Foggy again this morning, which probably means a sunny afternoon. I am making a Dutch Baby this morning--one of our favorites for Sunday breakfast. Here's our recipe, which will take some adjustment for your oven. I used whole wheat flour once and it worked well.
Preheat oven to 425 deg. F. Preheat ten-inch cast iron frying pan Mix 3 eggs, 1/2 cup of flour (works better with a bit more), 1/2 cup milk, and nutmeg. Melt some butter in the bottom of the frying pan Add batter to frying pan and bake about 20 minutes. Serve with jam; makes enough for 2-3 people.
I'm not sure; the "Dutch" is surely German. According to Wikipedia [Click] nobody knows: According to Sunset magazine, Dutch babies were introduced in the first half of the 1900s at Manca's Cafe, a family-run restaurant that was located in Seattle, Washington and that was owned by Victor Manca. While these pancakes are derived from the German pancake dish, it is said that the name Dutch baby was coined by one of Victor Manca's daughters, where "Dutch" perhaps was her corruption of the German autonym deutsch. Manca's Cafe claimed that it owned the trademark for Dutch babies in 1942. I have seen individual- sized ones served up in their (smaller) frying pans.
Nearly 1PM and the fog is if anything getting thicker; the weatherperson predicts nicer weather tomorrow. We delicate subtropical flowers have decided to skip gardening today.
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Foggy again this morning, which probably means a sunny afternoon. I am making a Dutch Baby this morning--one of our favorites for Sunday breakfast. Here's our recipe, which will take some adjustment for your oven. I used whole wheat flour once and it worked well.
ReplyDeletePreheat oven to 425 deg. F.
Preheat ten-inch cast iron frying pan
Mix 3 eggs, 1/2 cup of flour (works better with a bit more), 1/2 cup milk, and nutmeg.
Melt some butter in the bottom of the frying pan
Add batter to frying pan and bake about 20 minutes.
Serve with jam; makes enough for 2-3 people.
Unless you're my former MIL who ate the whole damned thing...
DeleteSounds tasty. What's the origin of the name?
DeleteI'm not sure; the "Dutch" is surely German. According to Wikipedia [Click] nobody knows: According to Sunset magazine, Dutch babies were introduced in the first half of the 1900s at Manca's Cafe, a family-run restaurant that was located in Seattle, Washington and that was owned by Victor Manca. While these pancakes are derived from the German pancake dish, it is said that the name Dutch baby was coined by one of Victor Manca's daughters, where "Dutch" perhaps was her corruption of the German autonym deutsch. Manca's Cafe claimed that it owned the trademark for Dutch babies in 1942.
DeleteI have seen individual- sized ones served up in their (smaller) frying pans.
Nearly 1PM and the fog is if anything getting thicker; the weatherperson predicts nicer weather tomorrow. We delicate subtropical flowers have decided to skip gardening today.
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ReplyDeleteEarly humans may have survived the harsh winters by [sot of] hibernating [Click] Entering into a state of torpor. I can’t put my hand on the book right now (my library is in a state of enhanced entropy), but I remember reading that peasants in a remote, mountainous part of France exhibited the same sort of behavior as late as the 19th Century. They gathered in close proximity (to share body heat) underground, barely moving, eating or drinking, and stayed that way until Spring.
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Delete– Graham Robb, The Discovery of France: A Historical Geography from the Revolution to the First World War
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