Put the maple syrup down! Here's how I'll make Pancake Day tasty without resorting to sugar

A plate full of untopped pancakes sits on a blue and white plate in the foreground. A chopping board with salad leaves, a sliced lemon and tomtaoes on the vine is in the background.

It's Shrove Tuesday, which for us Brits means Pancake Day. IHOP celebrates its breakaway National Pancake Day on the same day (as opposed to the "event" in September) when it offers a free short stack of buttermilk pancakes when you dine in, but Pancake Day has never taken hold Stateside—it's hard to compete with Mardi Gras after all.

But I would hate to see you denied the pleasures of a thinner, savory pancake.