Lunch today was incredible popovers in my new popover pans. Wow! Recipe follows:

[patbastrop]

1966: Maida Heatter’s Preheated Oven Popovers

By AMANDA HESSER

This recipe ran in The Times with an article by Craig Claiborne.

Unsalted butter, for greasing the molds

6 large eggs

2 cups milk -- I used 1 ¾ cups 2% and ¼ cup cream

6 tablespoons melted butter

2 cups sifted flour

1 teaspoon salt.

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Generously grease 10 4-ounce heatproof pottery custard cups (or a muffin or popover pan) with butter. Arrange the cups (or muffin or popover pan) on a baking sheet.

2. Beat the eggs lightly, then add the milk and melted butter and stir to combine. Gradually stir in the flour and salt. Beat just until the mixture is smooth. Do not overbeat. If the mixture is not smooth, strain it.

3. Pour the mixture into a pitcher and then pour into the custard cups. Fill the cups almost to the top.

4. Bake for 50 minutes. Do not open the oven door during baking.

5. After 50 minutes, remove the popovers from the oven, cut several slits in the top of each and return to the oven for 5 to 10 minutes. Immediately remove the popovers from the cups. Makes 10 popovers.

 

[melissa-dallas]

I love popovers & haven't made them in years. Or even better, yorkshire pudding with

a great big old bloody rare prime rib. Sigh....

 

[angak]

a most unusual restaurant in Wisconsin, many moons ago, was the Proud Popover,

I think that was the name. They served big Popovers with stew and stroganof and salads kinda stuffed inside. Really unique and good. It was in some kind of historic restoration park, if I remember correctly. fun place.

 

[melissa-dallas]

There is a very popular restaurant here that sells some of their sandwiches on popovers and

they are supposed to be one of the best things on the menu. I can never get past the orange/champagne chicken to try them.

 

[patbastrop]

On the site where the Watergate Apts stands there used to be a fabulous restaurant

that served popovers -- wish I could remember the name -- it could have been the Watergate????

 

[patbastrop]

That is, of course, the Watergate in DC.

 

[joanietoo]

Was this on the edge of a river near...

a weir, in an old wooden restored place with a blacksmith...the name/your description is very familiar and where I had my first popovers...so yummy. About 30 years ago...OH geez, that ages one!!!

 

[angak]

might be---it was in the late 70s early 80s.

I bought a popover pan after that visit. It was new to me too.