norwegian pancake

11-16-2014 Sun. chilly, cloudy.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | Norwegian pancake with apple | pomegranate  | orange 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER ---  pan-fried Brussel's sprouts | pulled pork with leek | seasoned rice | wine 

 

• some old some new,  one stalk Brussels sprouts lasts a whole week.

Norwegian pancake and Syrian flat bread

11-06-2011 Sun. cool, sunny.


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | Norwegian pancake with brown sugar and apple | egg and milk porridge
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- ( on the plane) tomato juice
DINNER --- homemade Syrian flat bread with onion and spices | pear | green tea

Norwegian pancake



Iranian flat bread

just out of oven

• a flour day of busy baking. the Iranian bread is a staple of traveling food, carrying on journeys on camel in desert in the old days, and on plane in hotel in the days of bad airline and hotel food.
  

Autumn sun, Autumn moon

9-19-2010 Sun. warm, sunny.


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- ( in the garden ) coffee | Norwegian pancake with apple | middle eastern yogurt drink | concord grapes | sugar nut melon | bartlett pear
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- ( in the tea house ) green tea | roasted moss crackers
DINNER --- ( in the garden ) tempura of fermented tofu, shiitake with daikon dipping sauce | pan-roasted shishito green pepper | curried taro roots with green onion | sauteed green beans in garlic tomato sauce | red wine | moon cake

sunshine at breakfast table

tempura

under the autumn moon

• a beautiful day, read Sunday paper in the garden after breakfast, read "Pale Horse, Pale Rider" in the tea house during the afternoon tea time, the autumn moon arises during the garden dinner
  

Norwegian pancakes in a snowstorm day

2-06-2010 Sat. blizzard

WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | Norwegian pancakes with brown sugar and apple (pannekaken) | grape fruit
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- green tea | roasted ginkgo nuts
DINNER --- tempura of stuffed lotus root with ponzu dipping sauce | popover | boiled pea leaves | pan-fried whole fish ( gray sole) | rice | wine

popover

• The blizzard caused damages out there. We had almost three feet snow, the scene outside looked more like Norway today, Norwegian pancakes fit in perfectly.
  

Norwegian pancakes

for 4 pancakes:

• 2 eggs
  
• 1/2 cup milk
  
• 1/2 cup flour
• butter
  
• brown sugar
• 1 apple, chopped
  

1. mix eggs, milk and flour into a smooth batter
   
2. heat butter in a pan, over medium heat pour in the batter to make a thin pancake, cook for 5 minutes
   
3. flip the pancake to cook the other side for a couple of minutes
   
4. put the pancake on a plate, put chopped apple and brown sugar on the pancake
5. roll the pancake and serve