Sunday Morning Pancakes

This is a bit late in coming, since it is Tuesday night and I first started this post on Sunday morning. I got distracted with some other things and have not had the time to get back writing. Work has been busy, things are beginning to come in to focus and we are beginning to get some information out to the team.*  But this post is not about work or ITIL or strategic plans.  No this is all about PANCAKES!

* I'm no huge fan of work related surprises. I think it is best to let people know what is coming. Besides the stuff we're doing is pretty positive. 

On a previous shopping trip, I happened to stumble on a very very rare treasure. A bottle of Canadian Maple syrup. Oh, it isn't the best stuff in the world, but it is the real deal. I was pretty excited by the find and quickly put a bottle in my shopping cart. I thought to myself, soon you will be enjoying a great breakfast treat, a little bit of home.

This past Sunday was pancake Sunday. I mixed up some pancake mix using an Alton Brown recipe.* I had to make some modifications. For example, the recipe calls for butter milk, but I've not seen the stuff here, so I had to make due with regular milk.

* Alton Brown's Good Eats is a true geek show. Sort of cooking meets Mr. Wizard.

The other challenging bit has to do with my overall weak cooking skills. I am more comfortable when I have the necessary hardware like measuring spoons and cups. I have managed to find a one-cup measuring cup, but no measuring spoons. Without this equipment, I am generally hesitant to try a new recipe. However, this time I would not let the lack of measuring spoons stop me. For I had a bottle of maple syrup that needed pancakes.

So, I followed the recipe as best I could, used milk instead of butter milk, and soon I was ready to put batter to griddle.  Well, I currently lack a nice size griddle so instead I use a teflon coated frying pan. With all this, lets make a nice plate of flapjacks.

It took some time to get the heat right and to get the cooking time down.* Overall, it all worked out pretty well, not perfect, but a good start. I was pleased with the outcome and for a few minutes I was transported back to the USA. Now if only I could find some bacon. Pancakes are great with bacon.

* Seriously, you would think that pancakes should be easy and not this complicated.