My son called this morning to say he would meet his mother in church and
come back here for brunch. I went out and got some nice bacon amd a
dozen eggs and prepared some oatmeal pancakes using buttermilk. Instead
of faking them like I usually do, I looked up a recipe online and
followed that. Maybe my glasses were dirty when I read it, but I reread
it and saw the same thing. It seemed odd for it to call for 1 tsp.
almond extract. I was going to cut it back but decided to stick with it.

Well, the pancakes turned out well, other than being IMO overwhelmed
with almond flavour. My wife and son loved them. I suggested that next
time I will cut back on the almond or use vanilla, but they insisted
they liked them like that. When I looked at the recipe later on I
realized I had misread it. It was supposed to be vanilla extract, not
almond. Now I am torn. They liked them more than I did, so maybe I can
use half as much almond extract.

"l not -l" > wrote in message
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>
> On 26-Nov-2017, Dave Smith > wrote:
>
>> My son called this morning to say he would meet his mother in
>> church and
>> come back here for brunch. I went out and got some nice bacon
>> amd a
>> dozen eggs and prepared some oatmeal pancakes using buttermilk.
>> Instead
>> of faking them like I usually do, I looked up a recipe online
>> and
>> followed that. Maybe my glasses were dirty when I read it, but
>> I reread
>> it and saw the same thing. It seemed odd for it to call for 1
>> tsp.
>> almond extract. I was going to cut it back but decided to stick
>> with it.
>>
>> Well, the pancakes turned out well, other than being IMO
>> overwhelmed
>> with almond flavour. My wife and son loved them. I suggested
>> that next
>> time I will cut back on the almond or use vanilla, but they
>> insisted
>> they liked them like that. When I looked at the recipe later
>> on I
>> realized I had misread it. It was supposed to be vanilla
>> extract, not
>> almond. Now I am torn. They liked them more than I did, so
>> maybe I can
>> use half as much almond extract.
> If it were my dilemma, I'd split the batter before adding the
> extract; then, add the amount of almond they liked to one half
> (or whatever fraction) of the batter and vanilla to the batch for
> my pancakes.

Me too.

On 11/26/2017 6:22 PM, l not -l wrote:
> On 26-Nov-2017, Dave Smith > wrote:
>
>> dozen eggs and prepared some oatmeal pancakes using buttermilk.
>> Instead
>> of faking them like I usually do, I looked up a recipe online
>> and
>> followed that. Maybe my glasses were dirty when I read it, but
>> I reread
>> it and saw the same thing. It seemed odd for it to call for 1
>> tsp.
>> almond extract. I was going to cut it back but decided to stick
>> with it.
>>
>> Well, the pancakes turned out well, other than being IMO
>> overwhelmed
>> with almond flavour. My wife and son loved them. I suggested
>> that next
>> time I will cut back on the almond or use vanilla, but they
>> insisted
>> they liked them like that. When I looked at the recipe later
>> on I
>> realized I had misread it. It was supposed to be vanilla
>> extract, not
>> almond. Now I am torn. They liked them more than I did, so
>> maybe I can
>> use half as much almond extract.

> If it were my dilemma, I'd split the batter before adding the
> extract; then, add the amount of almond they liked to one half
> (or whatever fraction) of the batter and vanilla to the batch for
> my pancakes.
>

That makes perfect sense.

Jill

On Sunday, November 26, 2017 at 5:46:14 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> My son called this morning to say he would meet his mother in church and
> come back here for brunch. I went out and got some nice bacon amd a
> dozen eggs and prepared some oatmeal pancakes using buttermilk. Instead
> of faking them like I usually do, I looked up a recipe online and
> followed that. Maybe my glasses were dirty when I read it, but I reread
> it and saw the same thing. It seemed odd for it to call for 1 tsp.
> almond extract. I was going to cut it back but decided to stick with it.
>
> Well, the pancakes turned out well, other than being IMO overwhelmed
> with almond flavour. My wife and son loved them. I suggested that next
> time I will cut back on the almond or use vanilla, but they insisted
> they liked them like that. When I looked at the recipe later on I
> realized I had misread it. It was supposed to be vanilla extract, not
> almond. Now I am torn. They liked them more than I did, so maybe I can
> use half as much almond extract.

I ended up putting a BUNCH (TBS or so!) of almond in a batch of English Toffee and I did not even notice it! Of course the 4x recipe I make took 4tsp! Which kinda IS a bunch!

John Kuthe...

On 11/26/2017 7:38 PM, John Kuthe wrote:
> On Sunday, November 26, 2017 at 5:46:14 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>> My son called this morning to say he would meet his mother in church and
>> come back here for brunch. I went out and got some nice bacon amd a
>> dozen eggs and prepared some oatmeal pancakes using buttermilk. Instead
>> of faking them like I usually do, I looked up a recipe online and
>> followed that. Maybe my glasses were dirty when I read it, but I reread
>> it and saw the same thing. It seemed odd for it to call for 1 tsp.
>> almond extract. I was going to cut it back but decided to stick with it.
>>
>> Well, the pancakes turned out well, other than being IMO overwhelmed
>> with almond flavour. My wife and son loved them. I suggested that next
>> time I will cut back on the almond or use vanilla, but they insisted
>> they liked them like that. When I looked at the recipe later on I
>> realized I had misread it. It was supposed to be vanilla extract, not
>> almond. Now I am torn. They liked them more than I did, so maybe I can
>> use half as much almond extract.
>
> I ended up putting a BUNCH (TBS or so!) of almond in a batch of English Toffee and I did not even notice it! Of course the 4x recipe I make took 4tsp! Which kinda IS a bunch!
>
> John Kuthe...
>

As recipe failures go his was a success.

No bad thing.