You probably know a lot of recipes for pancakes – with different fillings and different types of dough. But how many ways of serving can you count? I think it would be interesting for you to find out many beautiful ways to serve pancakes, especially on the threshold of such holiday as Masliana/Maslenitsa/Cheese Week/Pancake Week. Crepes and thick pancakes, dessert and salty ones, with and without filling, pancakes in the form of tubes, envelopes, triangles, roses – there are dozens of cool serving methods. And you can do this not...
Traditional celebrations of Cheese Week in Ukraine. Why pancakes are the symbol of Masliana?
Masliana (also called as Butter/Cheesefare Week) is a sunny and bright ancient feast which marks the meeting of winter with spring and switch to a new life cycle. This holiday is associated with delicious food and great celebrations. During Cheese Week people enjoy the sun and eat a record amount of flavorful, appetizing pancakes. However, not everyone knows the history of the origin of this feast. Masliana is one of the oldest Slavic holidays since it goes back to pre-Christian times, when people worshipped pagan deity. Masliana symbolized the coming...