In My Bag

My grandmother made the most delicious pancakes known to man. Or known to me, anyway. She passed her special recipe down to my mother, who passed it on to me. Well, I quickly found out while my grandmother didn’t make the pancakes very often: it’s a real pain to stand a stove and make pancakes one at a time, with the sides of each pancake taking 3-4 minutes to brown! After two times of spending close to an hour making enough pancakes to feed our family of four and the four people we had over for dinner, I decided to purchase an electric griddle.

The first griddle I purchased, whose brand I don’t remember, wound up going back to the store, because the batter was sticking (remember, these griddles are supposed to be non-stick!), and the griddle itself was not heating evenly. I was only able to evenly cook one pancake at a time, which defeated the purpose of having a griddle altogether! So after I returned the first griddle, I picked up a Rival griddle. Six months later, the griddle is still going strong. We use it at least once a week, and for more than just pancakes! Meat, steak for cheese steaks, grilled cheese sandwiches, eggs and waffles are examples of a few food items that the griddle has cooked to perfection.

I paid $34.99 for the Rival griddle at Target.

The griddle in action:

The finished product:

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