When my sister and I were still at home, we discovered a Swedish pancake recipe in Mom’s 1960’s-era Better Homes and Gardens cookbook. I honestly don’t remember how we stumbled upon it or why we decided to try it. Though we used the cookbook from time to time and I’m pretty sure that’s where my favorite apple pie recipe came from, Mom tended to not cook from formal recipes. Maybe we chose it because we are a quarter Swede (sounds logical). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those things were buttery goodness cooked in a well-loved cast iron skillet over the propane flame on our gas stove. FYI for you city folk – of which I am now as well – natural gas lines don’t exist in rural areas. Stoves, water heaters, and furnaces are often powered by propane stored in a big tank in your back yard. The fuel may be different and the flame a bit more fiddly, but it all works the same. I do miss cooking over a flame, but I don’t miss cleaning all the crud off the burners. I now prepare everything on a glass cooktop which is so much easier to maintain. <\/p>\n\n\n