Pancakes a la Herman - a how to guide

1) Be prompted by your houseguest to prepare 'your speciality' for breakfast. NB houseguest must be unimpressed by the offer of bacon, sausage and eggs and must instead point you in the direction of pancakes.

2) Fish out a Naked Chef cookbook and find a recipe for 'Pancakes American Stylie' - Pukkah!

3) Assemble required ingredients on patio table.

4) Look quizzically at recipe. 'Whisk the what into the huh? Firm peaks a who? Where??'

5) Enlist helpful parent to the cause by asking a seemingly innocent question cunningly designed to suck them into a web of beating, batter and blueberries.

6) Stand centrally, spoon in hand, 'directing' proceedings as minions seperate and whisk eggs.

7) Entirely misinterpret the instruction to fold in egg whites and instead attempt some kind of mashing action.

8) Wait for whoops of disapproval from aforementioned parent and smile seraphically as parent removes bowl and proceeds to demonstrate by doing.

9) Watch as parent continues to demonstrate by doing until pancake batter and first few pancakes are entirely done.

10) Crack open the jam and syrup and tuck into the pancakes you have so skillfully and lovingly made.