No Frittering Away!

[Daft Bat]

When I was a child, on Pancake Day – Shrove Tuesday, which falls 47 days before Easter Sunday – my Dad always insisted on having banana fitters as well as pancakes. He said that he was a deprived child during the war, his mother keeping the butter and sugar rations to herself. This resulted in his favourite sandwich being thick white crusty bread, lashings of butter, sliced banana and sugar sprinkled over the top. This remained his favourite for the rest of his life!

However, I digress…

I thought of my Dad as a result of today, 2nd December being National Fritters Day in America. The origins of fritters is rather obscure – Samuel Pepys wrote in one of his diaries that he would be enjoying fritters before Lent. However, it is thought that it was down to the Romans bringing the idea to Europe. They are used is many cuisines: French beignets, Italian bignè, and Greek loukoumades to name but a few.

But why 2nd December? No idea.

 

[MollyMay]

Yum, banana sandwiches. Mum would mash the banana, add the top of the milk and sugar. Served in Wonderloaf and Stork marg.
My brother (15 years my senior, and already at work when I was born), used to take them for his lunch. If he brought any home uneaten I would have them toasted for my tea. I still prefer them toasted to this day (no cream or sugar added nowadays, nor the margarine, butter now)

 

[AnnB]

Ooh I loved banana sandwiches, these days I like a nice crusty, buttered baguette (or roll) with my banana - mmm I think that's today's lunch sorted

 

[Sis]

Just love toast with lashings of butter and sliced banana, au naturel.

 

[Bay Horse]

Bananas are one of those foods that are meant to be good for you (rich in potassium etc), but I'm not keen on them. My Thai neighbour makes a mean banana fritter though.

And the local fish and chip shop does spam fritters (remember these from school?)

 

[AnnB]

And the local fish and chip shop does spam fritters (remember these from school?)

Yuk, I remember them only too well, a slice of spam coated in the most awful greasy batter which was twice the size of the piece of spam

 

[Londoner]

An alternative to deep frying your fritter is to make a thick pancake batter and mash a banana into it then fry like drop scones, A great way to use up a banana that is verging on over ripe.
And I agree, SPAM yuk!

 

[Auburn]

Not a fan of banana fritters - but I love pineapple or apple fritters.

 

[MollyMay]

Yuk, I remember them only too well, a slice of spam coated in the most awful greasy batter which was twice the size of the piece of spam

Your school cook must have been a sister of mine - dreadful things Spam fritters, yuk.

 

[Sandiep]

My son makes a great Banana cake come to think of it his Rhubarb cakes are A ok too
good job he married now and not living at home !!

 

[Bay Horse]

:small voice: I still love spam fritters.

 

[AnnB]

:small voice: I still love spam fritters.

Well, we all have our cross to bear

 

[mikejee]

In a recent episode of The Yorkshire Vet, one of the assistants espoused her love of spam. Peculiar, as yorkshire people generally have very sensible views

 

[LianeH]

My mum used to make mashed banana sandwiches and it still turns my stomach to this day. It’s where I developed my distaste of ‘sloppy’ food like rice pudding, porridge, etc.

 

[Sue036]

We didn't have mashed bananas or banana sandwiches, but sliced bananas served sprinkled with sugar and with carnation milk poured over!

 

[Anthony J Corps]

An alternative to deep frying your fritter is to make a thick pancake batter and mash a banana into it then fry like drop scones, A great way to use up a banana that is verging on over ripe.
And I agree, SPAM yuk!

Sounds tasty Worth a try

 

[Archie's Mum]

Just love toast with lashings of butter and sliced banana, au naturel.

But whack it under the griller before devouring….yummmmm

 

[Sis]

But whack it under the griller before devouring….yummmmm

Ooh, have to try that one.

 

[Archie's Mum]

Ooh, have to try that one.

Forgot to mention…..a sprinkling of brown sugar first. It gives a little caramelly flavour to it.

 

[gillyflower]

Not a fan of mashed banana sandwiches. I do remember my mum eating them though.