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"Do I dare to eat a peach?" asks the repressed narrator of T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." You should dare to eat a peach, and go even further by spicing it up with kitchen staples such as cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, black pepper and cayenne. To make savory spiced dishes with peaches, use spices from India, Latin America and Asia that pair well with the sweetness and floral notes of this summer stone fruit.
Eating a peach on its own is enjoyable due to its sweet flavor. However, the fruit can be added to salads, cocktails, or other dishes that contain other fruits. Be careful, however, when deciding which fruit to combine with a peach. Not every kind of fruit blends well with the peach's distinct taste. Other fruits are either close relatives of the peach, or have compatible tastes.
Pancakes are the foundation of a classic breakfast, but you can make them more filling and flavorful by adding fruit. Many types of fruit go well with pancakes, and you can opt to mix fruit into the batter, heat it and serve it on top, or just serve chunks of fresh fruit alongside.
Though they were not called pancakes until the late 1800s, the history of pancakes traces back to ancient times when batter was cooked in a pan over direct heat. Pancakes are enjoyed all over the world and are as distinctive as the person making them. Ask 10 people and you will most likely hear 10 different recipes for pancakes. The basic pancake recipe usually includes flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, milk, butter and eggs. Other ingredients, such as chocolate chips and bananas, can be added for different tastes.
The possibilities are limitless when it comes to what you can cook on an electric griddle. Many people have an electric griddle hidden away and do not realize the versatility of these flat-top grills. Many owners may believe that electric griddles are just for pancakes. Commercial restaurants frequently use electric griddles in their operations for large amounts of food as well as to keep food warm. These griddles can be very large and be able to cook food for one up to 200 people.
A bunch of bananas moves quickly from not-quite-ripe to perfect to ... mushy. It's disappointing to realize that you didn't quite eat them all in time. But there's no need to waste a perfectly good banana, even if it is a little soft. There are plenty of ways to use up bananas, and you can store them, peeled, in the freezer until you need them.
Learn how to add fruit or chocolate chips in an easy pancake recipe in this free breakfast food cooking video.
Everyone knows that pancake mixes are easy to prepare. All you do is add a bit of water and stir. These mixes can be a bit bland though. Thankfully there are ways you can easily add flavor to every day pancakes.
