Pancakes.
It should be as easy as 1-2-3. That is, if you have a recipe handed down from your mother. I do not have such a recipe. I remember that my own mum’s pancake was always on the edge. It was intermittently good. (My apologies, dear mother, if you are reading this. Happy Mother’s Day!) Perhaps we did not have a measuring cup at that time back in our little house in Cebu, Philippines. So the ingredients were just thrown together.
Since coming to Australia, I used various magazine recipes to find that perfect pancake. Some will require non-pantry items such as buttermilk or cinnamon or cream. But I just wanted a simple recipe. It did not occur to me to just google it. Don’t ask why not. [Read more…]