As you know, the much celebrated event of Pancake Tuesday took place this week with people around the globe absolving themselves of sin with bacon and the holy water of deciduous trees.
I knew it was pancake Tuesday. Obviously I did; I wrote a post about it which I then published ... on, pancake Tuesday.
I make my own maple syrup so ... pancake Tuesday is revered in my kitchen.
But I woke up Tuesday morning, popped my feet into my favourite slippers, and immediately started thinking about turkey pot pie.
I keep a few in my freezer at all times. At Thanksgiving I make a flock of turkey pot pies with leftover turkey and pull them out every so often throughout the winter.
Before I'd even scuttered my way to the kitchen for coffee, I was thinking about the golden turkey pot pie and its oozing gravy. The last batch I made turned out with an especially good crust so there really wasn't any chance of a dinner decision U turn now.
And why would I need to U turn? I was also going to have twice fried french fries (not thrice cooked, which is different than twice fried) and canned green beans.
All morning, all afternoon and right up until 6:15 that night I could think of nothing but the dinner of french fries, turkey pot pie and mushy/salty canned green beans I was going to have.
I even talked to Betty about it on the phone. Betty is my mother, she is 88 years old, a Leo & she was having shrimp for dinner just to make room in the freezer.
We hung up after much dinner discussion.
I suddenly pancake epiphanied and called Betty back screaming IT'S PANCAKE TUESDAY!!! at the phone.
Obviously the next 20 minutes or so are a blur so you'll forgive me if I can't pinpoint exactly how things went sideways, but if I had to blame someone, it would have to be you. I blame you.
Thank you for understanding.
You see, I happened to mention, just an off the cuff remark really, that I might try to make poodle pancakes at the end of my pancake Tuesday post. That's not something I can just ignore. I said it. It's in my brain now. Poodle pancakes.
So not only was I'm completely BLINDSIDED by the arrival of pancake Tuesday on pancake Tuesday, I was also compelled to create a WOW! worthy pancakes in the shape of a poodle because I told you I might.
Ergo - very much your fault.
Moments ago I was making a diner-style dinner, now I had to pivot to a diner-style breakfast and I had no idea what the hell Betty was doing because it was every woman for herself at this point. I held her in my thoughts and hoped she wasn't making shrimp pancakes.
I hate a sudden reverse course on my meals. I like to mentally prepare ALL day for my food. Imagine what I need to do to create my meal so that when the time comes to make it, I have the dance routine down. This type of mental dinner training allows me to shave at least 5 minutes off dinnertime every night, which I can then use at my leisure later on in the evening.
I had no time (I was on a self imposed timeline for no reason whatsoever), no milk, and not enough eggs. But I had Bisquick, a dream and a wishy washy promise to you.
After making my actual dinner (which you saw above) of bacon, blueberry/sour cream pancakes (because ... no milk), and 1 scrambled egg done Gordon Ramsay style, I created the poodle pancake.
I knocked it out of the park.
If you've seen my poodle cookies, the Snickerpoodles, you know how impressive a poodle shaped food item can look. I was hoping I could create something at least close to that level of WOW.
Truthfully, doing a poodle pancake isn't very hard. I know bloggers say "this isn't hard!" with the regularity of someone who is in their last month of a year of free prunes, but I mean it. Classic poodle silhouettes are just a series of circles so it's hard to mess up.
I didn't even have to do a practice one. The first one out of the pan was perfect.
It's deconstructed.
Nope
After eating the poodle pancake it will also be deconstructed. Thank you for not showing us THAT picture. 😆😂
Kathy Johnson
I was expecting a recipe for pancakes for poodles, but this was so much better. Thanks for the great laughs!
Karen
You are soooo creative! I on the other hand would have made a blob of a pancake and just let Philip the real poodle eat it, thus a poodle pancake!
Katie
This made me SOL (snicker out loud), so thanks for that :)
Sandy S
Ummm..I'd have recognized that as a pancake poodle anywhere...I think it was the section that has 2 dots part way down what might be the body...that look like poodle eyes and of course those tiny spindly legs and pile of pancake barf under it, lol.
Karen
Exactly. EXACTLY. ~ karen!
Lisa Eubanks
OMG....I scrolled into that last picture of Picasso's poodle pancake and snorted coffee thru my nose......you're a hoot, Karen!
Karen
Because it was so accurate, right? ~ karen
Lisa Eubanks
Yep, Picasso would be so proud of you!
Linda Weber
""I know bloggers say "this isn't hard!" with the regularity of someone who is in their last month of a year of free prunes"
Lol literally!
Karen
Really! Excellent. I like to hear that. ~ karen!
Deb from Maryland
LOL, LOL, LOl, Lol, lol. Sigh. You're the best.
Karen
Best pancake artist? ~ karen!
Julie
Where's the pic of Poodle Pancake, not just the deconstructed one?
Jody
Oh my goodness my pup ate a poodle....at least that was what it looked like on the carpet after a rousing rendition of retching.
Lin
Nailed it.
Where's the puzzle?
Cara
A little bit of everything in this post.....No, I don't see any shape or bow wow representation but I loved reading the pace of the post. I found myself hoping you will do one on pastry that can go on pot pies or the top of cobblers, etc.
Cheers. Take it slowly.....
Janie
It’s deconstructed! Laughing out loud!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Sandy Zelinsky
Sorry, not seein a poodle pancake. Not even if I squint. I tried, I really tried. Even went back and looked again. Still no poodle pancake. Maybe next time. I just went and looked again, just in cast. Nope, nuttin. Gorgeous, delicious looking meat pie though. YUM!!
TucsonPatty
😂😂❤️ I adore deconstructed!! Too funny! I wanted and thought about oancakes all day, but I forgot I’m doing an intermittent fast, and waited too late. I’ll eat them on Sunday. That’ll be okay, cuz I don’t do any of the special days. 😂 Cheers!
Randy P
The best laid schemes o' mice an' men (and the occasional cute Canadian blogger )"Gang aft agley". And if a squint REAL hard, I can almost see the poodle.