Thread: We're having shroves for dinner

On Mar 8, 12:09*pm, "Felice" <fri...@comcast.net> wrote:
> When the girls were very young they thought these pancakes were "shroves"
> because we had them for dinner on Shrove Tuesday.
>
> MRS OLSON'S NORWEGIAN PANCAKES
>
> 4 eggs
> 4 tablespoons sugar
> 1/2 teaspoon salt
> 1/4 teaspoon cardamom
> 1 cup milk
> 1/2 cup sour cream
> 1 1/2 cups flour
>
> Add liquids to dry ingredients and beat well. Bake quickly at 400 on an
> electric griddle.
>
> I'll be serving these with bacon AND sausage because my BFF Margie decreed
> that on Shrove Tuesday you could have BOTH and as many as you wanted. We'll
> top these with melted Plugra and perhaps some Grade B maple syrup. In days
> of yore we had lingonberry syrup.

What the heck is "Shrove Tuesday"? I'm Norwegian and never had a
Shrove Tuesday.

On Mar 8, 10:18*am, projectile vomit chick
<projektilevomitch...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Mar 8, 12:09*pm, "Felice" <fri...@comcast.net> wrote:
> What the heck is "Shrove Tuesday"? *I'm Norwegian and never had a
> Shrove Tuesday.
As per the Wiki....Shrove Tuesday is a term used in English-speaking
countries, especially the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia,[1] New
Zealand, Philippines, and parts of the United States[2] for the day
preceding Ash Wednesday, the first day of the season of fasting and
prayer called Lent.

The word shrove is the past participle of the English verb to shrive,
which means to obtain absolution for one's sins by way of confession
and doing penance. During the week before Lent, sometimes called
Shrovetide in English, Christians were expected to go to confession in
preparation for the penitential season of turning to God. Shrove
Tuesday was the last day before the beginning of Lent on Ash
Wednesday, and noted in histories dating back to 1000 AD. The popular
celebratory aspect of the day had developed long before the Protestant
Reformation, and was associated with releasing high spirits before the
somber season of Lent. It is analogous to the continuing Carnival
tradition associated with Mardi Gras (and its various names in
different countries) that continued separately in European Catholic
countries.

On Tue, 8 Mar 2011 13:09:46 -0500, "Felice" <[email protected]>
wrote:

> When the girls were very young they thought these pancakes were "shroves"
> because we had them for dinner on Shrove Tuesday.
>
> MRS OLSON'S NORWEGIAN PANCAKES
>
> 4 eggs
> 4 tablespoons sugar
> 1/2 teaspoon salt
> 1/4 teaspoon cardamom
> 1 cup milk
> 1/2 cup sour cream
> 1 1/2 cups flour
>
> Add liquids to dry ingredients and beat well. Bake quickly at 400 on an
> electric griddle.
>
> I'll be serving these with bacon AND sausage because my BFF Margie decreed
> that on Shrove Tuesday you could have BOTH and as many as you wanted. We'll
> top these with melted Plugra and perhaps some Grade B maple syrup. In days
> of yore we had lingonberry syrup.
>
Oh, cardamom... yum! I have everything I need for that on hand!
Maybe I'll make those instead of cornmeal. Lingonberry syrup sounds
way yummy too. I may have some lingonberry jam in the cupboard, no
syrup though. Thanks for the recipe.

--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

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> On Tue, 8 Mar 2011 13:09:46 -0500, "Felice" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> When the girls were very young they thought these pancakes were "shroves"
>> because we had them for dinner on Shrove Tuesday.
>>
>> MRS OLSON'S NORWEGIAN PANCAKES
>>
>> 4 eggs
>> 4 tablespoons sugar
>> 1/2 teaspoon salt
>> 1/4 teaspoon cardamom
>> 1 cup milk
>> 1/2 cup sour cream
>> 1 1/2 cups flour
>>
>> Add liquids to dry ingredients and beat well. Bake quickly at 400 on an
>> electric griddle.
>>
>> I'll be serving these with bacon AND sausage because my BFF Margie
>> decreed
>> that on Shrove Tuesday you could have BOTH and as many as you wanted.
>> We'll
>> top these with melted Plugra and perhaps some Grade B maple syrup. In
>> days
>> of yore we had lingonberry syrup.
>>
> Oh, cardamom... yum! I have everything I need for that on hand!
> Maybe I'll make those instead of cornmeal. Lingonberry syrup sounds
> way yummy too. I may have some lingonberry jam in the cupboard, no
> syrup though. Thanks for the recipe.

Hope you enjoy them, These are very thin, by the way, so you can have stacks
of them. About that lingonberry jam: perhaps you could use that instead of
syrup, or perhaps you could blenderize it into syrup.

