Book Lover's Cookbook Recipes Inspired By Celebrated Works Of Literature, And The Passages That Feature Them

BREAKFASTS Breakfast at six-thirty. Skim milk, crusts, middlings, bits of doughnuts, wheatcakes with drops of maple syrup sticking to them, potato skins, leftover custard pudding with raisins, and bits of Shredded Wheat. Breakfast would be finished at seven. From seven to eight, Wilbur planned to have a talk with Templeton, the rat who lived under his trough. E. B. WHITE, CHARLOTTE'S WEB About the jelly beans. On the Cheerios. I know this is probably not recommended by nutritionists. But I had never tried it before. And you never know. Somebody has to do the field-testing. The jelly beans were better than raisins, actually. If you want to check it out, I suggest the Jelly Belly brand, which comes in forty official flavors. My choice was a combination of apricot, banana, watermelon, and root beer. If you want a little zing in the mix, throw in a few jalapeno-flavored ones. A little Wow! In the Cheerios. A little whoopee in 0the minimum daily requirement. ROBERT FULGHUM, UH-OH When Black Mumbo saw the melted butter, wasn't she pleased! "Now," said she, "we'll all have pancakes for supper!" So she got flour and eggs and milk and sugar and butter, and she made a huge plate of most lovely pancakes. And she fried them in the melted butter which the Tigers had made, and they were just as yellow and brown as little Tigers. And then they all sat down to supper. And Black Mumbo ate twenty-seven pancakes, and Black Jumbo ate fifty-five, but Little Black Sambo ate a hundred and sixty-nine, because he was so hungry. Helen Bannerman, The Story of Little Black Sambo PANCAKE? Who wants a pancake, Sweet and piping hot? Good little Grace looks up and says, "I'll take the one on top." Who else wants a pancake, Fresh off the griddle? Terrible Teresa smiles and says, "I'll take the one in the middle." Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends Stack of Pancakes 2 eggs, separated 2 tablespoons sugar 2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 tablespoon applesauce 4 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 cups milk 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract Bananas Maple syrup Beat the egg whites and sugar together in a large bowl. Add the egg yolks, flour, oil, applesauce, baking powder, salt, milk, and vanilla and mix until the batter is nearly smooth. Some small lumps will remain. Spoon the batter onto a greased hot griddle heated to about 375 (medium-high heat), making pancakes a manageable size. Flip each pancake when the batter is bubbled over the entire top and the edges are slightly dry (should take about 2 to 3 minutes). Cook the bottom until golden brown, about 1 minute. Serve topped with butter or margarine, sliced bananas, and maple syrup. MAKES ABOUT 8 PANCAKES Variation: Stir 1 cup of fresh blueberries into batter for blueberry pancakes. Alternative Crepes 11/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 2 cups milk 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 1 tablespoon sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 large eggs 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted Bananas, strawberries, and mango, sliced Blueberries, raspberries Combine all the ingredients, except fruit, together in a large bowl and beat the batter until it is nearly smooth. Heat a greased, 8-inch crepe skillet to 400 or begin warming a large, greased frying pan over high heat with a tablespoon of butter or margarine. Spread the batter out in the pan to a 1U8-inch thickness, so that the finished crepe will be thin. Flip the crepe when the batter on top is completely bubbled and the edges are slightly dry, about 2 minutes. Cook the bottom until golden brown, aWenger, Shaunda Kennedy is the author of 'Book Lover's Cookbook Recipes Inspired By Celebrated Works Of Literature, And The Passages That Feature Them', published 2005 under ISBN 9780345465467 and ISBN 0345465466.