Sour dough pancakes !!!!!

The Big Brown truck stopped yesterday with the delivery of Ellen's promised sourdough starter!!! It's here! She had warned me that the starter was inside a container within a container and might blow the top off. Yep, it had blown its top.
Side note: I wonder if the starter would travel better in the mail if it started out frozen? Just a thought. Thank you, Elfin!!!




I added two cups of warm milk and two cups of flour and stirred and let it set over night. Oooooh just look at all those bubbles!




This little container went to the freezer as back up starter dated 01-29-10.



I used one cup of starter for my pancake batch, husband is more of an omelet person, the rest went back into the fridge to rest up for next time.



All the ingredients Mise en place (French "put in place" for das pancake makings.



Pre-heat frying pan to medium. It is hot enough when the sprinkle of water hisses into mini bubbles and evaporates quickly, if the water bubble just sits there, WAIT the pan is not hot enough. If you are more familiar with non stick pans, go ahead but we Berglund kids were raised to the regular fry pan method, BECAUSE THEY HAD NOT YET INVENTED NON STICK PANS BACK IN THE DARK AGES.

One more cooking tip, the batter is thick, takes longer to cook, wait until bubbles form and pop on the surface then flip. Cook until golden brown and delicious!



Ah, a short stack of three, butter and Colorado honey. Yum! Side order of coffee and morning medications. erp....



Clean up was a cinch. Husbands boy kitty, BB (Bodacious Boy).