I'm here to tell you - and no offense or injury intended really, but If you have never had my dad fix you a breakfast, well your life just ain't going to be complete. So there I've gone and said it. Sorry.. but most of the folks reading this have had a Ray breakfast. He was a generous soul and an early riser so if you were ever around you were served a lot of tasty goodies in the morning I'm sure.
Most folks have had his biscuits and gravy... but fewer... unless you hung around him as a child have seen him work wonders on the griddle with a bit of pancake batter. Dad pleased us endlessly with pouring pancakes into the shapes of all manner of characters and beasts. Oh sure just to warm up he might do some standards like Micky Mouse pancakes, but then he could get more interesting, maybe a Goofy. But then we'd start making requests and off the grill golden and ready to light a smile up on your face came... horses, a moose, an octopus even.
I'm guessing he came up with this art form on his own. I can't begin to imagine Grandma Marie or Grandpa Clarence doing this so I'm going to say it was all Ray. Now my kids enjoy my special cakes Grandpa style and we always have had biscuits and gravy Christmas morning... now it will just be that much more special.
Miss you Dad
R
2 comments:
I remember that he used to make dinosaur pancakes when I went through my paleontology phase as a kid. :D
I was always amazed how he could flip those suckers without breaking (usually) the tail off. hehehe
I Love you Dad :)
I promise I'll make my kids animal pancaks all the time.
mmm mmm. I am still trying to do this. my arms fall off. my torsos burn while I am trying to add the cape. sheesh. he should have given lessons. his best advice to me on the subject of pancake art was the kids were not terribly picky. THE HULK might look like an amoeba but they still see the hulk.
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