Help! Need to survive pancake dat
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OK, so I'm assuming those who have never heard of it are either
a) not catholic, or
b) from cultures who celebrate in a different way.
I am assuming you've all heard of Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras is also Shrove Tuesday/Fat Tuesday. Day before Ash Wednesday, the start of Catholic Lent.
I was raised Catholic in the US in Massachusetts, and while we celebrated Mardi Gras, we didn't do it with pancakes.0 -
victoria1009413 wrote: »I made banana pancakes for my partner, they are great and with only two ingredients were diet friendly for me! I topped mine with some agave nectar and berries to keep them fairly low calorie - http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-2-ingredient-banana-pancakes-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-218658
My fiance refers to these banana pancakes as PINOs - Pancakes in Name Only.0 -
smotheredincheese wrote: »Out of interest, is pancake day something unique to us Brits or do you have it in other parts of the world too? I mean it's one of the best holidays
I told my fiance this is what you brits do for Mardis Gras and he said, "That's subdued."
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The whole King Cake/Mardi gras thing kinda baffles me.
In France King Cake (Galette des Rois) is eaten on January 6th. It's to celebrate the Epiphany. It has nothing to do with Mardi Gras. It's a puff pastry cake with frangipane (almond paste) in the middle and a little toy that someone has to find (and they get to wear the crown). Also probably my favorite food ever.
Also, when I grew up, on Mardi Gras we used to wear costumes and eat crepes (and throw eggs at stuff, granted). Don't know what they do there nowadays though.
Anyway, I had crepes this morning, they're only 110 calories plain so I was able to still keep brunch under 600 calories with 3 of them (ham/cheese, homemade strawberry jam, and Nutella, but I like tasting the crepe so I always go light on the toppings). Delicious and 33g of protein (I used half whole wheat flour).0 -
emmycantbemeeko wrote: »We don't call it pancake day in the US, we call it mardi gras, but we do sometimes eat pancakes on it, since the whole idea is it's the last hurrah of fatty foods before Lent... or more commonly, we eat King's Cake, which is a delicious coffee cake with purple/green/yellow sugar glaze. There's a baby figurine inside, and the person who finds it is variously supposed to have good luck, be the king/queen of the day, or be responsible for the cake next year.
I assume it's about a zillion calories, but I'm still going to have some today.
And here I was thinking Mardi Gras was just a reason to get drunk and give strangers a peep show.
i mean.... thats every saturday night in my world
LOLOLOLOL
and breakfast time! i didnt eat it all but i tried LOLOLOLOL
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Dreven1989 wrote: »I always said to myself, even when dieting I would never be a kill joy. So the girlfriend wants to celebrate pancake day with crepes for dinner, any tips to help me keep under my calories and survive this random holiday.
Any tips much appreciated.
Ah crap I had no idea today was Pancake Tuesday!! Now I really want pancakes. There's loads of recipes with using cream cheese and egg whites that won't ruin your diet. As long as you fit the macros/calories in your day you'll be fine!
I think I'm going to try this one: http://www.ibreatheimhungry.com/2012/01/cream-cheese-pancakes.html0 -
Dreven1989 wrote: »I always said to myself, even when dieting I would never be a kill joy. So the girlfriend wants to celebrate pancake day with crepes for dinner, any tips to help me keep under my calories and survive this random holiday.
Any tips much appreciated.
Ah crap I had no idea today was Pancake Tuesday!! Now I really want pancakes. There's loads of recipes with using cream cheese and egg whites that won't ruin your diet. As long as you fit the macros/calories in your day you'll be fine!
I think I'm going to try this one: http://www.ibreatheimhungry.com/2012/01/cream-cheese-pancakes.html
Bleaurgh ....waste of calories if you ask me0 -
If you're properly following the tradition, you should be fasting tomorrow. So it should all even out.
People ate eggs and flour and butter on Fat (Shrove) Tuesday because those foods were traditionally barred during Lent (though not any more).0 -
I'm having my pancakes as a treat tonight but having them with banana and a little dark chocolate melted on top. There are also lots of healthy recipes on the Internet for pancakes.0
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If you're properly following the tradition, you should be fasting tomorrow. So it should all even out.
