Maslenitsa week will last from 20 to 26 February this year. In pre-Christian antiquity, the Slavs celebrated the border of winter and spring, the onset of warmth and victory over the dark spirits of cold and darkness with a holiday - the prototype of Maslenitsa, folk festivals and pancakes.
But it was at the same time a holiday of reverence for ancestors.
Later, Maslenitsa became firmly rooted in the so-called popular Christianity, taking place before Great Lent - people celebrated forty days of spiritual preparation for Easter with festivities and delicious food.
Both Shrovetide and Great Lent have a lot of wisdom and experience of centuries, which says that it is best to do this and it is at this time of the year. It's not even about religiosity, but about the energy of the year and the climatic features of our country.
This year, the power of Maslenitsa, which has long been saturated with the hopes and joy of people, simply needs to be opposed to the serious astrological aspects that make February a difficult and dangerous month.
So. In Shrovetide week, I recommend that you address the spirits of your ancestors with words of reverence and respect. You can ask your ancestors for support and strength, imagining your own Family in all its beauty and strength, rooted in the thickness of time. Ancestors can bring scents and light candles for them. And, of course, the first pancake from the new batch - always for them! Because that same "pancake lumpy" was actually thrown from the frying pan by Rod or the brownie, who keeps the peace of Rod, who lives in a big house. The verdict for such a dumping of a pancake is "Rod-rodok, open your mouth, lock the lock so that no one will be fired."
In the form of a pancake, researchers saw a lot of sacred meaning, and it exists, but it is simple - a circle is both the shape of the Sun and a symbol of life, the annual wheel. The pancake dough must be stirred with the right hand clockwise. Conspiracies for batching are. "Dough, salt, the Sun, turn around the year", "Dough in the sun - grain by grain", "Cheese dough, roast, spring comes with gifts", "Pancake to Rod-father, mother, health to me and children, granddaughters" …
The most universal matter that protects against any negativity is love. If it is there, it can be transferred to the things you sew or fix, the things you do, the food you cook. Liquid dough is an excellent storage medium, the main thing is to write on it exactly the correct algorithms, those that will make your family stronger, life brighter, and the future richer.
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And do not forget before Great Lent, on the last day of Shrovetide, to ask forgiveness from everyone you have offended, willingly or unwillingly. And forgive yourself - including yourself, for possible mistakes and mistakes.
Burn, Winter!
Natalie LO YAN
Each family has its own pancake recipes. But why not master new ones, tested by masters? Pancake recipes specially for "Oracle's Predictions" are presented by Lilia Gorina, author of the popular blog "The Mad Hare's Culinary Notes".
Pancakes with dill
- 250 g milk at room temperature
- 2 eggs of the 1st category (100 g)
- 80 g flour
- 30 g melted butter
- 4-5 sprigs of dill (finely chopped)
- Salt, nutmeg, pepper
Beat the eggs with a whisk until the protein and yolk are combined. Add sifted flour to them.
Stir and gradually, stirring vigorously with a whisk, pour in milk. Add melted butter, dill, salt, pepper, nutmeg. Mix. The dough is thin and well distributed in the pan. Bake in a greased pan. On the one hand, about a minute, and on the other, 30 seconds.
Serve with sour cream or kefir. You can also fold it in triangles, smearing it with a mixture of feta cheese and sour cream or curd cream.
PANCAKES WITHOUT YEAST
- 100 g flour
- 50 g butter
- 40 g sugar
- 5 g salt
- 3 eggs of the 1st category (150 g)
- 300 ml of milk
Melt the butter. Mix flour, sugar, salt and combine with butter. Everything is best in a blender or mixer. But if you wish, you can grind it with a fork (spoon). Beat in the eggs alternately. Add milk last and stir. Let the dough stand for 15 minutes. Bake.
These are versatile pancakes. They can be stuffed with meat, served with jam or honey, made bags of mushrooms, or even made a cake with salted fish and cottage cheese cream.
YEAST PANCAKES WITH CREAM
- 400 g cream (10%)
- 1 large egg (60 g), - 30 g sugar
- 3 g of salt, - 20 g of vegetable oil, - 6 grams of dry yeast
- 150 g flour
Dissolve the yeast in 150 g of warm cream with sugar, let it swell and rise. Mix in the remaining warm cream. In a food processor, combine the yeast cream, egg, flour and salt. At the end of the batch, add vegetable oil. Put in a warm place for an hour and a half. During this time, besiege several times. Before baking, dilute 50 g with a little warm water if you like thin pancakes and do not dilute if thick ones are suitable.
Serve with butter, honey or sour cream.