FireCookingWinterSpringPancake Day
Campfire pancakes
Pancake Day in the woods: a griddle on the fire, a jug of batter, and everyone gets a go at the flip.
How it goes
- Make the batter together: flour, eggs, milk, whisked in a jug.
- Set a griddle or heavy pan on a grill over the embers and wipe it with oil.
- Children pour a small pancake each, wearing a long oven glove.
- Flip with a wide spatula (or try a toss, if you're brave).
- Add lemon and sugar and eat round the fire.
Risk-benefit starting point
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Why it's worth it- Cooking a real meal on a real fire, start to finish.
- A tradition children carry home.
- Hot griddle and oil, Burns residual: Low
- Food allergies, Reaction to egg, milk or wheat residual: Low
- One child at the griddle at a time, long oven glove on, adult alongside.
- Allergy list checked; a free-from batter where needed.
- Griddle set on a stable grill; fire circle rules in force.
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