Pancakes! Pancakes are becoming something of an attraction for our guests at breakfast.
Ordering Pancakes
Since the pancakes are a work of art, and prefer to sit, in batter form for 20 minutes before being cooked, we ask guests to order them the night before.... leading to some disapointed guests in the morning, who suffer from a common human trait - failing to read all the information available... and it's not fine print. We make sure people know they can have pancakes... but they'll have to wait. I've even started mentioning the pancakes at check in, just in case.
Size of Pancakes
I prefer my pancakes big! Over time, I've come to realise that many of our guests perfer a much smaller serving of pancakes. The difference in size is demonstrated in the photo above. My serving is on the right! For scale, note that these are 12" dinner plates!
Variations
By far the most popular pancake creation is pancakes with bacon and maple syrup, which I also fell in love with when Jodie introduced me to it. We serve real maple syrup with our pancakes, and were lucky enough to find somewhere where we could get it in a 4L bottle. We also offer it with maple syrup and cream, and even fresh berries when we have them available. On one of the many mornings I have spent making breakfast in bed for Jodie, I was struck with inspiration. Nigella [who's pancake recipe we use] suggested that you can bombard [my word] the uncooked side of the pancake with blueberries before flipping it over. Since I knew about Jodie's love of blueberries [another thing she introduced me too] I thought it would be an extra special breakfast... if only the suggestion hadn't come from another woman! Blueberry pancakes are now one of our favourite sleepy morning breakfasts.
Accolades
Our pancakes have been mentioned quite a few times in our guest book. The other breakfasts don't usually get a mention over and above '
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