How do you like yours tossed?

As I have observed before, on this day across the world, it's Mardi Gras - an excuse for a parade of feathers, fouff and faff. Here in the UK, it's Pancake Day - an excuse to eat...

Of course, pancakes are delicious with just the traditional sugar and lemon, or alternatively with fruit, cream or a variety of sweet toppings like chocolate spread, jam or honey. Some people prefer them savoury, with a sauce of ham, cheese or even seafood - much more commonplace in the Netherlands, where they're known as pannenkoeken. The recipe, understandably, varies across the world - and there is indeed a world of difference between our own pancakes and the small fat variety found in the USA and Canada, or even the slightly stiff crêpes favoured across the channel in France and Belgium.

However, should you want to cook British pancakes to celebrate Shrove Tuesday in the traditional British way, dear old Delia Smith (of course) has the perfect recipe!

But what sort of pancake do you like to toss, dear reader? Sweet, savoury, buttermilk or plain, crispy, lardy, risen or flat, buckwheat or white flour, fruit or bacon, cheese or bananas - we need to know!

And while you're tossing away in the privacy of your own home, here's a musical tribute to the resulting improvements to your figure...

Motto Motto and Will.i.am - Big And Chunky [from Madagascar 2]

It's worth it, in my opinion.