The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #59418 Message #1657034
Posted By: kindaloupehackenweez
28-Jan-06 - 09:27 AM
Thread Name: BS: The Mother of all BS threads
Subject: RE: BS: The Mother of all BS threads
Fact of the Day: pancake
The oldest surviving pancake recipe in the English language dates from the 15th century. It describes a thin flat cake of batter, fried on both sides in a pan and usually served either flat or with several stacked. Blin (as in blini and blintze) is Russian for 'pancake' and blintz(e) is from Russian blinets 'little pancake.' 'Cake itself first meant 'small flat bread roll baked on both sides by being turned - as in pancake.
Added is my own personal receipe for Johnny Cakes: Most probley from the ole magizine "Practical Survival"
l cup white corn meal
1/2 cup white flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
Mix above ingredients
Gradually add water - Stopping accasionally to stir.
Stop adding water when mix is too thick to pour
(but will drop from spoon)
THEN
Brush back coal and ash from wide end of fireplace.
THEN: Drop 2 or 3 large spoonfuls onto the Hot Earth.
THEN: Rake hot coals and ash onto cakes
BAKE: 4-5 minutes
CHECK: with sliver of wood (for Doneness)
NO moisture means its done.
Enjoy
To add an extra flare. Start the fire infront of friends using flint and steel, char cloth and flax.
It looks like and excellant weekend for a camp-out.
Have fun
kindaloupehackenweez