One challenge I often face is serving everyone's meal at the same time; without having the first half served cold. Especially meals cooked in batches, like burgers or pancakes. Often times, eating a 'batch style meal' works a lot like singing in rounds... as the first group reaches the mid-point of their meal, the second group begins to eat, as the first group reaches takes their last bite, the third group is beginning and the second group has reached mid-point... everyone finishes on whatever course they find themselves whenever I run out of ingredients... technically, all together.
By "group" I mean, quite simply, individual.
I have a griddle that makes cooking for many a little easier. Thanks to our most recent move (into a furnished place), it was banished to storage almost a year ago... for (what feels like) forever.
When life puts your stuff in storage- Make Lemonade!
Yeah, I mixed my metaphors. So, what?
Yeah, I mixed my metaphors. So, what?
Ice that lemonade and sip it as you improvise.
Then pat your MacGyver self on the back.
The point of this post is to tell you that I used a cookie sheet as a make shift griddle for our pancakes one recent morning. I also learned that it is a popular improvisation in other countries.
And now you know, too!
And now you know, too!
We did not eat- or sing- in rounds. But we all enjoyed warm pancakes around the table together.
I did hum the MacGyver theme a little... over lemonade and maple syrup.
(that's a lie, we were out of maple syrup, so we "MacGyvered"that too- using frozen strawberries & sugar )
For my particular oven, the Baking-Sheet-As-Griddle method worked best with the burners turned to High. You may need to experiment with a smaller portion of batter until you get the heat right for your own preferences/cooking speed.
* Bonus MacGyver Clip~ in which Mac goes to the supermarket, cooks up some tear gas in aisle 6 and teams up with Granny to defeat the 'bad guys'