We Had a Great Time and This is What We Ate: Pancake Breakfast at Lenny’s.

Annie Clifford makes pancakes at Lenny’s house.

Note: pancakes above not the pancakes in question.

Last week, or maybe it was two weeks ago–this preChristmastime thing really gets to me right about now, when I’ve been getting ready for Christmas since September, and finally December somethingth is here, and I can’t believe Christmas is actually coming because it’s been so darn long it’s like waiting for the second coming of Christ, which is what some people are waiting for as truly as I’m waiting for people to stop wanting to buy stuff, except that I know it’ll come, but they also feel like they know it’ll come, and who’s to know the future anyways?–Greg and Josh and I went to Lenny’s house for breakfast. I was accidently an hour early, but we live on the same block, so it was alright. We all get together periodically to talk about things we’d like to film, like music videos, and eat something. And while we weren’t at a restaurant, and I cooked, it’s such a delicious and easy meal that I’m going to tell you all about how to throw a similar smashing breakfast party at your own, or somebody else’s, home, which is really the nicest place to eat breakfast, because you don’t have to talk to people you don’t know very well.

First is coffee. Anything fairtrade is going to be a billion times more tasty, because of the ethical purity. Remembering to do things like rinsing the coffeemaker pot and grinding the beans are good ideas–the former takes away the old smelly coffee, and the latter makes the new coffee flavourful, although if you do forget to grind the beans, be kind to yourself, because it’s still the morning and these sorts of things are understandable. As long as it’s strong and fresh and hot, coffee will be great. Good milk is nice too, maybe slightly warmed. If you’re feeling really on the money, you can warm up the cups with hot water. We did that at Lenny’s, and also poured maple syrup in our coffee, and it was delicious.

Something nice about Lenny’s house is it’s sunny, which isn’t something you can eat, but is pretty great.

Then we had pumpkin pancakes with cream cheese and maple syrup. This is the really good part, because the pancakes are soft and puffy when they’re hot, and we put that Westin Creamery (what is a creamery?) cream cheese on them, which tastes better than other cream cheeses. We also put the Old Cheddar from Wilton on some, and that tastes better than other cheddars, including cheddars from England, which are a little weird, and the cheddar from the Balderson factory, which is now unfortunately owned by the President’s Choice people who own things like rice strands and owning genetic information is creepy. Cheese and maple syrup and spicy pancakes are great together, and here’s how you make it. Take a pumpkin and chop it into chunks and boil it until it’s soft. Then take the chunks out of the water and mash them up. Stick two tablespoons or so of butter in a skillet to melt. Take, say, two cups of that pumpkin mash, and add an egg, some cinnamon and nutmeg, maybe half a cup of flour, and enough milk to make a batter. Add the melted butter and stir it around just a little bit (if you stir it too much, it’ll get no good). Fry.

That’s really all you need to know about that. We sat around talking for a while, and ate lots of pancakes and drank way too much coffee, and it was fabulous, and even though it isn’t a restaurant, you can call Lenny up and see if he’d like to have you over some morning.