The pancake page seems incomplete without a discussion of Pancake Day (aka. Shrove Tuesday, Mardi Gras etc.). Trouble is, I'm not sure if it's an exclusively British tradition to have pancakes then. Also, how about putting up a recipe for pancake batter? -- MagnusWhy is the pancake page protected?? How controversial can pancakes be? Someone with an account should remove the double entry about the art of pancake flipping! /E Pancakes on Mardi Gras?!? This USian is baffled. Sounds like a wonderful thing to add, though - certainly as relevant as IHOP. -- I've removed the following from the article as it seems confusing (these are very different but unexplained recipies) and perhaps better suited to wikibooks? I've added two links to pancake recipies. fabiform | talk 01:39, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC)A common recipe for pancake batter:Combine and beat until smooth. Lightly grease griddle and pour 1/4 cup batter onto hot surface for each pancake. Turn when edges look cooked and bubbles begin to break on surface.For extra light pancakes, mix some beer in with the batter.It is also possible to follow a simpler recipe, without exact measurements. First, break an egg into a bowl. Mix in plain white flour until a smooth paste is formed and then dilute with milk until the consistency is suitable for pouring. Heat a small amount of some kind of cooking fat or cooking oil in a small frying pan and pour in enough mixture to thinly cover the base of the pan (leaving a little room round the edge). When the mixture appears to be reasonably cooked on the base (the top side will change in appearance), either turn or flip the pancake to cook the reverse.Flapjack redirects to Pancake, but there's no reference to flapjacks in the pancake article. I'm assuming that a flapjack is another name for a British pancake. Lee M 22:45, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC)FLAPJACK: Dictionary Entry and MeaningPronunciation: 'flap`jakWordNet DictionaryDefinition: a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddleSynonyms: battercake, flannelcake, flapcake, griddlecake, hot cake, hotcake, pancakeThe pancake article says that British pancakes are similar to, but not exactly the same as French crepes, the latter being "lacy" in appearance. There is an external link to a British recipe for pancakes -- the recipe looks to me almost exactly like the Jacques Pepin recipe I use to make French crepes. And the accompanying photograph looks just like a crepe, including the "lacy" brown areas.Hayford Peirce 22:39, 29 Jun 2004 (UTC)