_Ingredients._—Eggs, flour, milk; to every egg allow 1 oz. of flour,
about 1 gill of milk, 1/8 saltspoonful of salt. _Mode._—Ascertain that
the eggs are fresh; break each one separately in a cup; whisk them
well, put them into a basin, with the flour, salt, and a few drops
of milk, and beat the whole to a perfectly _smooth_ batter; then add
by degrees the remainder of the milk. The proportion of this latter
ingredient must be regulated by the size of the eggs, &c. &c.; but
the batter, when ready for frying, should be of the consistency of
thick cream. Place a small frying-pan on the fire to get hot; let it
be delicately clean, or the pancakes will stick, and, when quite hot,
put into it a small piece of butter, allowing about ½ oz. to each
pancake. When it is melted, pour in the batter, about ½ teacupful to
a pan 5 inches in diameter, and fry it for about 4 minutes, or until
it is nicely brown on one side. By only pouring in a small quantity of
batter, and so making the pancakes thin, the necessity of turning them
(an operation rather difficult to unskilful cooks) is obviated. When
the pancake is done, sprinkle over it some pounded sugar, roll it up
in the pan, and take it out with a large slice, and place it on a dish
before the fire. Proceed in this manner until sufficient are cooked
for a dish; then send them quickly to table, and continue to send in
a further quantity, as pancakes are never good unless eaten almost
immediately they come from the frying-pan. The batter may be flavoured
with a little grated lemon-rind, or the pancakes may have preserve
rolled in them instead of sugar. Send sifted sugar and a cut lemon
to table with them. To render the pancakes very light, the yolks and
whites of the eggs should be beaten separately, and the whites added
the last thing to the batter before frying. _Time._—From 4 to 5 minutes
for a pancake that does not require turning; from 6 to 8 minutes for a
thicker one. _Average cost_ for 3 persons, 6_d._ _Sufficient._—Allow
3 eggs, with the other ingredients in proportion, for 3 persons.
_Seasonable_ at any time, but specially served on Shrove Tuesday.
[Illustration: PANCAKES.]