I have been making pancakes for my entire family since I was about 8 years old, so the recipe reels off my tongue like second nature:
8 oz flour
2 eggs
1/2 a pint - 1 pint of milk
a splash of oil
This is what makes pancakes the best things - the pure simplicity! No rocket science, just combine the above ingredients (flour into a large mixing bowl, make a well in the middle and crack the eggs in, whisk and as you're whisking add in the milk and a splash of oil) until you have a fairly thin consistency.
Easy peasy.
People think that frying pancakes is hard - these people are idiots without a really good non-stick frying pan. It is this which makes all the difference. I cooked up all the pancakes at once (made about 9 large pancakes) and put them on a plate in the oven at a low temperature so I could bring them to the table to help ourselves.
Toppings. A controversial topic (nice pun there, eh?). Lemon and sugar is the ultimate classic - you just can't go wrong. This year - I was feeling adventurous. I had:
1 x pesto and parmesan.
Bloody hell a savoury pancake - this is something I have never done before! Blimey! Spread pesto onto the pancake, added a handful of cheese and folded in half in the pan until the cheese melted - like a pancake quesadilla. Definitely delicious, definitely now had to wash my savoury pancake juice off my plate before I hit the big guns - sweet feelings.
2 x banana, peanut butter and honey.
I didn't have two in a row, I had one as my second pancake and one as my fourth - they were THAT good. Spread peanut butter over pancake, slice banana, and drizzle with honey. Fold. Enjoy. Orgasm.
1 x lemon and sugar.
The classic, the original, the best - well debatable whether it is the best, but it is certainly pretty tasty. I always put the sugar on my pancake first, then my lemon. Anyone who doesn't do this is weird.
Other toppings gracing our table included chorizo and golden syrup - although I didn't have either.
Overall, I would say that a dinner of sheer gluttony is just what pancake day calls for and just what I had. Yum.