Episode 13-Week 2 Easy Weekend Breakfast

mmm-yoso is on vacation.  The part usually played by Kirk will be played by Cathy in the interim.

Hi. It was a nice, rainy day.  Hope yours went well.  This will be a relatively short post.  I am going to the Asian Film Festival with the Mister tonight to seeAsian Stories, Book 3 which is directed by DietChiliCheeseFries.  Considering I have not ventured into a movie theater, nor rented a DVD or movie in more than ten years, this is kind of major for me.

One thing Kirk and I have in common is that each of us married people who were not born in the USA.  Kirk's Missus is from China and my Mister was born in Finland. This may help explain why most of my posts are not totally Asian in content.  I only know what I like, not the intricacies of  each ingredient or style in which to eat.

Oh, and Kirk was born in Hawaii and I was born in Detroit and I am mostly Polish, with some German and Russian thrown in.  That said, the Mister and I are kind of  'hearty' eaters... Here is a common Finnish breakfast treat...it works wonderfully for guests.  You can make the mix the night before and leave in the fridge, pouring the mix into the heated baking dish once the butter in it has melted.

Finnish Oven Pancake

• 9x13 pan.. Put a stick of butter in it, put into oven and turn heat on to 425°. Let butter melt and start mixing:

5 large eggs (7 or 8 small)

1 Tbs sugar

1/2 tsp salt

2 1/2 C milk

1 half pint container of cottage cheese

1 C all purpose flour

1 Tsp baking POWDER

Pour mix into the buttered hot pan.  Bake at 425­° for 25 minutes. When you take it out of the oven, it will be puffy, like the above photograph. It will then collapse.  Cut it and it looks like this:

The Mister likes it with maple syrup; I like it plain.  It can be eaten hot or cold. We serve with bacon and fresh fruit.

This recipe was featured in the "Chefs of the West" section of Sunset Magazine in August 1985.  If you find that issue of that magazine, you know the Mister's name.  You also will be considered a stalker....

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The Mister and I just got back from Hazard Center and seeing Asian Stories, Book 3.  It was great!  It will be played again this Tuesday October 17 at 4:30.  If you get the chance, don't miss it!  It is a dramatic comedy, with a girl.  The food references are almost too numerous to count...but I am going to look for the artichoke goat cheese empañadas at Trader Joe's the next time I go.....

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Comments

[dietchilicheesefries]

hi cathy, mister, and kirk.

was great meetin ya guys! i'm glad ya'll had had a good time at the movies... you might have to make it a ritual now cathy..

kirk was great hanging out with ya in the mean streets of Mission Valley and eating onion rings..

oh cathy... the artichoke and goat cheese empanada thing... is all facetious, made it up... sorry... maybe you can try and make em huh?

thanks for coming down!

[cathy]

DCCF! Yes it was fun to meet you, and the movie was excellent. I have not been in a movie theater or rented a movie in more than ten years, really! It was great to go out on a date with the Mister and see a good film. I figured the empañadas weren't real.....but I am trying to make some kind of cult thing come out of the movie....you know, like I have this red Swingline stapler on my desk now....emapañadas would be good...guess its gonna be jujus!

or, maybe, I can find something in Book 1 or Book 2.... :D

[caninecologne]

OMG, I want to make this! I have everything but the cream cheese!

[Cathy]

Cottage cheese-not cream cheese, cc! Large or small curd (not the fine cottage cheese I sometimes see). It's so good, simple and can be eaten hot or cold.

[caninecologne]

Yikes, I meant cottage! I'll use my co-workers as guineau pigs!