I Ate A Baby For Breakfast!

Yep, I did. A Dutch Baby. And it was really good! Now before any of you Netherlanders start rounding up your kiddies, put your mind at rest. This isn't the Dutch baby you're thinking of.

The wife and I were recently watching an episode of Good Eats and he showed how to make this popover-like dish called, you guessed it, a Dutch Baby. As host Alton Brown pulled the confection out of the oven, the wife exclaimed, "I've had that!"

She had gone to this restaurant recently in not-too-far Southfield, MI called The Original Pancake House, and she had had a Dutch baby, or something just like it. Since I had yesterday off as a vacation day we decided to make the half-hour journey so I could try one for myself.

When we got there and looked over the menu they had a Dutch Baby with only powdered sugar on it, but there was also a dish called the Dutch Treat. It was this that the wife and I ordered. The daughter ordered chocolate chip pancakes (She's such a rebel). The picture shows what I received: one Dutch Baby filled with sliced strawberries and bananas, and some strawberry compote (read syrup) on the side.

I poured a little of the strawberry syrup on the baby and took my first bite. It was heavenly. Before long I was going "nom, nom, nom..." like a lolcat. Far sooner that I would have liked my plate was empty and my tummy was full.

So if you ever have the opportunity to eat a Dutch Baby, take it (The food, not the baby. Sir! Put that child down!). Highly recommended.