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Hugo Ball born 22 February, 1886; died 14… – varia

‘The war is based on crass error.  Men have been mistaken for machines.  Machines, not men, should be decimated.  At some future date, when only the machines march, things will be better.  Then everyone will be right to rejoice when they all demolish each other.’
—from Hugo Ball’s diary, 26 June, 1915

‘One must be astonished totally, yet more and more softly.  That is how eternity wonders at the times and changes them.  One must wonder at the wonders.  And also at the wounds, the deepest and last wounds, and elevate them to the wondrous.’
—from the diary, 21 November, 1921

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David Eyres Pancake – Recipes – food52 – food community, recipe search and cookbook contests

This recipe comes from The Essential New York Times Cookbook, and appeared in the Times in 1966. Forty years later, readers are still making the pancake with no less bliss. What keeps cooks faithful to one recipe is often some confluence of ease and surprise. Eyre’s pancake possesses both. A batter of flour, milk, eggs, and nutmeg is blended together, then poured into a hot skillet filled with butter and baked. Anyone confused? I didn’t think so. The surprise comes at the end, when you open the oven door to find a poufy, toasted, utterly delectable-looking pancake. It soon collapses as you shower it with confectioners’ sugar and lemon juice, slice it up and devour it. It’s sweet and tart, not quite a pancake and not quite a crepe. But lovable all the same. Cooking Notes: Don’t overmix the batter, or the pancake will be tough – a few lumps are fine. This is the moment to call your well-seasoned iron skillet into service.

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