Goody-Poody Pancakes

Once upon a time, a mother had 7 hungry children.  The seven hungry children saw the golden pancakes cooking on the griddle and begged for a taste.  

When the pancake heard the hungry cries, the pancake got scared.  It rolled itself right off of the griddle, out the door and onto the street!  The mother ran after the runaway pancake with the spatula still in her hand.  The pancake out rolled the mother, and ran into a man in the street.

"Good day, pancake," said the man, who we shall call Manny Panny,

"you look scrumptious, let me have a taste."

"I have run away from Goody-Poody and her seven hungry children, so I must roll away from you too, Manny Panny," said the pancake as it rolled on and on.  The pancake rolled into a hen.  

"Good day, pancake," said Henny Penny, the hen.  

"You look delicious, let me have a bite."  

"I have run away from Goody-Poody and her seven hungry children, as well as Manny Panny.  I need to run away from you too, Henny Penny."  So the pancake rolled on.  

The runaway pancake rolls into Ducky Lucky, Goosey Poosey, Piggly Wiggly and Cocky Locky before rolling right onto my plate.  

Goody-Poody made a good pancake.  Her children were right to want a bite.   

Goody-Poody Pancakes - The King Family {circa 1989}


1 C all-purpose flour
1 C whole wheat flour
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking soda
2 T brown sugar
3 eggs, separated
2 T butter, melted
2 C milk

Directions:
Sift together flours, salt and baking soda.

In second bowl, mix together egg yolks, brown sugar, melted butter and milk.

Whip the egg whites until light and fluffy.

Combine the flour mixture with the milk mixture and whisk together until moist.

Carefully fold in the whipped fluffy egg whites.

Scoop about 1/4 C of batter onto a hot griddle {about 350 degrees}.

Cook until pancakes are full of little bubbles and nicely browned.

If desired, drop fresh blueberries into the batter while the pancakes are cooking.

Then flip and continue cooking until browned.

YUM!

Serve warm.

The Goody-Poody Pancake recipe comes from a family friend who made these tasty pancakes when we visited their island lake home in the North Woods when we were young.  Of course, there was the a read aloud of The Pancake Boy prior to the consumption of pancakes.  The Runaway Pancake folkstory has a history in many countries, but we are most familiar with the Norwegian version.  


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