Strawberry Pancakes
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This is a public service announcement brought to you by the National Highway Traffic Safety Council. Well, kinda.
It was a typical Wednesday afternoon. I went to the grocery store like I do every Wednesday afternoon, picking up the usual fare with one exception—a watermelon. Spring was in the air, it was 50 degrees outside, and it seemed like a good decision. Especially since it was on sale.
After making my purchases, I packed the groceries in the backseat of the car and headed home. I like to drive slow with a car full of groceries because I don't want them to roll around and make a big mess of the backseat—it's a very big pet peeve of mine. As I was driving down a steep hill, the car in front of me stopped suddenly which meant that I stopped suddenly. It's a real shame my groceries didn't get the memo. They flew about the backseat like birds just released from a cage. And that precious watermelon of mine, the one that seemed like such a good idea only moments before, bounced out of the bag, off the seat, and managed to hit me straight in the side.
I was hit by a watermelon. In a car.
Explain the physics of that one to me.
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After the initial shock of did-I-really-just-get-walloped-by-a-watermelon? wore off, I realized I had managed to puncture it with my elbow and it was now releasing watermelon juice at an alarming rate. As in getting-sticky-watermelon-juice-all-over-the-front-seat-of-my-car alarming. The orderly nature of my groceries had been shot to hell and my front seat was beginning to look like a gory crime scene.
I was peeved.
By the time I made it home, my only goal was to get that watermelon to the kitchen sink as fast as possible. It was a perfect plan except for one caveat—I'm clumsy. Yes, I managed to drop the wounded watermelon in the garage. Yes, it cracked open and shot watermelon juice everywhere. Yes, I had a second crime scene on my hands.
By the time I finally got it to the sink, it was in shambles—a shell of its former delicious self. So I did what any self-respecting person would do, I dug into the remains with a fork and cried over spilled watermelon. You would have too.
The moral of the story is to wear your seatbelt. You never know when you'll be hit by a flying watermelon. It's probably a good idea to buckle your watermelon in too.
Better yet, next time save yourself the trauma and buy strawberries instead.
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These strawberry pancakes are light, fluffy, and thick. Packed with strawberries, you'll have a burst of berry flavor in every bite (which is a welcome sight when you're desperate for spring). The pancakes are not overly sweet, so you have the power to control how sweet you'd like your breakfast. I enjoyed these drizzled with a little honey and maple syrup. These pancakes make for a lovely spring brunch.
Strawberry Pancakes
Yields 4-6 servings
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
Pinch of salt
1 egg
1 cup milk
1 tablespoon honey
2 tablespoons butter, melted
2 cups sliced strawberries
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Make a well in the flour with a spatula and pour in the egg, milk, honey, and butter. Mix until just combined. Fold in the strawberries.
Pour 1/4 cup of batter onto a heated griddle and cook each side until lightly browned. The batter may look slightly "doughy" when fully cooked; this is just a result of the moisture in the strawberries. Serve hot! Sprinkle with powdered sugar or drizzle with honey and maple syrup.
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Reader Comments (12)
Hopefully the mess wasn't too terrible to get cleaned up.
The pancakes look delicious by the way!
As a former physicist myself, I believe Newton's laws suffice in the notorious watermelon carnage incident ... projectile motion as applied to ballistics should account for what happened. Although I believe you might need chaos theory to explain the bizarre nature of it all. ;-)
Still laughing... important thing is no-one was seriously hurt (except the melon of course).
I stumbled across this recipe as it was linked in another (can't recall which anymore) and I didn't just laugh, but I GUFFAWED at your tale... until the hefty slice of watermelon I was devouring slipped from my fingers and fell with a satisfied THUMP onto the floor. Watermelon juice and pulp is everywhere. Grand.
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I can't remember how I first discovered your blog a few weeks ago (I really don't have as awful of a memory as it seems, but I'm a graduate student in school full-time and teaching full-time and as the semester rounds out I'm just a bit fried - though I tell everyone it's because I've turned 26 and I'm officially "old" :)), but I did and it's DELIGHTFUL. Also, and here's the random bit that I promise I do not mean in that awfully creepy way that some people posting in response to blog entries do, I am so taken by your narrative voice and humor that I think we would be stupendous friends (see? I totally understand where this is potentially creepy but I assure you it comes from a sentiment of admiration and amusement at your talent and tales). For instance, I shared with my beloved one of your recipes and when he asked where I got it, I replied, "Oh, it's Kristin's." He looked at me for a moment before asking, "Who's Kristin?" and so I pulled up PastryAffair. He laughed and asked if I was aware that you and I don't know each other and when I insisted he read a few more selections he changed his tone. "Oh, she's delightful!" he said. (I should perhaps disclose that we're both writers/editors/teachers and always appreciate good writing - all the more when accompanied my recipes we can make together :)) So, um, before this sounds any stranger, Thanks! :) I look forward to baking and making my way through your blog with my honey.
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