A blizzard, pancakes & bacon

Need I say more?  A look out the window onto the streets below was like looking down at the land of Narnia after waking on Saturday morning.  The District of Columbia is blanketed in the most beautiful two feet of snow, and nothing seemed more necessary than pancakes.  But, not just any pancakes, ricotta pancakes.  Yes, I've heard of these before, and I already find ricotta to be beyond delicious, so it was time to try them out.

Menu:

Ricotta Pancakes (#36)

Bacon

Lots of coffee

 

Pancakes remind me of my mom.  Mostly because she loves them.  But also because she never needed an excuse to get out the pancake mix, syrup and have a lazy and yummy Saturday morning with us when we were kiddos.  This was a pretty consistent ritual, along with Dad's incredibly buttery and salty popcorn on Friday nights, - made on the stove, not in the microwave.  However, we were definitely the just-add-a-cup-of-water-pancake-mix type of family.  (Which falls under the cookie category of slice-and-bake.)  So, maybe my Momma didn't teach me her secret Saturday morning pancake recipe.  Who cares, though?  She taught me something way more important: go ahead, make the pancakes.  Enjoy the morning.  So, that we did.  And the 24 inches of snow made it all the more appropriate.  

Perhaps you're thinking, cheese in pancakes?  No es posible!  Pero es verdad. A cup of ricotta in pancake batter makes for the fluffiest and most delectable pancakes of all.  

But, you know, there is an equally important ingredient here.  It gets that brown and crispy outside that makes every bite more yummy than the last.  But, this ingredient isn't new at all.  It is the dear old friend that I cannot ever seem to keep in the fridge too long.  Yes, friends, it is just butter.  That pad of butter all nice and hot on the pan is what turns that vanilla-y cheesy batter into the fluffy short stack.

 

This plate of Saturday morning wonderfulness left me wondering only one single thing.  

Can this blizzard last forever?

264 to go...