Tomorrow is Shrove Tuesday here in the UK aka Pancake Day or Jif Lemon Day, time for the masses to flip or toss their pancakes - some gently making sure that they get it back in the pan without it hanging half over the side, others giving it a good big flip to the ceiling and attempting to judge where its going to land.

Anyway, with a little reminder that too much sugar on your pancakes isn't good for you; here's a basic pancake recipe, although I'm sure this is like teaching your granny to suck eggs:

What You'll Need

300ml Milk - we only have semi-skimmed in the house

100g Plain Flour

1 Egg - obviously free-range and preferrably local

Fresh Lemon

Sugar or Granulated Sweetner - if you're feeling a little healthier

Fresh Red Berries - you can also use frozen, making sure they are properly thawed out; our farm shop has the frozon-scoop selection that has a nice red berry mix

Vanilla Ice-Cream - I can highly recommend the Cotswold Ice-Cream Company's version

What You'll Need to Do

Add the flour to a bowl, and make a well in the centre

Add the egg into the centre of the flour, and gently fold in the flour whilst adding milk until you have a smooth paste

Next beat the batter mix until you've got rid of any lumps or bumps, these don't make for a nice smooth batter mix

Add the remaining milk to the batter

Heat a thick-bottomed frying pan or a crepe pan on a high heat, with a splash of oil

Gently pour in the batter to coat the bottom of your pan

Cook for a minute of so, and when the bottom of the pancake has turned a nice golden brown toss the pancake, or if yo're not feeling that brave, use a spatula to turn it over

Cook on the other side for another minute or so, until golden brown

Serve either sprinkled with sugar and lemon, or stuffed with the red berries and a dollop of ice-cream on top

Serves 8-12 depending on how thick you like your pancakes

While everyone uses the same batter mix, its what you do with it and put in your pancakes that count. Do you go savoury or sweet? Hot or cold? I really like plain and simple lemon juice and sugar. I'm not a big fan of chocolate on mine (yes I know that goes against everything chocolately that I believe in), but have a try with fresh red berries and a good creamy vanilla ice cream.

Or if you want to reminisce how about the 1980's Little Chef pancakes that we all used to love, apart from the lollipop if you cleared your plate, the pancakes were the best thing going. I'm pleased to see that they are still on the menu with Heston Blumenthal keeping them on his fantastic new menu. Whilst I'm clearly delighted that the pancakes of yester-year are still available, sadly there is one thing missing from my cupboard and local shops this Shrove Tuesday is a Jif Lemon, not the bottled variety but the plastic yellow lemon shaped ones... Nooo, no longer are we to be reminded to 'not forget the pancakes on Jif Lemon Day'...

Enjoy!