I am trying to become a better cook. It is a slow process. Thankfully I have friends and family who support me in this endeavor. And are patient with me. And train me. And act as guinea pigs for my various cooking attempts.
A few weeks ago I saw a recipe online (on a blog of a friend-of-a-friend) for whole wheat crepes. Thinking this might be a healthy alternative to a food item I like, I decided to give the recipe a try.
Now, I love crepes. My family loves crepes. And I can actually make crepes, on my own, without supervision, that are entirely edible (shocking, huh?).
Red flag #1: The recipe called for several items I did not have on hand including whole wheat flour and honey. I bravely opened my pocketbook (or MasterCard as it was) and shelled out the BIG bucks for these "gourmet" items.
Red flag#2: The recipe called for quite a bit of whisking...and for a large number of eggs...and required a certain order to how the ingredients were combined (for my regular crepe recipe, everything just gets dumped in the batter).
Red flag #3: When I poured the first crepe into the pan and tried to flip it....it was stuck. Really stuck. When I finally flipped it, it stuck to itself. I tried again with the second crepe. Same results. (Note: this never happens with my regular crepe recipe.)
Raising the white flag: Thankfully, a dinner guest I had over at the time (my mom) graciously offered to help me with the situation (which resulted in me immediately deserting the premises kitchen).
Note: If I had been alone, the batter would have gone down the drain (this is why I consider the recipe a FAIL, or an F-). The hassle of trying to unstick crepes is like trying to unstick liquid saran-wrap. Not fun. Especially when you know there's a better "non-whole-wheat" alternative (and you're wishing you had made that alternative!).
Even my mom had to help the crepes along....with the addition of some oil, which made the crepes less 'stickable', but quite a bit more 'oily'.
Ultimately, they were edible (though what isn't when you smother it with cinnamon/sugar, fruit and syrup)...though I'm thinking my toppings of choice rather negated any health value from the whole wheat flour...
I consider this blog recipe attempt pretty much a disaster....edible, but still a disaster. Or, as one dinner guest put it, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Amen brother!
This is a picture of the whole wheat crepes...not super appetizing...
This is a picture of regular crepes I made the week following the FAIL (of course I just HAD to make them, to erase the feeling of defeat from the fail).
2 comments:
The fact that you would even attempt crepes makes you a braver soul than I! (Btw - the color of those whole wheat ones just do not make them look appetizing.) I HATE to cook, and therefore am not the best cook, but I've been trying in the last year to be better about it. I'll pray for you if you pray for me! lol :)
Crepes were one thing my family grew up making--now that I think about it--it's about the only thing that my mom taught me to make, that I still make!
I tell myself that practice makes perfect, but cooking for one is a lot of work!
I actually think I'd cook a lot more if I had someone who would do all the chopping for me, and the touching of raw meat.
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