Remember home’s kitchen where cheery (if gaudy) yellow & green wallpaper, Mom’s gentle love, and Dad’s loud laughter surrounded our family eating at table booth by patio window. Every Saturday morning, my Dutch-American mother served us Swedish pancakes (like crepes) stacked with butter and syrup, or rolled up with brown sugar inside or, occasionally, topped with fresh strawberries and whipped cream. My best childhood friend, Joyce, would come overnight on Friday to savor the next day’s breakfast. We’d smell fried sweetness upon awakening and hurry downstairs to kitchen in our pajamas. Between delectable bites, we would giggle over private jokes and tease my younger brother. Now I make these favorite pancakes for my hungry boys on Saturday mornings, and they quickly eat to see who gets the last one! Mom’s recipe (“tweaked” over the years): 3 3/4 cups milk, 4 eggs, 2 1/2 cups white flour, 4 tsp. sugar, 1/2 tsp. vanilla (cousin Ben’s addition), 1 tsp. salt and 4 TBS. cooking oil. Heat round electric skillet to 350, spray hot pan, pour thin batter, turn once and serve warm, with love.
lick maple syrup
morning after sleepover
snow falling outside
Bjorn hosting haibun prompt where dVerse poets share special recipes…
a poem in my pocket 
May 15, 2017 @ 16:56:56
I should make pancakes during weekends ~ This is delicious, specially serve with love and Canadian Maple Syrup ~ Glad that you are carrying the “tradition” Lynn ~
May 15, 2017 @ 17:29:17
My sons are glad too 😁
May 15, 2017 @ 16:28:32
Wow – sounds delicious! When will they be ready?
May 15, 2017 @ 17:25:12
Come Saturday morning!
May 15, 2017 @ 16:18:17
Wow, I want to be there!
May 15, 2017 @ 15:50:20
I liked the final ingredient of “love” for the pancakes.
May 15, 2017 @ 17:23:41
A mother’s special touch 😉
May 15, 2017 @ 15:43:45
Memories are made of these. Mouth watering at the thought.
May 15, 2017 @ 15:38:00
We used to have ‘pannekoeken’ with apple and cinnamon or plain with jam – it was always such a treat. Love your closing haiku :o)
May 15, 2017 @ 15:54:22
Apple and cinnamon would be good too… thanks.
May 15, 2017 @ 15:24:17
Lovely haiku.
May 15, 2017 @ 15:53:15
Thanks
May 15, 2017 @ 15:20:58
Oh wow! Pancakes for breakfast are the business!
May 15, 2017 @ 15:10:27
The pancakes sound delicious, but I could do without the snow falling.
May 15, 2017 @ 15:11:43
I get that! Snow just makes the kitchen cozier 😉
May 15, 2017 @ 15:08:03
Oh I love pancakes… if you ever get here we have it for Thursday, usually with jam (most often strawberry) and whipped cream… great after a bowl of peasoup…
May 15, 2017 @ 15:09:44
Oh, pancakes for dessert…yum!