Like retrieving a piece of article surrounded by a cobweb from years of neglect, I suddenly found myself engulfed by the many memories of my youth listening to grunge and alternative music when the news of Chris Cornell’s death made the headlines last week. 

Known as the pillar of grunge movement and was the front man of Sound Garden (later Audioslave), Chris Cornell’s voice had been one of my earliest constant music companion in my loneliest hours during my early adulthood.

Another one bites the dust. RIP Chris.And as you lay down to rest, go anywhere you want to go. Thank you for the music.

On a cobweb afternoon
In a room full of emptiness
By a freeway I confess
I was lost in the pages
Of a book full of death
Reading how we’ll die alone
And if we’re good, we’ll lay to rest
Anywhere we want to go

In your house I long to be
Room by room patiently
I’ll wait for you there
Like a stone
I’ll wait for you there
Alone

On my deathbed I will pray
To the gods and the angels
Like a pagan to anyone
Who will take me to heaven
To a place I recall
I was there so long ago
The sky was bruised
The wine was bled
And there you led me on

In your house I long to be
Room by room patiently
I’ll wait for you there
Like a stone
I’ll wait for you there
Alone
Alone

And on I read
Until the day was gone
And I sat in regret
Of all the things I’ve done
For all that I’ve blessed
And all that I’ve wronged
In dreams until my death
I will wander on

In your house I long to be
Room by room patiently
I’ll wait for you there
Like a stone
I’ll wait for you there
Alone
Alone

Songwriters: Timothy Commerford / Chris Cornell / Tom Morello / Brad Wilk. Like a Stone lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

Source: AZLyrics

Here’s something relatively simple: 4 ingredients, 5 steps.

It comes in the form of Dutch pancakes otherwise known locally as pannenkoek. Or in our household it is known as Papa’s specialty food since this is almost exclusively made by Silver Bullet.

It’s texture is a lot thinner than your average American pancake and is really quite different from the French crepes. It is the kind of food in which the Dutch would eat it for dinner and/or breakfast.  Sweet or savoury, your pick!

By that, I mean you can eat it with hagelslag (chocolate sprinkles), raw sugar, poedersuiker (powdered sugar) or honey with a little butter on the side. Or you can top it up with meat and slabs of cheese or eggs. It’s versatile that way.

Once you have decided on what you want on top of it, you then stick a fork somewhere closer to the edge of the pancake and then roll it with your fork like a cigar. You then delicately cut and slice like a pro before putting it in your mouth.

That was my breakfast treat last weekend on Mother’s Day: Pancakes prepared by none other than Silver Bullet – not because it was Mother’s Day but because it is stuff like this that makes the kids excited. Ok. Me too. Especially when I feel a little pancakey.

Pannenkoek (Dutch Pancakes)

2017-05-17 04:26:04

Yields 12

An easy Dutch pancake made with only 4 ingredients!

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Prep Time

10 min

Cook Time

20 min

Total Time

30 min

Prep Time

10 min

Cook Time

20 min

Total Time

30 min

Ingredients

1. 250g wheat flour
2. 2 large eggs
3. Half liter of milk
4. Pinch of salt
5. Some butter for frying

Instructions

1. Mix all the ingredients together. Whisk well.
2. Heat up a flat pan. Smear a little butter and when it's hot enough, spread the batter onto it
3. Let it brown and then flip over.
4. Let it brown again then remove. Set aside
5. Repeat till all the batter is finished.

Notes

1. If you want to add other stuff onto it, add your additional ingredients on top of it when you flip over. Then cover it to make sure that it's cooked.Yes, you can top it up with absolutely anything!

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Dutch pannenkoek made by a Dutchman in a Dutch home living in Dutch land…hmmmm… You have to admit that one cannot get anymore authentic than this.

This is probably one of the shortest recipes I have ever featured and there’s no way you are not going to give it a try. It’s Silver Bullet’s not-so-secret family recipe. It’s going to be our family heirloom and Squirt will have to learn to make a very mean Dutch pancakes one day.

Now that this not-so-secret recipe is in your hands, you also have a very big responsibility to keep calm and carry the recipe on.

Psssst: Spread the word.