Mrs. Levy made pancakes yesterday from a mix I bought from Amazon. While we liked the oats and apples mix, we tried the 'grainy day' high fiber mix yesterday. Mrs. Levy mixed in bananas, which made it ok. I'm regretting that I didn't get the sourdough flavor instead of the multi-grain.

No IHOP. There's Awful Waffle but I'm balking at leaving the house. :)

It turns out that every culture that figured out how to mill grain, has pancakes of some sort

But only the native Americans figured out how to boil the sap of the maple tree down to a rich, sweet syrup. Thanks Shawnee!

Anytime! :)

Maybe it came from getting the munchies after smoking some peacy pipes.

:D awesome UT and Shaw

more comic relief



Two brothers went downstairs where their mother was cooking breakfast.

"What do you want for breakfast?" asked the mother.

"Shit, I want some fucking pancakes," said the first brother.

The mother slapped him across the face.

"We don't talk like that in this house. Now, how about you, son? I hope you've learned a lesson from your brother. What do you want for breakfast?"

"I've sure learned my lesson! You can bet your ass I don't want any fucking pancakes!"

Does sound good -- let us know how you liked it.

Smoked salmon is going at post-holiday discounts around here.

We've started on the buttermilk pancakes in this house ... with maple syrup. Very yummy - and reminded me how good pancakes are!
I also made a vat of soup yesterday with the harvest soup mix in case we were visited by first-footers, but we went out instead, so what's left of that'll go in the freezer.
Oh, and on Boxing Day with our cold meats (turkey, beef, ham, smoked goose) mashed potatoes and salads, pickles etc we had a spinach salad with fake croutons and Bacon Dressing. The dressing seemed suspiciously sweet straight out of the jar, but the salad got a big thumbs up from me and all the guests.
Will start on the buckwheat pancakes when we've finished the buttermilk ones.
Thanks y'all!

yum. what are "first-footers"?

People who go out visiting just after midnight on New Year's Day. This year we went first footing the neighbours.

huh. never heard of that custom. thanks!

Does it count if you spent the night at their house?

So long as you arrive after midnight, yes. The luckiest first footer is a tall, dark, handsome stranger bearing coal and "black bun" (a type of fruit cake) - we took coal and Christmas cake.
The tradition is that you also take a bottle with you, and offer a drink to your host in exchange for the drink they offer you. Many first footers used to be away for days at a time, staggering from one house to another. This practice is less common now, around here anyway.

Pancakes are from IHOP people.

IHOP.

I found out how to be IHOP at home.

Just add baking powder, sugar and vanilla to the Bisquick mix. It's the supreme recipe. They will taste like cardboard otherwise.
In teeny tiny text under the recipe on the box is a message about how to make them better?! Odd they just don't include it in the main recipe. Anyway they were the best pancakes I have had outside a pancake house.



:) I've heard about this. It's very appealing yet I'm not sure if I would want anyone stumbling in after midnight. I guess the point is to be stumbling into someone elses house after midnight.