A Smorgasbord Of Pancakes

[lupestripe]

As today is Shrove Tuesday, Wolfie and I teamed up with Draken and Arcais to enjoy a Smorgasbord of pancakes at the Dragon's Den. Sadly, there was no Deborah Meaden or Theo Pathwotsit stroking their money, neither was there the charming baldness of Evan Davies. There was a large Scouser cooking a pizza though, and hogging the living room for three hours, thus confining us to the kitchen.

We bought a range of different ingredients for the pancake buffet. Here are the different fillings we had:

Blue cheese and marscapone - a nice mix of sharpness and creaminess, the two complemented each other well.
Red Leicester - it was difficult to taste this amongst the batter of the pancake.
Brie - this was a little too sharp for my tastes in all honesty, although the taste became more acquired the more of it we ate.
Nutella and cinnamon - with one whole hazelnut in 15g, plus a fuckton of sugar too. The cinnamon flavour was drowned out by the mulch.
Smoked salmon - this was particularly gorgeous, very much like the pancakes we had in Russia.
Haggis - this Scottish themed pancake was absolutely delicious, the best of the night, plus we made a smiley face out of the haggis too, which we coined the elephant's heamerroid.

Draken proved himself to be a champion tosser, although today is the only day when hitting the ceiling is considered a bad toss. The company was excellent as always, we watched a brilliant programme about wheat and stacked random objects into towers. What better way to spend an evening? We left when Big Fat Gypsy Weddings came on - that was only going to taint the evening.

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Comments

[porsupah.livejournal.com]

All savory, I notice! (Well, other than the Nutella, I suppose)

I admit to being something of a traditionalist in that regard - sweet. =:9 I was introduced to pancakes with orange and sugar, but later on was shown the real version thereof: Grand Marnier. ^_^ And ideally, whipped cream. Oh, a sensual match indeed..

Mind, there's also much to commend the humble Belgian waffle: straight out of the seller's iron, into your paw. Fluffily light, beautifully sweet, it requires no accompaniment. ^_^

Draken proved himself to be a champion tosser

*cough* ^_^

we watched a brilliant programme about wheat

I do hope you're familiar with calcium.

It might be quite fun to contemplate a variety of cheese-based pancakes, with different varieties (or even blends) - I wonder how a good Jarlsberg might fare? Even a real mozzarella, with actual flavor, could be fun. =:9

[lupestripe.livejournal.com]

I have never been a fan of sweet things in general. I do like lemon and sugar with my pancakes and your orange suggestion sounds nice too. All waffles I have tried have been stodgy and American.

Look Around You had excellent episodes and poor ones, it was a very odd series. Maths is my favourite.

Instead of a cheese night, perhaps we could do a cheese pancake night ^^

[shep-shepherd.livejournal.com]

It would be nice to have a decent pancake one day i.e. one that is properly cooked and isn't covered in sugar and lemon juice :/

[lupestripe.livejournal.com]

We could have a pancake night when you come up again, although I do admit I like sugar and lemon juice.