favorite food – pancakes! Or as the older kids liked to say –
panners!! Sandra has only self-rising flour, no baking powder or
anything, so we'll see how it goes. Looked up the recipe on the
internet. As I waited for the batter to get good and bubbly, I tootled
off to town looking for some treacle -- can't have pancakes without
syrup! Thought it would be just a quick out & back, but seeing as how
treacle wasn't all that common, had to go round about the long way to
the real supermarket, Sainsbury's. And heck, while I'm at it, might as
well load up on more comfort food – Scottish porridge oats (58p for a
500g pkg) . . . and more Hobnobs, while they're still on sale! By the
way, if I walk straight into town, with no diversions (me?!), it takes
about 7 minutes. (Further another 10 minutes to the supermarket.)
Threw a little left over "mashed" into the brew for good measure. (My
old daddy would be proud!) Added some rapeseed oil and an egg
individually encoded with Her Majesty's official freshness stamp, then
drew lines of Lyle's Golden Syrup across the top when cooked to
perfection. As the label says: Enjoy a little taste of yesterday . .
. today, with the unmistakable taste of Lyle's Golden Syrup. Create a
golden moment by drizzling some onto your porridge or pancakes, or
into your favourite recipes. Now in plastic. (Heck, how vintage is
that?!)
Delicious! Hit the spot like nothing else. Like father like daughter.
Photos
1- the supermarket
2- fresh eggs
3- mmm, good! especially with Lyle's golden syrup
unfortuntately, never could make a stack because had only enough
room in the fry pan to cook them singly, and then
they cooked so slowly (altitude?). And heck, by then it was just
begging to be eaten – all hot off the grill and all!
On an added note: It’s amazing how much Sandra doesn’t have by way of kitchen stuff, and I’m talking about even something as common as measuring cups and spoons. On the other hand, it’s amazing just how much you really DON’T need to get by. When I was making the pancakes, I used a small mug and guesstimated what cup increment measurements might look like, and then I used actual teaspoons and tablespoons for those measurements (imagine that -- teaspoons and tablespoons for teaspoons and tablespoons!), and you know what? It worked out just fine. I guess you really can get by simply, without the things we think we need to clutter up our existence. I recommend it highly!
