What you see here is Saturday Breakfast. It is set in the only free, flat space in my apartment (what you see around breakfast are the signs of my most recent studio project) and on my special Curling Tray (more on that later).
In no particular order we have: robust coffee, percolated by Pyrex; chicken and apple sausage, made locally; and emotional pancakes, full of blueberries and other general yumminess. And gleaming in at about 9 o’clock, that great equalizer, maple syrup.
The pancakes are a treat and I use a recipe from my friend who first made them for me while I was in full Boy Recovery Mode. The pancakes are emotional because when you eat them you feel everything more intensely and you feel that the pancakes are looking after you. This is important and this is why they are treat food. They can be a consolation, as I originally discovered them, or they can be a celebration, an expression of gratitude or just pure sensory pleasure, as they were today. Basically, what you do is you forget that you know how to make them until you suddenly realize you need them, and then you feel emotional because you are so happy to know that you can make a pancake to perfectly capture and enhance your state of mind. Whatever that is.
C- shared the recipe with me and I continue to call them C-’s Emotional Pancakes. I adapt the recipe each time I make them, but I always think of my friend. If you need emotional pancakes, here’s how (fills two completely):
1 1/3 c flour (can use all spelt, or wh. wheat–I use 1c any flour + 1/3 c oats)
1 tsp bkg pwdr
1 tsp sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 1/4 c milk (I use 3/4 c plain yoghurt, then add water to 1 1/4c)
3 tbsp melted butter (I use canola oil)
1/4 tsp vanilla
pinch salt
-can add 1 whole grated apple for extra goodness and by all means throw in some blueberries, or banana slices, or whatever works for you
-I add 1/3 c ground flax seed
Mix and sift dry ingredients. Mix wet in separate bowl. Make well in dry ingredients and add wet. Stir only long enough to moisten all. Cook in pre-heated griddle. These taste good cold with yoghurt and cinnamon on top or you can reheat them in your toaster/oven.
hmmm, me thinks I need to make some of those pancakes!