embarrassment of eggs

[mountain_laurel]

ok, so my neighbor Shirley just came over with a bunch of extra groceries -- she bought stuff 2 for 1 at Safeway, got too much, and then found out her husband will be going out of town for the week and she won't be able to use everything up. so she brought me: 18 eggs. a pound of butter. and five pounds of potatoes.

the franks, i will eat in short order -- i never buy hot dogs because they're so bad for me, but boy do i love 'em. i'm not sure how i'm going to use up the rest of this stuff.

anyone have any good recipes that involve a whole lot of eggs and butter?

Comments

[2wanda.livejournal.com]

Butter freezes well. We buy it in bulk, and freeze it. Anything that is high in fat freezes well.

As for the eggs, you could make quiche (which also freezes well.) Easter is coming up. You could make painted eggs and call the neighbor kids over for an Easter egg hunt. You could make a frittata, those are yummy. Crepes use a lot of eggs, too, if I recall correctly.

You could make my Grandmother's German buttermilk pancakes, but you'd have to go buy buttermilk. Here's the recipe. They are sehr gut.

6 eggs
3 cups buttermilk
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp salt
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp vanilla
3 tbls sugar

The batter should be thinner than normal pancake batter. You make these very small. Not silver dollar sized, but almost that small, about 3 - 4 inches diameter. This recipe makes about 2 dozen pancakes of that size, so invite some friends over (although, I can eat 8 of these, easily.) Serve with fresh fruit, powdered sugar, or you can do like ronebofh, and put molasses on them (and the kids all say, "Yuk!")

[damienw]

I call these "pikelets", and eat them with butter and cinnamon, or treacle, or maple syrup.
Sehr gut, indeed.

[figmo.livejournal.com]

Great minds think alike, although the German pancake recipe I was going to suggest is for a baked one that doesn't call for buttermilk (although your grandmother's recipe sounds good -- must try it!):

From filker0:

German Pancake

6 eggs (well beaten)
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup milk
4 tbsp butter (softened, not melted)

Preheat oven to 375 F with all but the bottom rack removed.

Beat eggs, combine with flour and salt, then with milk. Beat/mix until smooth.

Spray a 9 inch oven-safe pan with non-stick cooking spray, then spread the butter liberally to coat the surface. It's ok if the butter is chunky and uneven. Leave the remaining butter in the bottom of the pan.

Pour the batter into the pan, place pan on bottom shelf of oven (with other shelves removed, as noted before) and bake for between 35 and 45 minutes, or until center is set and sides are well risen (they will probably tear shortly before the cooking is done) and golden brown. Remove from oven and serve.

Apple sauce, fruit jams or preserves are often served with German Pancake. [Note: I prefer lemon juice and powdered sugar/diet sweetener. -- figmo]

Serves 2 to 3.

The recipe may be doubled, but you should use a larger pan.