Alyssa: Thoughts on Week 3

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Sunday Fun-day!

After a chilly Saturday evening out in Kensington, Sunday morning was the perfect opportunity to indulge in some warm hot cakes and show off my new talent of flipping pancakes SANS-spatula.  You got that right, flipping a pancake in the air with just me, a pan, and some f***in’ (flippin’) determination.

I rinsed off a pint of blueberries and a pint of strawberries to prep for the jam.   Because I’m not a fan of chunks of strawberries in my jam, I decided to blend them into a puree (Dan thinks: Great idea Alyssa!).  The puree became quite liquidy so I opted to axe the call for “1/2 cup of apple juice”.  Which turned out to be a wise decision as the jam turned out to have a perfect texture.

While I let the jam cool and thicken, I used Peter’s family recipe to cook up some pancakes.  They turned out great. I also attempted to show my friends my newly acquired flipping skills, but was unsuccessful!  My friends then attempted flipping as well, but we all ended up folding the cakes.  But it was worth it.

Strawberry Blueberry Jam (no pics of the pancakes we were too eager)

–Alyssa

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