2 (5.2-oz.) packages Jimmy Dean Heat 'n Serve
Maple Sausage Links
2&1/2 cups Kodiak Cakes Flapjack & Waffle Mix
2&1/4 cups warm water
November 18
Owen Cunningham
Wilson's Birthday
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Owen Cunningham Wilson is a member of the Hollywood's Frat Pack, a modern update of the 1980's Brat Pack which in turn was the reincarnation of the1960's Rat Pack. However, the Frat Pack has a financial success component that the other packs didn't since the Frat Pack's films were some of the the highest-grossing, although often sophomoric, comedy movies since the late 1990s. The group usually includes Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Steve Carell, and Owen's brother Luke. Owen is considered the biggest troublemaker and the most troubled member of the group. His history of trouble making goes back to his tenth grade at St Mark's School of Texas when he was expelled for stealing a teacher's textbook. Owen eventually moved to Hollywood to pursue an acting career along with his brothers Luke and Andrew, and the three were eventually able to work together in The Wendell Baker Story (2006), written by brother Luke, directed by Luke and brother Andrew, and starring Owen and Luke. |
Owen has also been recognized for his writing talents and was nominated for an Academy Award for his work on the screenplay of The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) which he co-wrote with his high-school buddy and long-time friend and collaborator, Wes Anderson However, Owen became best known for his successful comedic roles such as as Hansel in Zoolander (2001) and as John Beckwith in Wedding Crashers (2005).
For years Owen was dubbed “the Butterscotch Stallion” in the tabloids for his string of amorous conquests. When love for Kate Hudson hit him hard in their well-publicized on-again off-again affair which allegedly ended due to Kate' s commitment issues, a source told In Touch Weekly, “Owen wants to get married and he proposed to Kate soon after they got back together. But she’s not ready.”
Owen turned to drugs and hard partying after the final break-up with Kate and a few of his closer Frat Pack friends eventually became concerned about his growing depression which only became public after he attempted suicide on August 26, 2007. He was found by his brother Owen after consuming a cocktail of drugs and slashing his wrists for which he was subsequently hospitalized.
To celebrate Owen's birthday, we suggest
going back to a happier time in 2001 when he played in Hansel in
Zoolander whose Hansel character won VH1's male model of
the year in the film. So what would be more appropriate than the
California's
Raley's Family of Fine Stores* popular breakfast recipe for a Hansel and
Griddle Cake which is a Jimmy Dean sausage wrapped in a pancake?
Raley's Hansel and Griddle Cake
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1/4 cup maple syrup plus additional for topping, 1 envelope active dry yeast 1 egg 1/4 cup powdered sugar, for dusting |
2. Stir together flapjack mix, water, syrup, yeast and egg in a large bowl just until combined; let stand for 20 minutes.
3. Place a large skillet over medium-low heat and coat with butter flavored nonstick cooking spray.
4. Pour a scant 1/3 cup batter into hot skillet for each pancake and cook for 2 to 3 minutes on each side, spraying skillet with
cooking spray between batches.
5. Wrap a pancake around each sausage link, place seam-side down on a serving platter and dust with powdered sugar.
6 Serve with additional maple syrup, if desired.
Makes about 16 pancakes.