Cornmeal pancakes!

Heidelberg is a tourist town, so the grocery stores near my place are all tiny, and do not carry a lot of kitchen and baking essentials, like, say, baking powder. This makes making regular pancakes tricky. Fortunately, I found a recipe online for cornmeal pancakes. I've scaled it down to about 

1/3 cup cornmeal, equal amount of boiling water, 1/3 that much milk, a little oil, a small squirt of vanilla extract, and some nuts.

On the right, batter, on the left, pancake in pan, and pancake on plate.

 The results are tasty, but I have a hard time getting them to fry nicely. I can't tell if it's a batter problem or just that I don't have great stove burners. When I put them down, they bubble immediately, but then stop bubbling as they cook and firm up, which is exactly the opposite of what the recipe calls for. Flipping them is always a little tricky, too.

Pancake with strawberry jam!

But, even though the recipe might not be perfect, they're fast and always turn out tasty.