"banana pancakes" news and stories

For a lazy Saturday morning, especially on a long weekend, there's nothing better than waking up (late, of course), to a gorgeous day and breakfast on the way.

Normally I wouldn't be into banana pancakes in the Spring and Summer. Something that hearty, I usually reserve for the colder seasons, but for some reason, this photo of banana pancakes, with whole slices (how's that for an oxymoron?) of banana, looks so absolutely sunny!

Even though the may of Pancake Town USA doesn't seem to think that any time is a good time for pancakes, he certainly can't deny that Fat Tuesday, also known as Shrove Tuesday, is a natural day for them. The tradition of eating pancakes on the last day before the season of Lent was started to use up dairy and eggs that were often abstained from, from Ash Wednesday to Easter. But enough with religious roots: you don't need an excuse to eat pancakes, but it doesn't hurt to have one. Here are Slashfood's eight favorite pancake recipes: