How To Make People Love You Forever

Posted on July 8th, 2008 by SusieJ

Go out early, while everyone is still sleeping, and pick some fresh black raspberries.

Whip up some pancake batter. Do this in the style of Katherine Hepburn in Woman of the Year, with lots of noise, that somehow doesn’t seem to wake anyone.

Then, make this fresh black raspberry syrup.

  1. Wash the bugs off the berries and drop them into a sauce pan with an equal amount of water. (Store or farmer’s market berries will work too.)
  2. Add one-to two tablespoons of sugar for every cup of berries. More, depending on your tastes.
  3. Add a dash of cornstarch as a thickener.
  4. Turn the flame to a low heat, and using the back of a wooden spoon, smash the berries into the pan. As soon as the mixture starts to bubble, turn off the heat. Let simmer while you cook the pancakes.
  5. Spoon a dollop of black raspberry syrup on each pancake.

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9 Comments

  1. Joyce T. ~ Jul 8, 2008 at 2:15 pm

    Yummers! Since we’ve had such a cool, long Spring (and early Summer) all the berries are a bit later than usual. I’ll try this idea when these berries are ripe. :)

  2. Heather ~ Jul 8, 2008 at 4:49 pm

    Wow. That sounds like too much work for me in the morning!

  3. Cori ~ Jul 8, 2008 at 7:09 pm

    Susie girl if you came to my house and made that for me for breakfast; I would love you forever too! LOL

  4. louann ~ Jul 9, 2008 at 7:04 am

    Oh my gosh! I would too!

    Looks delish!

  5. mp ~ Jul 9, 2008 at 12:28 pm

    OH that looks wonderful….

  6. texasblu ~ Jul 10, 2008 at 12:22 am

    you’re a saint!

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