Breakfast

Dinner last night went well. It should have anyway, it was par his request. He'd said some thing about them the week before. I however was extremely hungry and made a pig of my self. They were good though.

Dinner Tonight:

Breakfast

Bacon
Eggs
Hash browns
Biscuits or Pancakes

Freddie's Hash browns:

potatoes, grated
flour
salt and pepper
eggs

Grate peeled potatoes, rinse and drain. Add flour, salt, pepper, and eggs. Form into patties and fry in deep fat until crisp.


Griddle Cakes:

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
4 tablespoons sugar
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 eggs, beaten
3/4 cup milk
3 tablespoons oil

Sift together flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt. Combine egg, milk, and melted butter, and add to dry ingredients all at once, beating with a spoon or wire whisk until smooth. Drop batter from a tablespoon onto a hot griddle, spreading each cake with the back of a spoon into a circle. The griddle should be greased or not, according to the manufacturer's directions. Cook on one side until puffed, full of bubbles, and cooked on the edges. Then turn and cook on the other side. Serve immediately with butter and syrup.

Notes:
APPLE GRIDDLE CAKES: Make griddle cakes adding 1/ 2 cup cinnamon to the dry ingredients and 1 cup finely chopped pared apples to the batter before cooking.
BLUEBERRY GRIDDLE CAKES: Make griddle cakes, adding 1/ 2 cup washed and dried blueberries to the batter before cooking.
BUCKWHEAT GRIDDLE CAKES: Make griddle cakes, substituting 1 cup unsifted buckwheat flour for the flour and reducing the sugar.
CORN GRIDDLE CAKES: Make griddle cakes, substituting 1/ 2 cup yellow or white corn meal for 1/ 2 cup of the flour.
RICE GRIDDLE CAKES: Make griddle cakes, substituting 1/ 2 cup cooled, cooked rice for 1/ 4 cup of the flour. Add the rice to the egg and milk mixture before combining with the dry ingredients.
SOUR MILK GRIDDLE CAKES: Make griddle cakes, substituting 1/ 2 tsp baking soda for 2 tsp of the baking powder and 3/ 4 cup + 2 tbsp sour milk or butter milk for the milk.
WHOLEWHEAT GRIDDLE CAKES: Make griddle cakes, substituting unsifted whole wheat flour for the all-purpose flour, and adding 1 tbsp more milk.

Source:
"Good House Keeping Cookbook"


Baking Powder Biscuits

2 cups sifted all purpose flour
3 tablespoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons shortening
2/3 cup milk (approximately, or
1/3 cup evaporated milk and 1/3 cup water)

Sift the dry ingredients together; then cut in the shortening, using two knives in crisscross fashion or a pastry blender, until the mixture is the consistency of course cornmeal. Add enough of the milk, while stirring with a fork, to make a soft dough that can be easily handled. Turn onto a lightly floured board, and knead lightly about 1/2 min. Then foll or pat into a sheet about 1/2" to 1" thick. Cut into rounds of desired size with a floured cutter, and place on a greased or oiled baking pan. Place about 1" apart if you like a crusty biscuit. Place closer together, roll out and cut as above. Bake in hot oven of 450* F. for 12-15 min. Serve hot. Makes 19 2" biscuits, 1/2" thick.