Happy Pancake Day!

[turps]

A few years ago James got into the habit of entering radio call-in contests when he was on the way to work. Because he was on the road so early not many people took part, so he often won. Nothing exciting, just mugs, but they were excellent mugs. Bright yellow and twice the average mug size which made for excellent coffee drinking in the mornings. Over time some got broken and for a while, I've only had one to use. This morning that one went too. I'd made my coffee, was standing it the kitchen and realised that coffee was actually seeping out of the bottom of the mug, which, the hell? Looking at it later in better light I saw it had a hairline crack all down the side, so is done for. Goodbye awesome yellow mug, you've served me well.

Last week we were in Costco and got bewitched by the tasting tables of doom. We went in to grab some oranges and came out with the oranges, four blocks of tofu, a huge bag of pancake mix, and an extra large thing of squirty vanilla cream and a giant bag of cod nuggets. All delicious, but all will last us forever. Especially the pancake mix. We had some pancakes for dinner and the mix has barely dropped a cm. Plus, I think pancakes are things you have to be in the mood to eat. I can see us still having half of the bag this time next year.

I don't know if anyone else watches, but I was catching up on my recorded eps of Midnight Texas. It was the last few eps of season two. So once they had finished I went online to check out what was happening about season three, and it's been cancelled. So much woe. I'll miss seeing Manfred, he may have been a trashfire but he was pretty and so loyal to his friends.

And finally badfalcon linked to a NKOTB video which I thought was a lot of fun and contains many of the boyband classic moves, including water, swaying and of course many hand movements. Also, Lance. It's behind the

"New Kids On The Block - Boys In The Band (Boy Band Anthem) (Official Music Video)" (Watch on YouTube)

Comments

[shadowhive]

Awww no :( poor mug

Yay for pancakes! 💜

It sucks that things get cancelled. I’ve never seen it but boo :(

Ohh yay!

[turps]

I miss my mug. It was perfect for my coffee.

Midnight Texas was so good. I was sad when I looked up when season 3 would come back, and nope. Cancelled.

[shadowhive]

Aww of course! It’s sad to lose a good mug or glass

That’s so sad :(

[turlough]

They do indeed sound like they were awesome mugs. Hopefully there will be other equally awesome mugs in your future!

How do you usually eat pancakes in England? Here in Sweden they're usually eaten with sugar or jam. Or rolled up with a savoury filling of some sort and reheated in the oven with grated cheese on top.

[turps]

They were amazing mugs, mainly because they were big, but not giant size. I'll have to keep my eye out for a replacement.

How do you usually eat pancakes in England?

Well, the tradition was always sugar with lemon juice. When I was growing up that was the only choice and savoury fillings weren't a thing at all. They seem to be getting more popular now, but from what I saw on pancake day still in the minority. Nutella spread seemed to feature a lot in FaceBook posts I saw and James loves his with squirty cream.

But I do like the idea of them reheated with cheese on top. That would be filling but relatively cheap.

[chalcopyrite]

Aaaahahaha, thank you for that video. Oh Lance (and everyone else).

[turps]

It's such a fun video. I bet they had a blast making it.

[frausorge]

Oh, what a pity about the mug! I hope an even better one will cross your path soon.

[turps]

Oh, what a pity about the mug!

I miss my mug, it gave the perfect amount of coffee. But, I'm sure a new perfect mug will arrive at some point.