On the Aga: pancakes, etc

      Donna asked about Scotch pancakes the other day and some Aga fans asked for Aga-related posts, so I'll combine the two with a link to a very early post which includes the pancake recipe - our method being to cook them directly on the simmering plate, and a picture of 'the beating heart of the home'!

     By the way, the chopping boards on the left don't live there, but it's an excellent place to dry things like that, and for clothes it's brilliant too because it even 'irons' as well as drying!!

Comments

[Dark Puss]

I think drop scones or "girdle" scones as I knew them first (are they ever called Scotch pancakes in Scotland?) were probably the first thing I learned to cook aged about 4. I've moved on a little since then, but they are hard to beat for breakfast or indeed tea. Probably we'll cook some in Perthshire this coming week.

[kristina]

Oh you're so lucky! K x

[blackbird]

What a beauty! I have serious Aga envy here- I have wanted one for years and years. We have a store here in Seattle that sells them and I visit regularly to put my hands on the polished surfaces and open all of the doors.

Our climate is so temperate here and everyone tells me that I'm crazy to consider one but I have a major kitchen remodel coming up and am still dreaming.

[Jennifer]

Those look scrumptious. I too, really want an Aga in my new kitchen some day. Looking at it makes me feel all warm and cozy.

[Darlene]

I'm not quite sure what it is about an AGA that makes me go weak at the knees but it does! Yours is lovely and having read about the pancakes, it's official, they're on the menu for breakfast tomorrow.

[Fran]

You have brought back memories of my years spent as live in nanny. I worked in the country and had one of these "objects of desire" in every house. My boss moved often, for three houses the Aga moved with us!. I loved them; cakes, casseroles, bacon done to perfection in the right hand side whilst I warmed gloves, hats and scarves in the lefthand lower oven for early morning school runs in the winter.

[Donna]

Thanks for the recipe Karen, I am going to try these next weekend. Your Aga makes your kitchen look warm and inviting.

[Lindsay]

Another AGA, older and a bit sadder, will feature over at booksdofurnisharoom this coming week - if I am allowed a little advertisement?

[Cornflower]

You certainly are, Lindsay. Yours is an Aga of character and has a charm commensurate with its venerability! (I shall look forward to your post).

[Dark Puss]

Lindsay, I hope you will be saying a little about the Nobel prize winning physicist who was, with help from his children, responsible for it.

Best wishes from your corresponding Cat.

[Hester from Atlanta]

I enjoy your blog and your photographs so much. I have never seen such a good picture of an Aga before. I have heard about them and read about them, but never seen one in the flesh - and now I have a much better idea of what they look like.

I am going through a period where I am very attracted to things Scottish and things British. I am waiting patiently (or at least trying to wait patiently) for this rescission/depression to be over so I can save enough money to travel in Scotland and England. (My grandfather immigrated to the US in the teens of the 1900s. He and his family were from Lanark. He and his brothers were all horticulturists and plants people of one kind or another. So I am very interested in the photos you take of the plants and flowers, etc.)

Your lovely blog and all the lovely pictures of the flowers, buildings, and home life make me want to come to Scotland and England all the more.

Best - Hester