MOOSE PANCAKES

What does a sister, moose shapes, and kids combine to make?  Moose pancakes, of course!

My sister gave me some moose pancake/egg moulds for this past Christmas.  The package was lost in the post for a while, but it was great to have another gift to open later and keep the celebrations going!

A couple of weeks ago I read an article in the CBC News online about a moose that had wandered into the city and caused delays at the airport and a scene further into the city when the emergency services appeared to round it up and transport it back to safety.  This triggered my memory that I still had these wonderful moulds in the cupboard.  What better time to get them out and give them a go?

I used Mom’s recipe for these Moose Pancakes:

• 1½        Cups     Flour
• 2½        tsp        Baking powder
• ¾           Tbsp     Salt
• 3             Tbsp     Sugar
• 1                            Egg
• ¾           pint      Milk (approx, or more to make a thin batter but not too thin)
• 3            Tbsp      Butter or margarine, melted (but Mom doesn’t use this)

 1)                   Mix the dry ingredients.

 2)                  In a separate bowl beat the egg, add milk and butter.

 3)                   Add the liquids to the dry ingredients.  Mix only until almost smooth.

 4)                   Cook on a hot, lightly greased frying pan or griddle, turn only once after bubbling has ceased.

 Note:  To test heat, sprinkle drops of cold water on griddle, they dance about when hot enough.

I really miss my old hand-me-down electric frying pan.  I just can’t seem to get nice golden pancakes on this gas stove.  But moose are dark brown anyway, aren’t they?

I had a think about how we could spruce up this moose.  I used some leafy celery for trees.  We currently had a fresh pineapple in the house for another project so we had Daddy slice it up and I used my cutters from Kyoto to make some stars and flowers from the pineapple. 

I used dried cranberries for the centre of the flowers and the nose. 

Raisins for eyes, and a little piece of black licorice for a mouth.  Now we had a moose pancake!

 And he was tasty, too!

Do you like to have fun with your food?  So do we!  See our other blogs about:

• Shamrock zucchini pancakes.
• Deviled egg sailboats.
• Shepherd’s stew with sleepy sheep dumplings.
• Our Spidey snack.

And for more ideas, be sure to check out our pages on breakfasts, healthy snacks, and lunches.