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January 24, 2008

Perfect Pancake Puff?

So I think it's time to tell my Perfect Pancake Puff(TM) story. Let it be known that my favorite commercials on television are the "end of the world" commercials. You know, "Has this ever happened to you?" And then all the Tupperware comes cascading out of the cabinet. Or the scissors totally mutilate the photograph. Or the spaghetti getting strained goes all over the stove and drips down the front. The actors in these commercials always throw their arms up in the air like it's the End of the World. Which is why we call them "End of the World" commercials.

The Perfect Pancake Puff(TM) seemed like it was going to be one of those, but then it wasn't. It made… well, Perfect Pancake Puffs that look so delicious that I was drooling watching the commercial. Then they surprised me with glee by making Perfect BROWNIE Puffs. And Perfect CORNBREAD Puffs. Amazing. So I mentioned that I'd love a Perfect Pancake Puff(TM) for Christmas.

And it's important to note that when you ask for something for Christmas and your 5-year-old hears you, it will not be forgotten, since clearly Christmas is the very most important thing in the whole wide world and what you ask for, you should get. So for Christmas, the kids got me a Perfect Pancake Puff Puff(TM).

I read the directions and one morning, decided that it was time to make the perfect breakfast. The breakfast of champions (but without the nasty Wheaties). The breakfast to end all breakfasts. The breakfast that was going to make us wish that every meal was either breakfast or could be mutated into a Puff-like product in our Perfect Pancake Puff(TM).

I mixed up the batter and heated the pan (making sure to slip on the CompleteWithEverythingSeenHere Professional Handle Cover, which is really a teeny tiny pot holder that fits over the handle and then gets lost in the cupboard until you are just throwing things around the kitchen because, really, you can't make Perfect Pancake Puffs without the Professional Handle Cover, now can you?). I brushed the pan with butter using the CompleteWithEverythingSeenHere Pastry Brush (which lost some bristles in the brushing). I filled the CompleteWithEverythingSeenHere Sugar Shaker with some powdered sugar in anticipation of our Perfect Pancake Puffs (the lid kept falling off, but who doesn't like a pile o' sugar on their pile o' puffs?). I debated using the CompleteWithEverythingSeenHere Gourmet Flavor Filler, but we didn't have anything fun to fill them with so I tossed that flimsy plastic syringe like product in the Drawer of Doom (things that we have for the kitchen that we really don't understand or use).

Then I poured them up. Perfect Pancake Puffs! On the way! Coming right up! They puffed and browned and looked like… semi-perfect pancake puffs! WOO HOO!!!

I picked up a CompleteWithEverythingSeenHere Flipping Stick and pondered its use. While the little puffy things looked a bit cute, they were in reality PANCAKES. How do you flip a pancake with a tiny stick? I figured they must know, since they do it on TV. So I tried. It POKED the Perfect Pancake Puffs, but didn't do anything other than that. I tried a few times, but the poking continued. Then I tried a spoon. Still didn't budge. So instead of looking like this:

My perfect pancake puffs looked like this:

Now the sound of the phrase "flipping sticks" has totally changed.

Posted by Debbie at January 24, 2008 08:33 PM

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