Crepier

A rough night of sleeplessness, crying babies, unhappy toddlers, frazzled wives and a lucky unaware cat. Betsy took Mil to a regular doc appt while I wheeled out Edie around the neighborhood with a friend, who is looking at spaces to open a food retail business. Edie popped off to sleep pretty much immediately, and when I got home at 1, got to work on some experimental pancakes.

Took the duo out to the local playground in the afternoon -- it's chilly, but not unplayable like it will be in the winter and got lazy and ordered in Chinese for dinner, but not before making a big green salad to get some balance in there.

TODAY'S COOKING:
Pancakes: Swung by Essex St Market this morning, got the good buttermilk from Saxelby. When my dad made pancakes, they were always from a mix, and they were always thin and a bit rubbery....I miss that. So I took my standard c-school pancake recipe (24 oz AP Flour, 3 oz sugar, 1 tsp baking powder, 2 tsp salt / 24 oz whole milk, 3 egg, 2 oz butter) and kinda winged it (24 oz AP flour, 3 oz vanilla sugar, 1 tsp baking powder, 2 tsp salt, 1 tsp cinnamon, scrapings of 4 vanilla beans / 24 oz buttermilk, 12 oz whole milk, 4 eggs, 3 oz butter) using the same method.

The pancakes definitely came out flatter/denser/moister/mushier/crepier. The liquid really prevented strong gluten formation. Tasted good, but some weird spot between a pancake and a French crepe.


BREAKFAST: 9:30am, organic cornflakes & milk, iced green tea, banana, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5

LUNCH: 1:30pm, pancakes, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5


PM SNACK: 5:15pm, large green salad, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
Made salad today to balance the big dinner I knew coming.


DINNER: 6pm, chicken w/broccoli, pork fried rice, egg roll, grape soda, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5


EVENING SNACK: 7pm, peanut butter cups, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
A gift of affection from wifey. Hrumph.