Felice

On Mar 8, 12:18*pm, projectile vomit chick
<projektilevomitch...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Mar 8, 12:09*pm, "Felice" <fri...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > When the girls were very young they thought these pancakes were "shroves"
> > because we had them for dinner on Shrove Tuesday.
>
> > MRS OLSON'S NORWEGIAN PANCAKES
>
>
> > I'll be serving these with bacon AND sausage because my BFF Margie decreed
> > that on Shrove Tuesday you could have BOTH and as many as you wanted. We'll
> > top these with melted Plugra and perhaps some Grade B maple syrup. In days
> > of yore we had lingonberry syrup.
>
> What the heck is "Shrove Tuesday"? *I'm Norwegian and never had a
> Shrove Tuesday.- Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text -

>The popular
>celebratory aspect of the day had developed long before the Protestant
>Reformation,
>
>
I guess that's why I've never had a Shrove Tuesday either.

In article <il5rdm$b13$[email protected]>,
"Felice" <[email protected]> wrote:

> When the girls were very young they thought these pancakes were "shroves"
> because we had them for dinner on Shrove Tuesday.

That's cute. We're shrivening our home of fried things and desserts
and sweets and such tonight.

Regards,
Ranee @ Arabian Knits

"She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands." Prov 31:13

http://arabianknits.blogspot.com/

On Tue, 8 Mar 2011 10:36:02 -0800 (PST), JeanineAlyse
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Mar 8, 10:18*am, projectile vomit chick
><projektilevomitch...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> On Mar 8, 12:09*pm, "Felice" <fri...@comcast.net> wrote:
>> What the heck is "Shrove Tuesday"? *I'm Norwegian and never had a
>> Shrove Tuesday.
>As per the Wiki....Shrove Tuesday is a term used in English-speaking
>countries, especially the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia,[1] New
>Zealand, Philippines, and parts of the United States[2] for the day
>preceding Ash Wednesday, the first day of the season of fasting and
>prayer called Lent.
>
>The word shrove is the past participle of the English verb to shrive,
>which means to obtain absolution for one's sins by way of confession
>and doing penance. During the week before Lent, sometimes called
>Shrovetide in English, Christians were expected to go to confession in
>preparation for the penitential season of turning to God. Shrove
>Tuesday was the last day before the beginning of Lent on Ash
>Wednesday, and noted in histories dating back to 1000 AD. The popular
>celebratory aspect of the day had developed long before the Protestant
>Reformation, and was associated with releasing high spirits before the
>somber season of Lent. It is analogous to the continuing Carnival
>tradition associated with Mardi Gras (and its various names in
>different countries) that continued separately in European Catholic
>countries.
Thanks for posting that. I was curious but lazy about looking up the
word and now I don't have to.

aloha,
Cea

Felice wrote:
> When the girls were very young they thought these pancakes were "shroves"
> because we had them for dinner on Shrove Tuesday.
>
> MRS OLSON'S NORWEGIAN PANCAKES
>
> 4 eggs
> 4 tablespoons sugar
> 1/2 teaspoon salt
> 1/4 teaspoon cardamom
> 1 cup milk
> 1/2 cup sour cream
> 1 1/2 cups flour
>
> Add liquids to dry ingredients and beat well. Bake quickly at 400 on an
> electric griddle.
>
> I'll be serving these with bacon AND sausage because my BFF Margie decreed
> that on Shrove Tuesday you could have BOTH and as many as you wanted. We'll
> top these with melted Plugra and perhaps some Grade B maple syrup. In days
> of yore we had lingonberry syrup.
>
> Felice
>
>
>
Ooooo. With cardamom! I wonder how those would be with a tiny
amount of vanilla or almond extract?

--
Jean B.

"Jean B." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Felice wrote:
>> When the girls were very young they thought these pancakes were "shroves"
>> because we had them for dinner on Shrove Tuesday.
>>
>> MRS OLSON'S NORWEGIAN PANCAKES
>>
>> 4 eggs
>> 4 tablespoons sugar
>> 1/2 teaspoon salt
>> 1/4 teaspoon cardamom
>> 1 cup milk
>> 1/2 cup sour cream
>> 1 1/2 cups flour
>>
>> Add liquids to dry ingredients and beat well. Bake quickly at 400 on an
>> electric griddle.
>>
>> I'll be serving these with bacon AND sausage because my BFF Margie
>> decreed that on Shrove Tuesday you could have BOTH and as many as you
>> wanted. We'll top these with melted Plugra and perhaps some Grade B maple
>> syrup. In days of yore we had lingonberry syrup.
>>
>> Felice

> Ooooo. With cardamom! I wonder how those would be with a tiny amount of
> vanilla or almond extract?

Well, Jean, I guess you'll have to make two test batches to find out. I
think I'd go with the almond first.

Felice



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> Jean B.