simple pleasure Saturdays 05 May 2007 09:42 am
Saturday Simple pleasure….
pancake mornings.
For over 4 years we’ve had buttermilk pancakes and sausage every Saturday morning. We’ve missed a few here or there when we had a busy day but for the most part, we protect our Saturdays as family time and get it started with pancakes. They’re made from scratch, served on heavy white plates, and have slabs of real butter melting into organic maple syrup puddles. The sausage is locally made and the coffee is freshly ground.
“pancake” was Rowan’s first double-syllable word and on friday nights, it seems the whole crew goes to bed smiling knowing that the next day is a relaxing, sleepy, pancake morning. We cuddle in bed, the kids take turns drawing invisible pictures on daddy’s back, and then the kids nudge me closer to the edge of the mattress the hungrier they get. I always start with the water for the coffe/french press. The recipe has long been in my head and I can throw it together with my eyes closed. The griddle is hot and on rainy mornings like this one, with a copy of last week’s NY Times nearby and a deliberately clear itenerary, it can’t get any cozier than that.
It’s a simple pleasure that this week, will restore my spirit in more ways than one.
If you post your own simple pleasure on your blog, be sure to put a link in the comments. I love reading them!
on 05 May 2007 at 10:14 am 1.Erin said …
We’ve started our own Pancake Saturdays here too. The same very recipe you use and it is now in my head as well.
How has mixing it until gently combined and letting it sit for 10 min. worked for you?
on 05 May 2007 at 12:24 pm 2.C&C said …
When we make pancakes (using a Betty Crocker from scratch recipe), we mash up a couple of bananas in lieu of the sugar (healthy tip of the day). Then for a “topping”, we usually use a jelly/jam — pure maple syrup used occassionally.
on 05 May 2007 at 12:37 pm 3.Tia said …
Interesting…we’ve done the jam on top thing; sometimes I make “syrup” from apple jelly or jam when money is tight. But I never use sweetener in the pancakes. Do you use buttermilk?
E..yes, the 10 minute thing has been a nice effect. I think I did it unintentionally before on our “best” pancake days; just getting busy while cooking. But doing it on purpose (deliberately LOL) has had a yummy effect!
on 05 May 2007 at 1:57 pm 4.C&C said …
We haven’t experimented with buttermilk. But since homemade buttermilk biscuits taste divine, the pancakes would too I’m sure.
For a fruit syrup, we heat in a pot either fresh or frozen strawberries or blueberries with water and sweeten to taste. Add corn starch to thicken (tip: mix starch with a little bit of cold water before adding to mixture).
Love the blue sides. It blends with the heading as well as the photo. Thought: use a different family photo and page colors (to match or blend with the photo) for each season.