My youngest son, a.k.a. Pancake, loves to cook and his favorite food is... any guesses?... that's right, pancakes. He would eat them for breakfast lunch and dinner if we let him.We joke that when he goes off to college, he'll be the hit of his dorm, serving up pancakes in his room at all hours. That's right, we won't get called for any trouble with his grades or fraternity pranks, it will be about the illegal hotplate and his late night pancake dealing.
Pancake and I, at his request, have started making the family a pancake breakfast on Sunday mornings. We make both chocolate chip and blueberry pancakes (from scratch), plus turkey sausage patties, and fruit on the side.
The great thing about cooking with Pancake -- besides the chance to teach him how to cook, clean up, etc. -- is the conversations we have while flipping pancakes side by side. (We each man a skillet for efficient pancake production.)
Yesterday, he had an interesting observation: Superman would be an excellent cook. He could use his x-ray vision to see if the food was cooked through. In fact, he could use his heat vision to cook the food faster than an oven. (If Superman has heat vision?)
Just think about it... Superman could fly around the world to bring in the freshest produce. He could use his speed to cook and plate the meals faster than a kitchen full of Gordon Ramseys, and his super strength would let him carry massive trays of plates around the dining room.
Plus, it's Superman. Who wouldn't want to stop in for a meal made by Superman? Although... super powers don't necessarily equal super culinary skills.... Still, I'd wager that a restaurant run by Superman would be better than one run by Popeye. Imagine nothing on the menu but canned spinach and hamburgers that you could only pay for on Tuesdays. It would go under in a week!
(P.S. That's a picture of Pancake from many years ago. I bet he'll love that I posted it here!)
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