First Post: Snowed In - Great-Grandpa Jack's Buttermilk Pancakes

Hello! Welcome to my blog! Today is January 18th, 2012. There is about 18 inches of snow on the ground! Western Washington got pounded with snow last night, and Olympia is paralyzed. The above picture is the bird bath in our backyard. So, today is definitely a day for lounging around in our pajamas, drinking hot cocoa, cooking good food, and starting a blog. :)

My mom's coveted recipe box:
The first recipe I am posting is my Great-Grandpa Jack's Buttermilk Pancakes. He used to make these for us all the time at the ranch in Grand Mound/Centralia, WA. He would make them with sausage links and scrambled eggs. I used to gorge on these, one time eating 17 of them in one sitting! Here is his famous recipe (we decided today that it needs just a little more flour):
1 cup buttermilk

1/2 cup milk

1 egg

1 cup flour (and a little extra, maybe 2 tablespoons)

1 teaspoon sugar

1 teaspoon baking soda

Serves: 3-4 people

We did not have any buttermilk on hand. Being that we are snowed in, there is no way we can go to the store. So, we looked on the internet for a buttermilk substitution, and found that you can add one tablespoon vinegar (we used apple cider vinegar) to one cup of milk. Stir well and let rest 15 minutes, until milk starts to curdle. Stir well again and add the other ingredients. We used medium heat.
This batch was a little overlapped! Haha. Mom said the trick to knowing when to flip the pancakes is when all of the bubbles on the batter pop. It works perfect!
Yum. Turned out delicious! I liberally buttered the pancakes. I ate mine with peanut butter and my friend Karma's homemade blackberry jam. Mom ate her's with peanut butter, peanuts and maple syrup.