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Apparently there are actually people out there who have a "proper" main course and just have pancakes for pudding. I take it no-one here does that.

You won't find anyone so weird on a Countdown forum, I'm fairly sure.

Not only did I have pancakes as a dessert (I have lemon and sugar in them ffs, what else would it be?), I had them on Monday night instead.

Jon Corby wrote:Not only did I have pancakes as a dessert (I have lemon and sugar in them ffs, what else would it be?), I had them on Monday night instead.

I suppose you're one of these dickheads that's like "Ooh I've got to eat a sensible meal first. I can't just have pancakes. It'not a balanced diet."

Well I hope you enjoyed your minced horse.

Gavin Chipper wrote:

Jon Corby wrote:Not only did I have pancakes as a dessert (I have lemon and sugar in them ffs, what else would it be?), I had them on Monday night instead.

I suppose you're one of these dickheads that's like "Ooh I've got to eat a sensible meal first. I can't just have pancakes. It'not a balanced diet."

Well I hope you enjoyed your minced horse.

It's more that I'd have to eat shitloads of pancakes to fill up, and I'd stop enjoying them after the 3rd or so. I know some people have savoury pancakes, but I've never tried that, and since I've somehow landed the job of chief pancake chef in my house, I'd rather do as little as possible.

Pancakes are wretched, duplicitous lying little skunks. You don't look at a nice Victoria sponge or choccy Swiss roll and say "Oh gosh... I'm going to have to shovel half a ton of sugar over this to make it even remotely edible", do you?

Never mind beef in lasagnes or pork in sausages, why isn't there an outcry about there being precisely 0% cake content in a pancake, eh?

Nick Deller wrote:Pancakes are wretched, duplicitous lying little skunks. You don't look at a nice Victoria sponge or choccy Swiss roll and say "Oh gosh... I'm going to have to shovel half a ton of sugar over this to make it even remotely edible", do you?

Never mind beef in lasagnes or pork in sausages, why isn't there an outcry about there being precisely 0% cake content in a pancake, eh?

Those other things have got sugar in already. It sounds like it's not pancakes you have a problem with but doing the work yourself

Jon Corby wrote:

Gavin Chipper wrote:

Jon Corby wrote:Not only did I have pancakes as a dessert (I have lemon and sugar in them ffs, what else would it be?), I had them on Monday night instead.

I suppose you're one of these dickheads that's like "Ooh I've got to eat a sensible meal first. I can't just have pancakes. It'not a balanced diet."

Well I hope you enjoyed your minced horse.

It's more that I'd have to eat shitloads of pancakes to fill up, and I'd stop enjoying them after the 3rd or so. I know some people have savoury pancakes, but I've never tried that, and since I've somehow landed the job of chief pancake chef in my house, I'd rather do as little as possible.

Savoury pancakes don't count anyway.

Gavin Chipper wrote:Savoury pancakes don't count anyway.

So you just have sweet pancakes for dinner? How many? That just sounds revolting. I mean, I might enjoy a slice of cake for dessert, but I couldn't sit there and eat two gateaux (or gateaus if you're Jono) in lieu of a main meal. That's just rank.

Gavin Chipper wrote:

Nick Deller wrote:Pancakes are wretched, duplicitous lying little skunks. You don't look at a nice Victoria sponge or choccy Swiss roll and say "Oh gosh... I'm going to have to shovel half a ton of sugar over this to make it even remotely edible", do you?

Never mind beef in lasagnes or pork in sausages, why isn't there an outcry about there being precisely 0% cake content in a pancake, eh?

Those other things have got sugar in already. It sounds like it's not pancakes you have a problem with but doing the work yourself

My problem is that they're not cake! Frankly they're barely even food and you'd get the same amount of gustatory delight from a piece of corrugated cardboard dunked in a glass of orange juice, but that's subsidiary to the basic fact that they ARE NOT CAKE.

Jon Corby wrote:

Gavin Chipper wrote:Savoury pancakes don't count anyway.

So you just have sweet pancakes for dinner? How many? That just sounds revolting. I mean, I might enjoy a slice of cake for dessert, but I couldn't sit there and eat two gateaux (or gateaus if you're Jono) in lieu of a main meal. That's just rank.

I don't see a problem with it. Although my waistline's been expanding at about 1/4" per year for quite a long time.

I had a cheese sandwich and some Angel Delight for tea last night.

Jon Corby wrote:

Gavin Chipper wrote:Savoury pancakes don't count anyway.

So you just have sweet pancakes for dinner? How many? That just sounds revolting. I mean, I might enjoy a slice of cake for dessert, but I couldn't sit there and eat two gateaux (or gateaus if you're Jono) in lieu of a main meal. That's just rank.

I had about 10 yesterday. All sweet. Deal with it.

Nick Deller wrote:

Gavin Chipper wrote:

Nick Deller wrote:Pancakes are wretched, duplicitous lying little skunks. You don't look at a nice Victoria sponge or choccy Swiss roll and say "Oh gosh... I'm going to have to shovel half a ton of sugar over this to make it even remotely edible", do you?

Never mind beef in lasagnes or pork in sausages, why isn't there an outcry about there being precisely 0% cake content in a pancake, eh?

Those other things have got sugar in already. It sounds like it's not pancakes you have a problem with but doing the work yourself

My problem is that they're not cake! Frankly they're barely even food and you'd get the same amount of gustatory delight from a piece of corrugated cardboard dunked in a glass of orange juice, but that's subsidiary to the basic fact that they ARE NOT CAKE.

Shampoo isn't poo.

Nick Deller wrote:but that's subsidiary to the basic fact that they ARE NOT CAKE.

I assume they are just called pancakes because they're very flat, as in "flat as a pancake".

Nick's in for a shock if he's ever invited to eat sweetbread.

Another thing - I always think it sounds really odd when people call it "Pancake Tuesday". It's not Pancake Tuesday. It's Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday, not Pancake Tuesday or Shrove Day.

Not for me, it was Pancake Monday.

Pancake Saturday here.

Pancake Wednesday for me.