The Universal Law of Pancakes

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There is a universal law of pancaking making.

It might as well be written into marble countertops everywhere.

"The first pancake shall never turn out as expected."

No matter how you try and prepare the pan, butter, or batter to avoid wasting the first pancake, it's destined to betray you just like your friend Sam in fifth grade when she blabbed the name of your secret crush to three other people—including your crush's best friend.

Instead of perfectly golden brown with the slight crisp you crave, the first pancake will inevitably be light pale with a gooey center.

I don't make the rules. Normally, I break them. This one remained unbreakable throughout my entire pancake-making days.

I don't make pancakes anymore because eating gluten might as well be the same as having a swarm of bees stinging me from the inside of my gut lining. 🥞🐝☠️

And gluten-free pancakes are terrible imitators.

But when I was a kid, I made pancakes almost every weekend.

I'm still the only person I've met who made pancaked with rainbow sprinkles, and let me tell you, they added the perfect amount of crunch to every bite.

Not to mention, life is for living in color.

Pre-realizing gluten slowly poisons me, I used to dream of opening a pancake house.

Chocolate chip pancakes, blueberry pancakes, rainbow sprinkle pancakes, homemade raspberry jam pancakes; I had an endless list of pancake varietals and could be found testing them out in the kitchen Saturday mornings.

This was how I learned the Universal Law of Pancakes.

The first pancake doesn't turn out.

It's part of the process. Eventually, I became comfortable with this and expected it.

I even started appreciating the first pancake for its gooeyness, knowing the second pancake would always be ready to be tossed in the yellow goldenrod pancake warmer my mom still had from the 70s.

Remembering the first pancake rule when starting new projects makes life easier.

Avoid giving up too soon.

Here's to the second pancake.

xx, Alyssa

P.S. At one point, I traded making pancakes for concocting homemade popcorn in a dozen varieties. (The tequila raspberry and peanut butter and jelly were two of my favorites).

Now, I make a keto pudding in a growing list of flavors for Geoff and me.

Apparently, I find my creativity in foods that start with "p."

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