Pancake fever: I can’t believe it’s not batter
DUST off your sieves and practice your frying pan skills, it’s Pancake Tuesday. Whether you’re getting ready for Lent or you’re just a fan of pancakes (like us) – today is the day to get “battered”.
Last year Sainsbury’s alone sold 1.731m lemons in the run up to Shrove Tuesday and it plans on a 65 per cent uplift in the sale of eggs.
But the question on everyone’s lips today is “how do you take yours?” Are you a lemon and sugar purist or a banana, Nutella, whipped cream and marshmallows extremist?
Well, we thought we’d find out what some of the City’s top figures plan to have on their pancake stacks. WPP boss Sir Martin Sorrell likes his pancakes as witty as his advertising. “More MARGarINe,” he told The Capitalist he’ll be having with his pancakes, a subtle reference to WPP’s results last week, as well as his pancake topping. Sainsbury’s boss Justin King told us his favourite is half an orange with sugar and Lord Mayor of the City of London Fiona Woolf said she’s currently working her way through a fruit basket from the Worshipful Company of Fruiterers – so will be having blueberries and bananas.
With their choices in mind, we thought we’d take a stab at some other possible City menus…
Mark Carney’s Maple Magic
The Bank of England governor would no doubt enjoy a stack of pancakes topped with Canadian maple syrup and British bacon
Ross McEwan’s Kiwi Surprise
The New Zealand-born chief executive of RBS should tuck into a hokey pokey (honeycomb) and kiwi fruit bonanza
Tidjane Thiam’s Crepe Complete
We think the French boss of the Pru would enjoy a classic buckwheat crepe with ham, cheese and an egg