I despise milk. I never liked it, never drink the stuff, as a matter of fact I have an aversion to it. Let me put it another way, I despise milk with a capital H. I’m literally uncomfortable if a drop should touch me or having to wipe up spilt milk is something I have a momentary lapse of reason about.
In any case, with Passover quickly approaching and a neglected banana looking like an oozing jumbo vanilla bean in a prone position on my kitchen table I got a brilliant idea the other night to make banana pancakes.
I halved a recipe I found for pancake batter from scratch; 3/4 C flour, 1T baking powder, 1 T sugar, 1 t salt, 1 egg scrambled, 1 T melted butter and 3/4 C milk. Sift the dry ingredients into a bowl, make a well for the liquids – scrambled egg, melted butter & milk. Once the pancake batter is well mixed I mashed in the banana. I put the batter in the refrigerator for about 15 mins. Not because I was told to but remember this is done when making batter for crepes.
The pancakes came out beautifully. I made quite large ones. I melted a little Trader Joe’s earth balance an organic buttery spread in a non stick pan, poured the batter into the pan. Flip the pancake once bubbles form on the edge and within the pancake. I topped the pancakes with Trader Joe’s lemon curd, served and ate them immediately with a cup of hot lemon ginger tea.
Here’s the long and the short of it, There are very few things I make that use, call for or require milk. The last time I had milk in the house it was left behind by an Italian couple that sublet my place a few summers ago. It didn’t take much more than a quick search that I soon became the queen of panna cotta. Thanks to panna cotta and ice cream I probably get the recommended daily allowance of milk in a year.
I think I’ll be going there this time too, meaning I’ll be making panna cotta. I’m going to make a pineapple one. More on that later, but here’s the punch line, even tho I only buy a pint of milk, when I do – I FREEZE the milk between uses. Yes, cooking with it requires a bit more planning but, hey, I couldn’t help but share what I think is a great Recipe 4 Survival – tactic and resourceful tip.
With much love I share this with you.
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