Pancakes

I was in the mood for pancakes, so I recently bought some maple syrup from Trader Joe's. I finally managed to convince Mandy that some pancakes were a good breakfast idea (granted, I think I only suggested it one other time).

I used the Pioneer Woman's recipe which was heavy on the sour cream. They ended up a lot thicker than I'm used to, but they were still pretty tasty and only took about five minutes to gather ingredients and mix.

They were easy enough but I think I would play around and add more eggs and/or milk next time. These were missing my favorite part, the super buttery crispy edges. The batter this time kept slowly oozing out because it was so thick.

Pig Parts or Potpourri

Since I haven't been a particularly prolific blogger in the first two weeks or so here, I have some random photos that I need to unload.

My mother and father brought some great cherry tomatoes from their home garden when they visited for my birthday. We had some mozzarella around from when we made pizza so I tossed it all together with some olive oil, salt and pepper for a nice little snack. It was scrum-didly-decious.
Also courtesy of my mother and father were some sorta prepared meals that they bought at various stores. The chicken scarpariello that they brought from the italian place in their town was amazing for being frozen. My dad asked if I split it with Mandy because there was a lot to eat. I just devoured the whole thing in about 5 minutes. I'll have to try making some on my own soon.

They also brought some meals/meats from Stew Leonard's. The flank steak stuffed with cheddar cheese and bacon looked phenomenal while uncooked, but looked pretty average after I seared it and threw it in the oven for a bit. It tasted pretty decent, but I wouldn't go out of my way to make it or even buy it again.
And finally some more stuff courtesy of dear mom and dad. They brought some Hatfield ham along with the bacon from the previous breakfast post. They'd been sitting in the fridge a bit longer than they probably should've, so I fried them up along with some eggs and had a quite good breakfast at 3pm the other day. The bacon was still phenomenal even though one piece didn't really want to stay together anymore. Also making guest appearances are some cheddar cheese and a plum tomato.

Pancakes and bacon and stuff

Mandy and I made up a nice breakfast for ourselves this past Sunday. My parents had brought us a bunch of apples and bacon from the awesomest smoke house in the Adirondacks, Oscar's.

I used a pancake batter recipe that was in the Sunday New York Times Magazine. It called for three eggs. I was skeptical but went along anyway. They ended up tasting a little too eggy for me. This may be partially my fault for not mixing the batter well enough. Then again, it's probably not my fault because I'm an awesome cook (amirite?).

We cooked up an apple with some sugar and cinnamon to put on top as well. They were pretty tasty, but a little too crisp. We only cooked them for 10 minutes or so as we weren't feeling patient.

Please note that my bacon is cooked perfectly while I have burnt Mandy's to her exacting standards.