Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/23

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Subject: [Leica] New Yorker fact checkers
From: phamard at numericable.fr (Philippe Amard)
Date: Sun Sep 23 15:06:36 2007
References: <C31C1897.6BF16%mark@rabinergroup.com> <46F6D89E.5080103@numericable.fr> <265920542E888B4131F31B67@hindolveston.reid.org>

Brian, thanks, I'll try your recipe too on Tuesday when Tim comes home. 
:-D  I guess I 'll have to go "extreme" ...

About Mardi Gras and cr?pes, I read once that it had a link with the 
moon - both the round shape and the precise moment of the year - and 
used then in continuation with ancient "tribal" beliefs of western 
Europeans. Yet, I don't know if the point is true.

Thanks for sharing your experience and recipes.

Phil...x


Brian Reid wrote:

>
>> (whispering to Mark's ear) : There's no baking powder, no soda in 
>> pancakes.
>> Just barley flour, water, and that's all. Maybe a little fat, but I'll
>> check on that with a Breton I know.
>
>
> There's an English custom of eating pancakes on Shrove Tuesday (Mardi 
> Gras) and at no other time. I wrote this essay on the topic a couple 
> of years ago:
>
> http://anglicansonline.org/resources/essays/reid/pancakes.html
>
> It includes disparaging remarks about English-style pancakes and my 
> recipe for North American pancakes.
>
>
>
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Replies: Reply from marcsmall at comcast.net (Marc James Small) ([Leica] Pancakes and Their Ilk)
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Message from phamard at numericable.fr (Philippe Amard) ([Leica] New Yorker fact checkers)
Message from reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid) ([Leica] New Yorker fact checkers)