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502. Swedish Pancakes (recipe) for Breakfast for our 60th Wedding Anniversary today!

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It is right now 6:37 a.m. and I can't sleep.  So much has been going on in my mind about the last 60 years.  When we were married in 1955, life was quite different.  Wayne had returned home from the army, after serving there after his mission to Sweden in 1950-1953.  He had the GI Bill which helped us get through college, and we were both ready to be married.  He had turned 25 years old in the last week, and I was still 20, but would turn 21 on October 6th soon.     First of all, (in the present) this morning, after eating only blended food for 2 or 3 weeks, Wayne was able to eat a Swedish pancake, with apricot jam and whipped topping on it, without it being blended.  The recipe for it, our family favorite, is:   Swedish pancakes,   4 eggs, 3/4 cup flour, 1 1/2 cups milk, 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla, 2                                         tablespoons oil, and 1 tsp. salt.   Batter is quite runny.  Cook on hot griddle, being sure to use cooking spray in the pan, turning ove