The Punky Penguins: What the hail?

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

What the hail?

We didn't know what a real storm was until we came to Kansas.

The kids were freaked out.

The lightning was amazing.

The thunder was loud.

The power went out.

We burned candles in the basement.

We are happy to have a garage to park our cars in.

Ahh, the memories and stories we can tell...

3 comments:

Brynn said...: no WAY!!!; April 6, 2011 at 7:56 AM
Sybrina said...: Whoah! Scary! Our agent told us that can happen here, too. Haven' seen it yet, thank goodness. Glad you are all okay. What an adventure, I bet! How did your roof fare?; April 9, 2011 at 9:16 AM
Anie said...: That is seriously INCREDIBLE!!!!; April 19, 2011 at 11:47 AM

Recipe of the Day, Week, Month, or whenever I feel like changing it!

The kids and I took a trip to Half Moon Bay, CA in January to see the Mavericks surf contest and spend the weekend with my favorite Aunt Fay, Uncle Bob and Grandma! Aunt Fay made us the best buttermilk pancakes with homemade buttermilk syrup!

Buttermilk Pancakes
2 1/2 cups buttermilk
1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
5 egg yolks
Combine above ingredients
Add:
2 1/4 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
6 Tablespoons oil
Beat 5 egg whites and fold into above mixture when griddle is ready.

Buttermilk Syrup
1 stick of butter
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup buttermilk
Add a pinch of salt. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat and add:
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teasopoon vanilla
Stir and enjoy!

I made pancakes from a mix this morning for breakfast. Brittany asked if I had any of the good syrup. I said yes, because we have some strawberry syrup in the fridge right now. She was dissapointed to see that we in fact did not have any of the good syrup! She was hoping for the buttermilk kind! I guess I need to add buttermilk to the grocery list!