People ate eggs and flour and butter on Fat (Shrove) Tuesday because those foods were traditionally barred during Lent (though not any more).
I pick and choose
I'm up for turkey, trees and pancakes but not up for fasting nor hypocrisy
Works for us0 -
Here are some protein pancake recipes. What's the deal with using egg whites instead of whole eggs? I might try the first one, with mulberries. And a whole egg.
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/20-best-healthy-protein-pancake-recipes.html0 -
If you're properly following the tradition, you should be fasting tomorrow. So it should all even out.
People ate eggs and flour and butter on Fat (Shrove) Tuesday because those foods were traditionally barred during Lent (though not any more).
I pick and choose
I'm up for turkey, trees and pancakes but not up for fasting nor hypocrisy
Works for us
the former catholic in me agrees lololol
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My pancakes were 545 cals including a banana ad topping!
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Wouldn't be pancake day in the US, but Fat Tuesday is celebrated. If I were following my family's traditions, it'd be with a fastnacht.0
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callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »If you're properly following the tradition, you should be fasting tomorrow. So it should all even out.
People ate eggs and flour and butter on Fat (Shrove) Tuesday because those foods were traditionally barred during Lent (though not any more).
I pick and choose
I'm up for turkey, trees and pancakes but not up for fasting nor hypocrisy
Works for us
the former catholic in me agrees lololol
The present Catholic in me is trying to figure out if I've just been insulted.0 -
Dreven1989 wrote: »I always said to myself, even when dieting I would never be a kill joy. So the girlfriend wants to celebrate pancake day with crepes for dinner, any tips to help me keep under my calories and survive this random holiday.
Any tips much appreciated.
Lemon and and a sprinkling of sugar all the way.
Can't beat the classics sometimes and it will keep the cals down.
Incidentally don't forget to shrive (Not that I will be of course. Heaven forbid.) 0 -
The whole King Cake/Mardi gras thing kinda baffles me.
In France King Cake (Galette des Rois) is eaten on January 6th. It's to celebrate the Epiphany. It has nothing to do with Mardi Gras. It's a puff pastry cake with frangipane (almond paste) in the middle and a little toy that someone has to find (and they get to wear the crown). Also probably my favorite food ever.
Also, when I grew up, on Mardi Gras we used to wear costumes and eat crepes (and throw eggs at stuff, granted). Don't know what they do there nowadays though.
King Cake in the US definitely stems from New Orleans tradition, and I'm guessing what happened is that French settlers in Louisiana brought the idea of the cake but gradually transferred the association from Epiphany (not a very big holiday here) to Mardi Gras (sometimes close in the calendar, and a very, very big holiday in New Orleans).
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callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »If you're properly following the tradition, you should be fasting tomorrow. So it should all even out.
People ate eggs and flour and butter on Fat (Shrove) Tuesday because those foods were traditionally barred during Lent (though not any more).
I pick and choose
I'm up for turkey, trees and pancakes but not up for fasting nor hypocrisy
Works for us
the former catholic in me agrees lololol
The present Catholic in me is trying to figure out if I've just been insulted.
Depends on what @rabbitjb meant by hypocrisy. Perhaps she meant something like celebrating Pancake Day as a religious observance and then failing to honor Lent as well.0 -
kshama2001 wrote: »callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »If you're properly following the tradition, you should be fasting tomorrow. So it should all even out.
People ate eggs and flour and butter on Fat (Shrove) Tuesday because those foods were traditionally barred during Lent (though not any more).
I pick and choose
I'm up for turkey, trees and pancakes but not up for fasting nor hypocrisy
Works for us
the former catholic in me agrees lololol
The present Catholic in me is trying to figure out if I've just been insulted.
Depends on what @rabbitjb meant by hypocrisy. Perhaps she meant something like celebrating Pancake Day as a religious observance and then failing to honor Lent as well.
