Cooking and food has always been a big part of my life. When I was in fourth grade, I was Julia Child for the
Famous American Women's Tea at my school. Also, I tend to eat food every day, so it is pretty important. One of the great assets of the Allick family is my Dad, not only for his wierd humor, his great taste in music, his love of collecting and drinking wine, his tendency to drop the "f bomb" quite often from his quick frustration, but mainly for his love of cooking. You would never think that one of thousands of investment bankers in the world would also be a professional cook on the side. Growing up, I have always been proud to tell anyone I know that he is a professional cook and the common response I get is, "Oh, wow! Where's his restaurant?" Well, his restaurant is at home. A few of the many things I love for him to cook are his spaghetti and meatballs with his homemade tomato sauce, his scrambled eggs with the perfect texture and amount of salt and pepper along with a piece of toast and his homemade jam, his beef stew with various vegetables and potatoes, his homemade Mexican dinner, and of course, the pancakes.
Every Sunday night, my Dad makes Mexican food for dinner. This includes his homemade tortillas, also some store-bought ones, homemade salsa and guacamole, flank steak, some mysterious meat (all I know is that it is red and delicious), beans, cheese, shrimp or fish (for my mom who is a vegetarian, and I think that's it. In fact, I just ate that for dinner tonight. This is not only my favorite meal, but my Dad's favorite thing to cook because he gets to go to the Mexican market and speak the few Spanish words he is familiar with.
Although I have shared my favorite meals I am going to share the recipe for the greatest pancakes you will ever eat. This recipe is out of a cook book, but my family and I have been making these since each of me and my three siblings were little. My Dad doesn't like to use recipes for anything because he says that they will taste better if you kind of just "guess." This is a total lie and he is the only exception because he is once again a professional cook. Anyways here is the recipe to the infamous Allick Family pancakes. Enjoy.
Recipe:
Dry ingredients:
1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons of sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon of salt
Wet ingredients:
1 1/2 cups of milk
3 tablespoons of unsalted, melted butter
2 large eggs
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla (optional...I usually don't use it)
My directions:
Whisk together dry ingredients in one bowl; whisk together wet ingredients in another bowl. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients; whisk all together. Put rectangular griddle on stove; heat at 794º; decide when you think it's hot enough. Use a ladle and pour a mickey-mouse shaped pancake on griddle. Put a sliced strawberry piece on each ear and one for the nose. Take some chocolate chips and make eyes and a mouth. Use a spatula (the thing that Spongebob Squarepants always uses) and decide when to flip. Make 6 of these and eat them all.
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