Pancakes

[Billnpatti]

French toast rules!:wink:

As a follow up on my post to Colorado Clyde, I also make the world's best French Toast. No brag, just fact. :thumbsup:

I like French toast made from a day old baguette...

I like to use bread that they call "Texas Toast". I'll lay out the slices the night before to let them dry and get stale so they will soak up more of the custard mixture. Ummm good!

Have you ever made bread pudding from day old doughnuts. Oh my word! That stuff is almost better than kissing women. :haha:

 

[Billnpatti]

I'm enjoying my mesquite pancakes.



Spence

I don't know, Spence, those mesquite pancakes do look mighty good but I don't hold out much hope for the taste. Of course, my experience with mesquite meal was some home made meal made from the seeds. I cooked it into a mush using a recipe that I found. It was supposed to be the way the Indians made it. All I can say is that they had to be starving to eat that crap. Let us know how the pancakes taste.

 

[BillinOregon]

I like to make French toast using day-old garlic bread. Somehow the garlic goes really well with maple syrup. You wouldn't think so until you tried it.
Bill, I had some decent barbecue at the Salt Lick south of you in Round Rock back when in Texas for my daughter's graduation from Baylor. Good chow.

 

[coloradoclyde]

Have you ever made bread pudding from day old doughnuts.

Hmmm!....Haven't had bread pudding since I was a kid... :hmm:

 

[Black Hand]

Have you ever made bread pudding from day old doughnuts.

No. I use that spongy, flavorless "French" bread they sell at the grocery store and load it up with cream, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, eggs and Bourbon.

 

[George]

Spence, how do you get mesquite into those cakes o' yours? Smoke em?

Mesquite meal/flour made of the ground pods and seeds, in combination with whole wheat and all purpose flour.

Billnpatty asked about the taste...slightly sweet, nutty, mild, no harsh, sour or bitter notes. The recipe I use makes pancakes with just about the same texture as standard white flour pancakes. I love 'em.



Spence

 

[satx78247]

Fwiw,

I generally/successfully avoided C-Rats & MREs during my career. = Most of us MPs ate sardines, potted meat, cheese, crackers, sweet rolls, fresh fruit, food that we "bought in the ville" (including LOTS of Vietnamese/Cambodian/Thai chow) & LOTS of other "pogie bait"/local food.
(We Mike Papas call MRE: Meals Rejected by Ethiopians, as NO JOKE starving Ethiopians REFUSED to eat MREs during the famine, there.)

My driver & I had a large ammo can behind the seat on the Jeep/M37/V100/five-quarter that we always kept full of emergency rations.

yours, satx

 

[coloradoclyde]

Spence, ....You're not helping my diet... :haha:

 

[George]

I have tried it just to see what it was like. My advice is to throw it away. The stuff is awful, absolutely awful :barf: and that comes from a man who could eat C-rations. Pancakes, or anything, made from mesquite flour will taste like old used Dr. Sholl's foot pads...maybe not even that good. :nono:

There are several varieties of mesquite trees, and not all of them are appropriate for making flour. Those in the know about this say you should never grind pods until you eat one off the tree to make sure it's the sweet, nutty kind. The others are said to have a very unpleasant sharp, puckery taste which sticks with you. They also advise picking the mature pods off the tree, only, not off the ground.

Sounds as though you might have chanced on flour made from the wrong pods. Or maybe those C-rations killed your taste buds? :haha:

Spence

 

[George]

I used to make cornmeal pancakes, something like the delicious ones my late mother-in-law served. Never equaled her's, but these are good.

Cornmeal Pancakes

< 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
> 3/4 cup yellow cornmeal
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 tablespoon baking powder
2 tablespoon granulated sugar
1 1/8 cup milk
1 large egg
1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoon butter, melted

Mix dry ingredients. Mix wet ingredients. Combine, stir gently. Adjust texture with extra milk if necessary. Stir in melted butter.

Heat 1 tablespoon butter in skillet, medium heat. Drop pancakes by 1/4-cup and cook until golden brown and crispy on both sides. Add more butter as needed.

Spence

 

[George]

(We Mike Papas call MRE: Meals Rejected by Ethiopians, as NO JOKE starving Ethiopians REFUSED to eat MREs during the famine, there.)

:bull:

Spence

 

[coloradoclyde]

Crumpets!....anyone like crumpets?

 

[satx78247]

NO JOKE. The starving Ethiopians REFUSED to eat MREs, after a single bite.
(Tell me, were you over there?)

yours, satx

 

[coloradoclyde]

Crumpets!....anyone like crumpets?

You guys even know what a crumpet is?.... :haha:
It's like a cross between a pancake and a English muffin.....

 

[satx78247]

Well, I once had one at the British officer's mess in BRD but wasn't much impressed. - I do like their biscuits & scones.

yours, satx

 

[Kansas Jake]

Those look real good Spence.

 

[coloradoclyde]

Anybody ever make a pancake with an egg in the middle?

 

[BullRunBear]

Guys, Thanks for posting the recipes you use. (Bourbon in the batter? Yum!) I've added them to my recipes. And Spence, thanks for the pancake porn. It is inspirational.

Jeff

 

[George]

You guys even know what a crumpet is?.... :haha:
It's like a cross between a pancake and a English muffin.....

Like these?
http://s881.photobucket.com/user/Spence_2010/slideshow/Crumpets

Spence

 

[Tallswife]

Cornmeal pancakes with lots of homemade butter and real maple syrup, heaven!

Yeah, those are really good, too. But, I can't claim to make the world's best cornmeal pancakes. I mean, I can't be the world's best at everything. :haha:

Another thing that I like to make, and I do a good job of it too, is fried mush. I like it plain with salt and pepper and I like it with syrup on it. Either way is delicious. If I am making fried mush for those who prefer syrup, I use nothing but cornmeal and a pinch of salt. But, if I am making the savory verity, I will add such things as fried sausage or crumbled bacon. It is to die for! :thumbsup: I cook it the night before, put it into a loaf pan and chill it over night. The next morning, I slice it and coat it with cornmeal and fry it up. Ummmmmm Goooood !!!

My hubby makes the best, so no, you can't claim that title!