ummm...about that care package

I seem to be deadline impaired this past week or two. Package will still go out. I will get to the winner by email. Thanks for those of you who wanted the package! I have some neat new things to go in them!

Posting 100...

I have noticed other folks celebrating their 100th post. Well, this isn't my centennial post, but I am getting ready for it. This post marks my 86th post and with it I would like to announce I will send out a care package in acknowledgment of my 100th post! Wait until the millennial post...that should be super special, eh??

So, sometime in the next two weeks, I will be offering up the care package. Any suggestions as to what should grace the box?

Before I forget, I want to share another recipe with you all out there. It was one of my favorites as a kid and I am now indoctrinating my husband...

German Pancakes

and no, it is neither frugal nor healthy...but you just can't eat a lot of it, anyway...

6 eggs
1 cup milk
1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted


Buttermilk Syrup

1 and 1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup butter or margarine
2 tablespoons corn syrup (I never use it)
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Place the eggs, milk, flour and salt in a blender; cover and process until smooth. Pour the butter into an un-greased 13x9x2 baking dish; add the batter. Bake, uncovered, at 400 for 20 minutes. meanwhile, in a saucepan, combine the first five syrup ingredients; bring to a boil. Boil for 7 minutes. Remove from the heat; stir in the vanilla. Serve immediately with the syrup. Yield: 8 servings




edit: some of you may know this recipe as "hills and valleys" as that appears to be the more folksy name for it!