MJ's little flock

[MaryJanet]

Rose's Dutch Pancake Recipe

Please understand that my wife does not cook by recipe but by what works. This may be a little imprecise for some cooks out there. I asked her to clarify how you knew the pancake was not "wet". Her response was, "Look at it". I asked, "How long do you cook before adding the egg and ham on the breakfast pancake?" "A minute or so" was her response. So don't be upset if you have to play with cooking these a little until you get the hang of them.

You will need a 9 to 10 inch skillet
Heat oven to 425 degrees

Ingredients
½ cup all purpose flour
½ cup milk
2 large eggs
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
½ teaspoon salt

Blend/Mix ingredients together

The batter will be very liquid. Let it rest for 25 minutes
Melt Butter/margarine in the skillet coating it

For plain pancake

Cover bottom of the pan with batter
Cook on medium heat for a few minutes until not wet
Remove skillet from stove and place into the oven for 7 to 10 minutes
Remove from oven and move to a plate
Cover with powdered sugar. Add maple syrup or ice cream as desired.

For breakfast pancake

Mix one egg as if for making scrambled eggs
Cover bottom of the pan with batter
Let cook a minute and then add a thin slice of ham and the mixed egg
Cover the egg and ham with more batter
Cook on medium heat for a few minutes until not wet
Remove skillet from stove and place into the oven for 7 to 10 minutes
Remove from oven and move to a plate
Cover with powdered sugar and garnish with dill pickles.

That's how I cook too! I once alarmed someone when I was making risotto for them in their kitchen when I said I didn't know how long it would take but it's not ready yet and we really shouldn't take the lid off to check yet, but we will soon. In the end, she couldn't trust my instinct and got up and checked about five minutes too soon. Oh well. The risotto was lovely in the end

 

[RoyalChick]

Rose's Dutch Pancake Recipe

Please understand that my wife does not cook by recipe but by what works. This may be a little imprecise for some cooks out there. I asked her to clarify how you knew the pancake was not "wet". Her response was, "Look at it". I asked, "How long do you cook before adding the egg and ham on the breakfast pancake?" "A minute or so" was her response. So don't be upset if you have to play with cooking these a little until you get the hang of them.

You will need a 9 to 10 inch skillet
Heat oven to 425 degrees

Ingredients
½ cup all purpose flour
½ cup milk
2 large eggs
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
½ teaspoon salt

Blend/Mix ingredients together

The batter will be very liquid. Let it rest for 25 minutes
Melt Butter/margarine in the skillet coating it

For plain pancake

Cover bottom of the pan with batter
Cook on medium heat for a few minutes until not wet
Remove skillet from stove and place into the oven for 7 to 10 minutes
Remove from oven and move to a plate
Cover with powdered sugar. Add maple syrup or ice cream as desired.

For breakfast pancake

Mix one egg as if for making scrambled eggs
Cover bottom of the pan with batter
Let cook a minute and then add a thin slice of ham and the mixed egg
Cover the egg and ham with more batter
Cook on medium heat for a few minutes until not wet
Remove skillet from stove and place into the oven for 7 to 10 minutes
Remove from oven and move to a plate
Cover with powdered sugar and garnish with dill pickles.

Thank you Mrs By Bob!
I am very comfortable with that approach to cooking. Whenever I am asked 'when should I take it out of the oven' I usually reply 'when it is ready' (which I do understand is not helpful guidance, but is nonetheless the right answer).
I think I might try some pancake making this weekend.

 

[BY Bob]

Thank you Mrs By Bob!
I am very comfortable with that approach to cooking. Whenever I am asked 'when should I take it out of the oven' I usually reply 'when it is ready' (which I do understand is not helpful guidance, but is nonetheless the right answer).
I think I might try some pancake making this weekend.

If you are going to do the breakfast pancake you don't have to wait very long to lay in the ham and egg. I put down a minute but apparently less than that is fine. So I was just told. I swear to you I asked.

 

[BY Bob]

That's how I cook too! I once alarmed someone when I was making risotto for them in their kitchen when I said I didn't know how long it would take but it's not ready yet and we really shouldn't take the lid off to check yet, but we will soon. In the end, she couldn't trust my instinct and got up and checked about five minutes too soon. Oh well. The risotto was lovely in the end

As I'm sure you can imagine, Rose's spaghetti sauce had no recipe. The same is true for her meatballs. She made it as her mother made it. A little bit of this, a little bit of that. Tastes a little different everytime. My daughters, especially my little engineer, could not cook that way.

So one day I stood with her and wrote down everything she did and measured every ingredient before it went into each dish to write down a recipe for them. I did the same with my 80 year old grandmother to capture her rice pudding recipe. Rose is like that with pie crust too. A handful of this a little bit of that. It's done when it feels done.

I stand in awe of everyone who cooks that way.

Chicken tax

 

[BY Bob]

Poffertjes aren’t really thin but they are really small. We’ve got a special pan to make them, they’re about an inch in diameter or slightly bigger.

These are 9 to 10 inches in diameter. Not the same thing. See it covers the whole dinner plate.

 

[BY Bob]

Come on.

There's no such thing as a boring chicken.

You know I'm right on this.

You most certainly are. The white ones are especially not boring!

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

Hey kat. Just a warning. Don’t eat pizza late at night. It’s heartburn city!

If you had asked me, I would have suggested a nice glass of wine to help you relax and unwind, accompanied by a flock of small chickens on your chest.

 

[BY Bob]

If you had asked me, I would have suggested a nice glass of wine to help you relax and unwind, accompanied by a flock of small chickens on your chest.

That would have been an excellent plan.

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

As I'm sure you can imagine, Rose's spaghetti sauce had no recipe. The same is true for her meatballs. She made it as her mother made it. A little bit of this, a little bit of that. Tastes a little different everytime. My daughters, especially my little engineer, could not cook that way.

So one day I stood with her and wrote down everything she did and measured every ingredient before it went into each dish to write down a recipe for them. I did the same with my 80 year old grandmother to capture her rice pudding recipe. Rose is like that with pie crust too. A handful of this a little bit of that. It's done when it feels done.

I stand in awe of everyone who cooks that way.

Chicken tax
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My Mom and Grandmom (Gaba) had NO written down measured out recipes.

 

[RoyalChick]

If you are going to do the breakfast pancake you don't have to wait very long to lay in the ham and egg. I put down a minute but apparently less than that is fine. So I was just told. I swear to you I asked.

Thank you! Of course if it isn't perfect the first time that would be a good reason to make another one.
You could maybe imagine I might fail more than once!