Knee-Deep Snow, Outdoor Pancakes, and the Best Egg Store Around

It snowed up to my knees — which felt like a perfectly reasonable time to make pancakes outside.

These buckwheat blueberry pancakes were cooked over open coals, in deep snow, with cold air, steady heat, and no rush at all. Somewhere in the middle of mixing batter, I realized I was out of eggs… so I went shopping. Turns out the local store (the chickens out back) was still open and fully stocked.

This video isn’t about doing things the hard way for the sake of it. It’s about stepping outside, slowing down, and remembering that good food doesn’t need much — just a little effort and a willingness to get cold first.
You’ll see:
* how I build a cooking fire in winter
* why I wait for coals instead of flames
* how cast iron behaves in cold weather
* and why pancakes taste better when you earn them
No tricks. No rush. Just fire, food, snow, and a quiet morning outdoors.
Fire earned.
Breakfast follows.
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