The kids and I are home today since we all got a nice cough headcold thingy from our weekend away. So I thought that some comfort food was in order, and made some penguin shaped pancakes. Since pancakes on their own aren't super special, even when they are penguin shaped, I thought I would put a choc chip into each one, into the head of the penguin specifically, since the head is the thickest part of the pancake.
One of my favourite phrases in the whole world is Brain Fart. It describes that thing that happens to me all the time, when all of a sudden I go blank, and can't remember the word, or the sentence, or even what I was doing or just about to do. I figure it is a natural occurence to someone who has as many balls in the air at all times as I do, something has to give occasionally. It is embarrassing if I am in a meeting, or trying to look all together and grown up.
When I was making these pancakes, I heard a little noise inside of the penguin machine, and had a look. Turned out that one of the penguins had a brain fart. It's (white) chocolatey brain exploded from the heat. This was so fantastic to me that I overcooked a few more penguins to hear the satisfying soft popping sound of their brains farting.
So, if it is true that every day one learns something new, today I learned what a brain fart sounds like. And it sounds great.
Jamie | 5:43 pm
Will have to try this with our machine, Kate.
What recipe do you use for the pancake mix? I'm not sure where i put our book.