Stay

for Breakfast!

by

Angstwolf

 

Breakfast treats:

 

 

 

The whelp at home:

He leaves his bed, goes out into the hallway and sits atop the floor heater vent. It is warm and dark; here he can doze, listen to the clink of spoon against coffee cup, and smell the Folger’s instant coffee.


Latkes (potato pancakes)

Funny how everyone's potato pancakes are different. These pancakes have a unique flavor, quite distinct from the German potato pancake, and VERY different from most restaurant potato pancakes, which are usually glorified hash browns.

Incidentally, this is one of the few nourishing dishes that Boy will eat, so Angstwolf often prepares these on weekends.

1 large russet potato, peeled and coarsely grated

2 large eggs, beaten well

1 medium yellow onion, coarsely grated

black pepper, about ½ tsp

salt, about 1 tsp

1 tbsp matzo meal or corn starch

Combine all ingredients, mix well, and allow the mix to rest for about 5 minutes. The fluid will become very runny and it will be somewhat brown. The potatoes will also turn a little brown.(You can minimize the "brown problem" by peeling and grating the potato as the last step, adding the potato to the other mixed ingredients.It hardly matters, though.)

Using a fork, transfer about 2 tbsp of the mix to a large nonstick frying pan in which you have placed about 2 or 3 tbsp of vegetable oil. The oil should be hot, but not excessively so. Use the fork to flatten the pancake. If there are any gaps, spoon some of the fluid over the pancake. You should be able to fit about 3 pancakes into a large frying pan. Fry until medium-dark brown, flip, and continue frying until they have browned. Transfer to paper towels to drain.

These should be eaten as soon as possible after preparation. If you need to store them for any length of time, place them on foil in a warm (225F) oven. You will lose some crispness, but the flavor will still be very good. Some people like to eat these with apple sauce and/or sour cream. Angstwolf and Boy like ‘em straight up.

This is a very robust recipe; you can make a number of substitutions and obtain very different results. Matzo meal and corn starch give subtle but noticeable differences in flavor. Substituting sweet potato or yam for the russet potato yields a sweet, delicious pancake.(Sweet potato or yam pancakes cook faster and are easier to burn than regular potato pancakes; be careful.) You can substitute a red onion for a yellow onion, or add crushed garlic; each yields an interesting flavor variation.


Weekends,

he cuts through the hallway to the den to watch cartoons on Saturday or the preachers on Sunday. Later in the morning, he sits on the counter and watches Sargent mix batter for pancakes or waffles, or fry up some scrambled eggs and onions, or prepare a Bull’s Eye.

One morning, he is startled to see a rent in the den’s screen door. It is large enough to pass an orange. Brother arises some time later and scares him by telling him how much trouble he is going to be in for making the hole.

Eventually Sargent joins them (Eyes-Pinned-Open, who has insomnia, would often sleep late into the morning). Angstwolf tells Sargent how a large blue bird flew through the screen, punching a hole in it, circled the room a few times, and flew out again. Sargent tells Angstwolf, "Yeah, that bird was your mother’s fist."


Bull’s Eye

Sargent told Angstwolf that he invented this recipe. If so, it has been unfairly appropriated by many a restaurant.

This recipe works well with just about any bread, but is especially good with sour dough or rye bread; it is a good way to trick your young whelps into eating their eggs.

1 slice of toast

1 large egg

butter or margarine

salt and pepper

Cut a hole from the center of the toast, about 1 to 2 inches in diameter. Butter both sides of the bread. Transfer the bread to a hot nonstick frying pan and fry one side. Flip over the bread and begin frying the opposite side. Put a small lump of butter in the center of the hole. As it begins to melt, crack the egg into the hole, such that the yolk is centered over the hole. Add salt and pepper to taste. Cook it for a bit, flip it and fry it a little longer to cook the egg. Try not to break the yolk!


Scrambled Eggs and Matzo

Well folks, this one definitely falls into the realm of comfort food; Shewolf, for one, cannot appreciate the simple appeal of this dish. Sargent (who is not a particularly religious wolf) would buy matzos just to make this one recipe.

3 large eggs

1 matzo cracker

½ cup milk

salt and pepper to taste

Over a bowl, break the matzo into small chunks (about 1 inch square). Add about ½ tsp salt, pepper to taste, and the milk. Stir often until much of the milk has been absorbed by the matzo. Break the eggs into the bowl and scramble them together with the matzo. Fry over medium heat in a nonstick frying pan. Add additional salt and pepper to taste.


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