feels like party planning
Monday, June 10th, 2013
Recipe: green onion buttermilk pancakes
Jeremy and I are back in Crested Butte getting our offices up and running, squaring away various details, and meeting many of our wonderful neighbors (including their pups like Ryder, Meatball, Lilly…). We have settled into the new digs enough to finally get out and do a little exploring this past weekend – both around town and on the trails.
gΓ’teau fab, who tells me she gets lots of inspiration from foodgawker
a busking biologist at the farmers market
cb farmers market opening day
which baked goodies to choose?!
Living in two mountain towns allows us to draw the inevitable comparisons. So many similarities and yet so many differences. Whenever we tell locals that we live in Nederland, they always ask about the Frozen Dead Guy (aka “Grandpa”). Thankfully, Crested Butte doesn’t boast a frozen dead guy (we really don’t need two of them), but she makes up for it in titles like Wildflower Capital of Colorado and the Birthplace of Mountain Biking. Because we’re both such wimps about the heat, we’ve been riding or hiking in the mornings and evenings. The peak bloom should be in another month, but we’ve already witnessed several early bloomers and their green precursors blanketing whole mountainsides. Just the other evening I told Jeremy that I felt like I was witnessing the party planning stages of a giant celebration. Crested Butte is magical at every turn.
false hellebore or corn lily
meadows of green and yellow
crimson columbines (the first i’ve spotted this season)
sundown on lush hillslopes
the lupine are getting ready
And speaking of magical, you need to get in on this wondrous savory pancake. I grew up eating scallion pancakes of the Chinese persuasion, but these scallion pancakes are of the western variety. They are buttermilk pancakes with green onions. The first time I had them was at The Pinyon (which is now closed) – two green onion pancakes tucked under fried chicken with a side of syrup. Now that I can’t get them at The Pinyon, I have to make my own. Challenge accepted!
buttermilk, milk, eggs, butter, baking soda, baking powder, salt, green onions, flour
mix the dry ingredients together
slice the green onions
whisk the wet ingredients together (except the butter)
**Jump for more butter**