My usual practice is to provide the benefit of the doubt when an insult is perceived, as I am doing here. But I do wonder what "hypocrisy" is meant?0 -
callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »If you're properly following the tradition, you should be fasting tomorrow. So it should all even out.
People ate eggs and flour and butter on Fat (Shrove) Tuesday because those foods were traditionally barred during Lent (though not any more).
I pick and choose
I'm up for turkey, trees and pancakes but not up for fasting nor hypocrisy
Works for us
the former catholic in me agrees lololol
The present Catholic in me is trying to figure out if I've just been insulted.
I wasn't insulting you I was talking of myself, my husband and our own backgrounds 0 -
emmycantbemeeko wrote: »The whole King Cake/Mardi gras thing kinda baffles me.
In France King Cake (Galette des Rois) is eaten on January 6th. It's to celebrate the Epiphany. It has nothing to do with Mardi Gras. It's a puff pastry cake with frangipane (almond paste) in the middle and a little toy that someone has to find (and they get to wear the crown). Also probably my favorite food ever.
Also, when I grew up, on Mardi Gras we used to wear costumes and eat crepes (and throw eggs at stuff, granted). Don't know what they do there nowadays though.
King Cake in the US definitely stems from New Orleans tradition, and I'm guessing what happened is that French settlers in Louisiana brought the idea of the cake but gradually transferred the association from Epiphany (not a very big holiday here) to Mardi Gras (sometimes close in the calendar, and a very, very big holiday in New Orleans).
Which is odd since my friend from Louisiana associates fat Tuesday with chasing chickens. The town gathers together with each family bringing an ingredient to make a huge vat of communal gumbo which they all share (and apparently the kids jobs are to track down the chickens to add to the gumbo). He never even mentioned king cake. It actually seems rather touristy (just like most people don't drink during Mardi Gras or go anywhere near the French Quarter, but tourist act like idiots.0 -
kshama2001 wrote: »victoria1009413 wrote: »I made banana pancakes for my partner, they are great and with only two ingredients were diet friendly for me! I topped mine with some agave nectar and berries to keep them fairly low calorie - http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-2-ingredient-banana-pancakes-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-218658
My fiance refers to these banana pancakes as PINOs - Pancakes in Name Only.
With the amount of syrup my partner put on his I'm not sure he even realised there were pancakes underneath! 0 -
callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »If you're properly following the tradition, you should be fasting tomorrow. So it should all even out.
People ate eggs and flour and butter on Fat (Shrove) Tuesday because those foods were traditionally barred during Lent (though not any more).
I pick and choose
I'm up for turkey, trees and pancakes but not up for fasting nor hypocrisy
Works for us
the former catholic in me agrees lololol
The present Catholic in me is trying to figure out if I've just been insulted.
I wasn't insulting you I was talking of myself, my husband and our own backgrounds
No harm, no foul. Carry on!0 -
The tradition here is paczki...pretty much a jelly donut.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C4%85czki
Tried them last year IIRC...not worth it IMO.
Did you try real Polish ones from Hamtramck, Detroit? Nothing else compares.
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Dammit, now I want pancakes0
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I honestly thought this topic read "how to survive the pancake diet"
I was ready to take out the maple syrup and butter....heh.
But, my thoughts on the axtual topic? If you make your own pancakes, add all the ingredients into the recipe builder on here, and log a serving or two to fit into your calorie goals for the day. Pancakes are not bad for you, and eating slightly over your calorie daily goal isn't going to harm your progress in the long run.0 -
Oh, and go with savory crepes; lots of healthy options available.0
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Here's my normal pancake recipe (I quarter it and make one giant pancake): http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipe/fluffy-cottage-cheese-pancakes
It is delicious but puts me in a flour "coma." (I tend to have a hard time with flour.)0 -
It is also called Shrove Tuesday n the US. Mostly Catholics, Episcopalians/Anglicans and maybe Lutherans celebrate it. I would just eat light early in the day and enjoy my pancakes.0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Teaft0Kg-Ok
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