how kids see things
early morning conversation:
cupcake: i hungee G
G: ok (cooks pancakes), here you go!
cupcake: G, this waffle looks funny (nom nom).
G: that's because it's a pancake, not a waffle.
cupcake: it's a waffle
G: pancake
cupcake: no, waffle
G: whatever, just eat it.
i tried to remember if i had ever made pancakes for her & little miss sunshine. i know they loved waffles because of outtings to IHOP. i've them zillions of waffles. so maybe pancakes never made it to the table.
that conversation reminded me of something from my kidhood. my mother made pancakes, on a griddle/ waffle iron, she used Bisquick, and log cabin syrup. same way every time. she never made waffles becasue her griddle/ waffle iron was not teflon coated, so her waffles stuck every time. big fat mess. she gave up and we only ate pancakes.
when i stayed over night with my Portueguese non-english speaking grandparents, we had hotcakes in the morning. they were make in a cast iron skillet, Vava (grandmother) made them with flour, milk and other stuff i didn't pay attention to. the hotcakes were served sprinkled with sugar or with homemade jam. "hotcakes" is what she called them. and they were good!
it wasn't until i moved in with the hubbs and he fixed me pancakes in a cast iron skillet, served with syrup for breakfast. 'oh, hotcakes with syrup, i never had them that way.' 'they are pancakes', he corrected me. 'what?' i didn't realize hot cakes & pancakes were essentually, the same thing. we had a 'discussion' about the difference of hotcake vs. pancake. needless to say, i didn't win that one. i was 19 years old, and obviously not the sharpest pencil in the box! LOL
because of my waffle deprived childhood, one of the first things i bought as a young mom was a non-stick waffle iron. my brats ate loads of waffles. pancakes too. i learned to cook them on that very same cast iron skillet. besides serving with syrup, sugar, and jam, we also used cream cheese (instead of butter) with jam or powdered sugar. yummy!!
the moral of this story is that my granddemons will never suffer the trama of pancake depervation!! i vow to make them everyday until cupcake finally calls them pancakes (or hotcakes either will do)!! *shakes fist in air like scarlett o'hara*
cupcake: i hungee G
G: ok (cooks pancakes), here you go!
cupcake: G, this waffle looks funny (nom nom).
G: that's because it's a pancake, not a waffle.
cupcake: it's a waffle
G: pancake
cupcake: no, waffle
G: whatever, just eat it.
i tried to remember if i had ever made pancakes for her & little miss sunshine. i know they loved waffles because of outtings to IHOP. i've them zillions of waffles. so maybe pancakes never made it to the table.
that conversation reminded me of something from my kidhood. my mother made pancakes, on a griddle/ waffle iron, she used Bisquick, and log cabin syrup. same way every time. she never made waffles becasue her griddle/ waffle iron was not teflon coated, so her waffles stuck every time. big fat mess. she gave up and we only ate pancakes.
when i stayed over night with my Portueguese non-english speaking grandparents, we had hotcakes in the morning. they were make in a cast iron skillet, Vava (grandmother) made them with flour, milk and other stuff i didn't pay attention to. the hotcakes were served sprinkled with sugar or with homemade jam. "hotcakes" is what she called them. and they were good!
it wasn't until i moved in with the hubbs and he fixed me pancakes in a cast iron skillet, served with syrup for breakfast. 'oh, hotcakes with syrup, i never had them that way.' 'they are pancakes', he corrected me. 'what?' i didn't realize hot cakes & pancakes were essentually, the same thing. we had a 'discussion' about the difference of hotcake vs. pancake. needless to say, i didn't win that one. i was 19 years old, and obviously not the sharpest pencil in the box! LOL
because of my waffle deprived childhood, one of the first things i bought as a young mom was a non-stick waffle iron. my brats ate loads of waffles. pancakes too. i learned to cook them on that very same cast iron skillet. besides serving with syrup, sugar, and jam, we also used cream cheese (instead of butter) with jam or powdered sugar. yummy!!
the moral of this story is that my granddemons will never suffer the trama of pancake depervation!! i vow to make them everyday until cupcake finally calls them pancakes (or hotcakes either will do)!! *shakes fist in air like scarlett o'hara*