Tis the season for pancakes

When it comes to breakfast foods, I tend to favor savory ones over sweet. Eggs, in any form, are usually how I start the day. However, variety is the spice of life and breakfast is not to be excluded. Vietnamese Pho (soup), cereal, and muffins make an occasional appearance. Lately, I have had more time in the morning to venture into the pancake territory.

I love pancakes. They’re fluffy and filling. My favorite thing about them is the memory of eating them every last Sunday of the month at St. Patrick’s Pancake Breakfast. Grandma and Grandpa Young were always down in the church basement helping. Grandpa Joe was usually the pancake man, working the griddle and delivering us the perfect stack of pancakes on our breakfast trays. I remember the sausages and orange juice, but the pancakes were always my favorite.

As my collection of overly ripe frozen bananas began to take over the freezer, I decided it was time to have my own pancake breakfast. It was also the only way I could think of to use these bananas since we don’t have an oven. The banana pancakes turned out good. However, it was the second batch of pumpkin pancakes that were by far my ultimate favorite. The pumpkin pancakes seemed to fit perfectly with the cold, rainy weather in Da Nang. Not to mention, the markets are full of pumpkins, squash and sweet potatoes.

This week I plan on trying sweet potato pancakes. My mouth is watering just thinking about them!