Thanks @owasco! You piqued my interest about cattail pancakes so I looked it up. You were right about the protein; combining cattail pollen with regular flour makes flour that is rich in protein. The only thing that my mom made that was healthy for us was liver. Yuck! We had to eat it once a week but I gagged, so I put it in my mouth, pretended to chew it, put my hand over my mouth and pretended to cough, and spit it in my hand. I then fed it to my dog under the table. LOL!