Scribblings from the Mitchy Side

I fancied pancakes the other week, so I made a batter without following a recipe because I didn't have one. It worked fine though and the pancakes were very tasty. But I fancied finding a recipe for the thicker american-style pancakes, mostly because the only measuring stuff I own is a set of US standard cups, so recipes that use that are good for mice :) I found the perfect recipe on www.allrecipes.com and I tried them out last night.

OM NOM NOM NOM!!

DEEE-licious!

I had one with the traditional sugar and lemon and two with chocolate - I just pressed a square of Galaxy chocolate onto each one when they were fresh out of the pan and the residual heat soften it beautiful so it was all melty and tasty :) And the good thing is the batter will make more pancakes than I can eat in a sitting so I had batter for today too. Just scoffed another batch. Lovely!

So far today, I've done some kitchen tidying/cleaning, paid the mortgage, watched the football and spent far too much time poking Facebook. It worries me how addictive that is. Must prise self off!...later....:D

I went shopping last night (pay day! Yay!) and I have suitable snack food for the SuperBowl tomorrow. It's a tradition that I MUST have loaded potato skins and so I have ;) I usually also have pizza but have skipped it this time as I decided to buy other snack food instead. As for who I want to win, well, with all respect to e_musings, I'm kinda rooting for the Cards. However, I'll be thrilled for her if the Steelers win (which I think they will, to be honest, I think they're the stronger team). Either way, I'm hoping for a great game! I've taken Monday morning off work so I can stay up late to watch the whole thing! Hee :D

This is really easy to remember and seems to be foolproof :)

Original recipe:

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup milk
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil

I left out the vegetable oil as I didn't fancy it but might try it another time. Worked fine without it, I have to say :) This quantity, btw, is for what the site calls "three servings". And yes, it's in metric, the damn site won't show the US equivalents at the mo, I'll come back and edit later. Edited! See why it's easy to remember in US measurements?