Pikelets Good Old Aussie Ones Food

PIKELETS

Steps:

• Sift flour and soda together into a medium bowl. Stir in sugar. Make a well in centre. Gradually stir in egg and enough milk for a smooth, pouring consistency. Rest 15 minutes.
• Heat a large, non-stick frying pan on medium. Brush with butter. Working in 3 batches of 6, drop tablespoons of batter into pan, allowing room for spreading. Cook 1-2 minutes, until bubbles appear on surface. Turn and cook 1 minute further, until golden. Brush pan with butter between batches.
• Transfer cooked pikelets to a wire rack. Serve warm with jam and cream.

PIKELETS (AUSTRALIAN PANCAKES)

Steps:

• Sift together flour, salt and baking soda into a large bowl.
• Place milk, egg, sugar, butter and vanilla in the center of the flour mixture.
• Beat until smooth and a thick pouring consistency.
• Heat greased frying pan over medium high heat. Drop batter by the spoonful into pan.
• Cook until you see bubbles appear.
• Turn the pickelets over with a spatula and continue cooking until the underside is light brown.
• Remove from pan and place on a cloth or between layers of paper towel to cool.

THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN PIKELETS

Steps:

• In a pouring jug, whisk together well the egg, sugar and half of the milk.
• Add the flour and mix thoroughly.
• Then add milk until the batter is the consistency of a thick cream.
• Beat until smooth.
• Pour about a soup spoon sized amount onto a preheated lightly greased frypan (You will need to start about medium high heat but after a few rounds you will need to drop it back to medium).
• Flip with a spatula when the top is all bubbly (should be a lovely golden colour), and cook the other side.
• Remove from pan and pile piklets up on a plate (cover with a paper towel so they don't go rubbery).
• Serve with jam, honey or maple syrup etc.
• Enjoy.

PIKELETS - GOOD OLD AUSSIE ONES

Steps:

• Sift the flour, salt and bicarbonate of soda together into a medium sized bowl.
• Make a well in the centre, add the sugar, egg, soured milk and the melted butter.
• Stir gradually, drawing in the flour from the sides, to make a smooth batter.
• Put tablespoonfuls of the batter on to a hot, greased griddle or fry pan.
• If the batter thickens while cooking the pikelets just add a little more milk.
• Use enough milk to make the batter the original consistency.
• Cook each pikelet until bubbles appear on top and brown underneath.
• Turn the pikelet to brown the other side.
• Continue until all the batter is used.
• Serve with strawberry jam and cream.

PIKELETS

Steps:

• Mix all of ingredients.
• Cook like pikelets.
• (Take a tablespoon of the batter at a time and drop in a frypan with butter and basically cook as if it were an American pancake - brown underneath and then turn over - should be a lot smaller than normal pancakes).

GOOD OLD FASHIONED DRUNKEN TURKEY

Steps:

• Rub turkey with olive oil massaging it gently and roughly alternatively the turkey likes to be fondled for some reason.
• Then sprinkle the marjoram over the bird.
• Again make sure the turkey is covered-- she doesn't enjoy bare breasts or legs!
• Using the needle and syringe, inject the turkey with 1/2 cup of old expensive whiskey in various locations.
• When you are sure you have enough alcohol in it, spread its legs and throw in some marjoram then tress the cavity.
• Loosely cover the bird with aluminum foil.
• Place in oven, consistently basting it with the liquid on the bottom (composed of water, vegetable scraps, and the juices from the hot, wet steamy bird).
• Baste approximately every thirty minutes for the recommended time: About 4 1/2 hours for a 16-20 pound bird at 325F or until internal turkey temperature is 185F During the last hour of baking, coat turkey with whisky or other liquor every 15 minutes.
• To make gravy: Take the bird out of the pan to cut.
• Skim off the gunk and take out the remains of the vegetable scraps.
• Put the pan over a burner on the stove and turn on medium heat.
• Make a sludge of a few spoons of flour and a little cold water, and mix into the hot pan liquids, stirring and scraping the pan.
• Throw in some scraps of meat and reduce liquid by 1/3.
• Have a drink of whiskey and enjoy!

PIKELETS

Steps:

• Beat the egg and sugar until thick and add with the milk to the sifted flour, salt and baking powder.
• Add the melted butter last.
• Mix until smooth and cook in spoonfuls on a hot greased griddle or frypan.