Celebrate too much zucchini!
“Sometimes in the summer evenings they walked up the hill to watch the afterglow clinging to the tops of the western mountains and to feel the breeze drawn into the valley by the day-heated air.”
East of Eden, John Steinbeck
Inspiration
Zucchini and summer, like peas in their pod. Early in the season we wait patiently for the plants to grow. As the summer progresses, we tire of too many vegetables to harvest. And then
what to do with the harvest? When there is an abundance of zucchini in the summer I make these pancakes. This recipe has evolved over time. When I first made zucchini pancakes, I just stirred in a few eggs to bind the mixture together. We lived in the county and had lots of zucchini and eggs. This was the recipe my mom taught me. My pancakes are now full of flavor and worthy to share. Recently I went to the local fish market to purchase salmon for dinner. Another customer came into the market and gave me zucchini from his garden. I had never met this customer, but I thanked him for his gift of zucchini. The poor man, he just had too much zucchini! It was time to make zucchini pancakes.
