All of my American friends find it hilarious that we have “Pancake Day” and don’t believe me when I tell them that right up until I came to Japan I only ever ate pancakes once a year!I remember looking forward to it when I was little. It was the only time of year I ever saw my mother use a frying pan and I knew I had to eat whatever was for dinner (no matter how much I didn’t like it) or else I wouldn’t get any.
Well the Japan kids find it a little strange too but once I’d explained where the tradition came from they seemed interested. As a treat I was able to persuade my teacher to let me have a cooking lesson with them so we could cook and eat pancakes – English style!
They weren’t convinced about the lemon juice and sugar part and insisted on covering them with butter (yuck) but they had a lot of fun!
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