A retrospective story on long lost foods (like literally lost). During the commencement period last May, me and 2 of my close friends were staying on campus, post-term. In this period, we get housing in a random dorm, but no food since school is technically out. As college students, eating out is expensive, so cooking is preferred (and way more fun!). One of the things we planned to make were pancakes. Unfortunately, when we tried to make some for dinner one night in the student kitchen, we were chastised and yelled at by one of the student aids who told us all food in the kitchen had been thrown out, including our pancake mix. So regrettably, we ate something else.
Fast forward 3 months later with the mourning period well done with (it was too hot for black anyways). During the kitchen orientation for the school year, guess what we found on the shelf in the kitchen. THE PANCAKE MIX. After being bitterly denied our pancakes 3 months ago, our first priority was honoring those pancakes and consuming them. It was a lovely ceremony, with the most fantastic of Saturday brunches one can attempt while in college. (Ok thats a lie, we could have tried harder, but you know, we go to school for books, not cooks).
Because it was fall, it was necessary to make a spiced variant of the typical pancakes. Last time I made something chai-flavored was in May when I made chai frosting. In that case, I used a highly concentrated form of flavor made from teabags in tiny amounts of water. This worked shockingly well so I figured I could use that again to see what would happen.
Oh, also, bacon pancakes. Because, hey, whats brunch without some sort of pork-related meat? The bacon pancakes were very much a la Pinterest. Thankfully, not a pinterest fail though. Next time, I might try to get more creative with the bacon and either crush it up to evenly distribute in a batter, or shape the bacon so they spell something within the pancake batter. Yea, I'm kinda a sucker for shaped pancakes, be it letters, micky mouse, or dinosaurs.
While the chai spices didn't shine out as distinctly as in the previous occasions, I could definitely note the taste of tea-like spices in the batter. Perhaps it was due to the lack of sugar and actual spices in the batter itself that made its taste less noticeable? Or maybe the bacon just overpowered everything in its pig-like manner.
I'm honestly not the world's biggest pancake fan (I think I like waffles better), but they are definitely great fun to make, especially the shaped varieties. Plus, things always taste better with revenge and justice.
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