{"id":3826,"date":"2009-07-13T04:00:54","date_gmt":"2009-07-13T08:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/?p=3826"},"modified":"2009-07-13T17:54:22","modified_gmt":"2009-07-13T21:54:22","slug":"joan-and-bill%e2%80%99s-sunday-brunch-pancakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/?p=3826","title":{"rendered":"Joan and Bill\u2019s Sunday-Brunch Pancakes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Joan Morris and William Bolcom (photo by Katryn Conlin)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Intent on continuing my culinary tribute to Mohawk Trail Concerts<\/a>, I got in touch with the couple who are the audience\u2019s hands-down favorite year after year (they make an appearance at every summer concert series), Bill Bolcom and Joan Morris<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Bill is a Pulitzer-prize winning composer as well as a sensitive pianist and accompanist. Joan is probably our country\u2019s leading practitioner of musical cabaret. She\u00a0has a rich mezzo-soprano voice and a capacity to put across any type of song\u2014funny, tender, bawdy, earnest: you name it, and she can do it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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When I asked Joan for a recipe, she replied, \u201cWell, you\u2019ve hit on the closest thing to my heart–after music, of course–which is FOOD!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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She explained that she makes these relatively low-carb pancakes every week. She added, \u201cSometimes I’ll add blueberries, which I did yesterday. If we’re feeling virtuous, we’ll have them with apple butter or no-sugar-added jam, but since we’ve been coming up to Charlemont we fell in love with Grade B Maple syrup from Gould’s Sugar House<\/a>, and, OK, we have that, too, sometimes.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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My mother, Truffle, and I tried the pancakes for Sunday brunch yesterday and were very pleased. They\u2019re a cross between a pancake and an omelet\u2014not unlike a crepe or a blintz. A little fruit and sour cream (Greek yogurt for the healthy!) would make a nice accompaniment, but we went for the traditional maple syrup. It seemed to me that they took a little longer to cook than traditional pancakes–but the wait was worth it!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Bill and Joan will be featured this weekend at Mohawk Trail Concerts. Saturday night concertgoers may also support the Federated Church<\/a>, the concerts\u2019 venue (and my church; I sang a FABULOUS solo\u00a0at yesterday\u2019s morning service!) by attending the Chicken Barbecue before the concert. The highlight of the barbecue is always the homemade pies;\u00a0my mother and I are\u00a0contributing a couple of key-lime<\/a> beauties.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, here is Joan\u2019s recipe:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ingredients:<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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3 eggs, beaten
\n1 cup cottage cheese
\n2 tablespoons canola oil
\n1\/4 to 1\/3 cup flour
\nsalt to taste (Joan uses about 1\/2 teaspoon; I like a little more)
\na small amount of butter for cooking (Joan didn\u2019t mention this, but my pancakes needed it)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Joan\u2019s Instructions:<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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After beating the eggs in a bowl, add the other things. I’ve learned to measure out the flour first (the recipe [from which it was adapted in The Low Blood Sugar Cookbook] calls for oat flour, but any will do), then the cottage cheese, so I don’t have to wash out the measuring cup after the cottage cheese.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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You pretty much dump everything else in, stir it up, and spoon out about 4 small pancakes at a time on a griddle pan, if you have one of those. The recipe says it makes 10 to 12 pancakes, but I’ve stretched it out to about 16 small ones.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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They’re yummy! They come out nice and crispy round the edges. Now you know how come Bill stayed with me all these years!<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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