[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Brit. Food: Pancakes and Waffles

[udder_pen_dragon]

bluesqueak <pipdowns at etchells0.demon.co.uk> wrote:
Steve wrote:
> I confess a very strong interest in pancakes and waffles as they
> present themselves in British society because they play a 
> significant part in a HP fanfic I am writing.
> 
Then Pip Wrote

There is one day in the year when almost every Brit will eat 
pancakes. They are a traditional dish on Shrove Tuesday, usually 
referred to as 'Pancake Tuesday'. I think in America, it's called 
Mardi Gras?


Udder Pendragon

First I agree with everything Pip said and I would like to add that pancake day is Shrove Tuesday the day before Ash Wednesday, the start of lent. Also the flour should be plain flour.

Pip was rightly saying about the lack in the normal shops of these things, well. If steve is trying to write HP Fan Fic, he is probably writing about 1996/97 time when these American food items were even less common.

I will offer, off list, to  endevor to answer "British" questions for aspiring Fan Fic Writers, find me on udderpd at btinternet.com 

Uddeu Pendragon
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