and we have to be careful when we pull out from the driveway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-90030307318483150882009-02-02T18:12:00.000+01:002009-02-02T18:12:00.000+01:00"It's best to eat the crêpes as you make them, wit..."It's best to eat the crêpes as you make them, without waiting. If that's not possible, keep them warm on a plate over a pan of simmering water."<BR/><BR/>I think it is impossible in our house for a crepe to go uneaten long after it leaves the griddle! <BR/><BR/>What an interesting tradition. I hope groundhogs eat crepes. They'll see their shadow today in Virginia and will need the extra plump to survive 6 more weeks of winter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-34716349079393796482009-02-02T17:50:00.000+01:002009-02-02T17:50:00.000+01:00Hi Cousin, I'm sending FedEx some SoCal sunshine t...Hi Cousin, I'm sending FedEx some SoCal sunshine to cheer you up in Toronto. I'll have my crepes for lunch. Yummy!<BR/><BR/>My word verification is samisho. Is that a new Japanese delicacy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-70505031966464425162009-02-02T16:50:00.000+01:002009-02-02T16:50:00.000+01:00KenEnjoy your crêpes. For us in NA, bad news:The f...Ken<BR/><BR/>Enjoy your crêpes. For us in NA, bad news:The famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, saw his shadow, predicting the winter will last for six more weeks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-23708066484135044922009-02-02T15:59:00.000+01:002009-02-02T15:59:00.000+01:00It seem that, originally, it was a Celtic rite. As...It seem that, originally, it was a Celtic rite. <BR/>As usual the Catholic Church highjacked a pagan tradition and repackaged it to its own needs. I think Chandeleur can be associated with the festival of lights.<BR/>I don't know if the Druids had non-stick [non bâton?] pans to make crêpes, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-14382759075177833422009-02-02T14:16:00.000+01:002009-02-02T14:16:00.000+01:00That's interesting: I never realised France made C...That's interesting: I never realised France made Candlemas into a pancake day. Ours in the UK is Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras), and associates the pancakes with eating up all the good things before Lent and its fasting (some hopes these days) - and they're traditionally eaten with lemon and sugar. In some places, they still do pancake races (running along, flipping a pancake in a pan as you go), which probably tells the French all they need to know about British attitudes to food.Autolycushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17642868944400656922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-15130469160717129722009-02-02T11:32:00.000+01:002009-02-02T11:32:00.000+01:00UK's pancake day is on Tuesday 24th Feb..I have ne...UK's pancake day is on Tuesday 24th Feb..I have never heard of Candlemas day...it is the Christian Festival of Light.Anne in Oxfordshirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14479380647784781207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-54378139233512799052009-02-02T11:15:00.000+01:002009-02-02T11:15:00.000+01:00Oh yum! That made me hungry. I've never made crêpe...Oh yum! That made me hungry. I've never made crêpes, but I'd love to try. Your recipe looks great.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com