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   Pancakes were not something we had very often when I was growing up. We had them once a year, for supper, on Shrove Tuesday.  They were a real treat.  My mother had a huge round griddle pan tha she had gotten with her Wear Ever Aluminium Cookware set.    She would stand there ladling pancakes onto it a few at a time, until they were all cooked.  I imagine it was a bit of a chore as the griddle pan was bowed in the middle and I can remember it turning around on the burner whenever I used it.  I am sure she found it quite annoying. I know I did.   The only other pan she had for frying in was a small 10-inch frying pan that came from the same set. The set of pots and pans was bought the first year they got married, in 1954.  It was still being used when she passed away last year. 64 years. That's an incredibly long time in the life of any pan I'd say.  My parents would have celebrated their 66th wedding anniversary this year.  ...

  It hard to believe that tomorrow, the 25th of February, it is Pancake Day. This was a day that we used to really look forward to when I was a child because it was the only day my mom would make us pancakes, so it was a once a year treat for us! I am sure my mom's arms got tired standing at the stove cooking them for us!  We ate our fill!  She had an old wearever aluminium griddle pan that she used.     It looked just like this and after many, many years of use, it was bowed in the middle and no longer sat flat on the burners.  My mom never ever had any other set of pots and pans and these were all she used until the day she passed away.  I am not sure what my sister did with them.  I suspect she gave or threw them away.  They had no real value except for nostalgia's sake.   As a food blogger it can be somewhat of a challenge to show you something different each year  when it comes to days like pancake day.  This year I a...

  A  lot of us are going to be entertaining people in our home over the next month or so.  Some of them may even be staying overnight.  When I have people overnight, one thing I like to do is to serve them a special breakfast in the morning when everyone is up and about.    I don't think you can get much nicer than a beautiful Apple Puff Pancake.  It cooks in one pan and will feed six, and you don't have to stand over top of it while it is cooking like you do regular pancakes.   You can throw it together, pop it into an oven and then sit down and enjoy a hot drink or a glass of juice with your guests.   Its really very simple to do.  If you are thinking ahead, you can take the milk and eggs out of the refrigerator as soon as you get up so that they are at room temperature, but no worries if you haven't had the forethought to do that.  I give you instructions on how to do that very quickly in the notes of the recipe.   I like to...