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[reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid)]

> (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.