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                            Tomato Pancakes

Recipe By     : Ophelia Gleason
Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Pancakes

 Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  4                    eggs -- lightly beaten
  1      can           stewed or diced tomatoes with liquid -- (141/2-oz.) OR
  2      cups          home-canned tomatoes
 40                    single soda crackers (saltines) or 20
                       doubles -- about 4 oz. of crackers -- hand crushed -
not
                       rolled out
                       salt -- to taste
                       butter for frying

Combine the beaten eggs, tomatoes and their liquid, crackers and salt. Shape
into 4-inch pancakes and fry in a small amount of butter (over medium heat
about 2 minutes on each side).

Makes about 12 (4-in.) pancakes.



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NOTES :
http://www.startribune.com/stOnLine/cgi-bin/article?thisStory=75734239

This is the pancake recipe that Kathryn Dumas, Long Lake, recalls her
mother, Ophelia Gleason, preparing on wash days. Hand-crushing the crackers
gives the pancakes an interesting nonuniform texture