Pancakes

[jaybee82]

Am I the only pathetic male specimen that doesn't know how to make these? Got people coming over tonight for Pancakes and Champs League so assistance would be fantastic...

[Brendan]

Just buy a bottle or two of pancake mix from Sainsbury?s. Simple.

You can eve decant it into a mixing bowl before the people arrive so it looks like you made it yourself.

[dulwichmum]

My Bulgarian housekeeper makes perfect pancakes. I had her make an enormous mountain of them this morning and coat them in Nutella spread. I then insisted that the au pair ate the lot of them as it is the tradition of this country (my poppets had organic porridge - clearly). That girl is far too skinny if you ask me. She shall have pancakes again for supper, and this time she will have them swimming in maple syrup.

Mirror, mirror on the wall...

[jaybee82]

Thats clearly the cowards way out Brendan! But I'm with you all the way.

[Brendan]

To cover all bases topping wise you will have to buy some cinamon, sugar, lemon juice, golden syrup, maple syrup, nutella, peanut butter, blueberries, strawberries, clotted cream, honey, ice cream, cr?me fra?che, chives, salmon, cheese, and whatever other toppings people can think up.

[giggirl]

Boys, if you're going to cheat make sure you don't toss the empty packet nonchalantly on the top of the bin. The ladies won?t be impressed if they catch you out too easily.

[jaybee82]

My mate just said he wants Stella on his. I've got plenty of that.

[red devil]

Check out the packet to make sure you don't need additional ingredients, just checked out Tesco's and you need to add eggs to the mix...happy tossing

jaybee82 Wrote:

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> Thats clearly the cowards way out Brendan! But I'm

> with you all the way.

[Brendan]

No, no don?t get the packet get the Jiff stuff. It comes in a bottle and is pre-mixed. You just pour it out.

[jaybee82]

To be honest I'd rather have a go at making them from scratch. High risk, but I think I'll get some ready made stuff as a back up...

[Brendan]

Or you can do what I actually do. Eggs, flour, milk and a pinch of salt. Mix them together until the look like pancake batter. Make pancakes from it.

[Keef]

That's the batter mix powder which is basically powdered milk and flour. Think Brendan means a ready to use liquid batter. Now that is cheating!

[Hannah6_6]

Pancakes are so easy, you don't need a packet!!! Shame on you Brendan! It's literally flour with a couple of eggs mixed in and then milk added gradually while you mix. Then you leave it a bit whilst you have a beer and then you fry them.

[DaveR]

Batter (for a lot of pancakes) = 8oz flour, 2 eggs, 1 pint milk, salt. Put it all in a big bowl, mix it up with a whisk until it's smooth. Put it aside for 1 hour or so.

Cooking - heat a non-stick frying pan until really quite hot - like if you touch it with your finger even for a moment you say "ouch, that's hot". Put in a piece of butter about the size of an almond - it will melt and sizzle - and then enough batter to cover the base of the pan. Tilt the pan around so it covers the base. Then leave it until the edges start to come completely away from the pan. Turn/toss it, give it another minute or so, and it's ready.

Put a little bit of butter in before each pancake. After the first one or two it gets easier because the pan is nice and hot and you learn how much batter you need just to cover the base of the pan, so nice thin pancakes.

[jaybee82]

Sounds simple enough...but the ready made liquid batter sounds even easier!

Open, pour, fry...and in the words of Gordon Ramsay...DONE!

[Brendan]

Heheh. Read the whole thread Hannah. I do actually make then but was offering a viable and quick alternative to jaybee.

Although to be honest I came very close to buying the bottled stuff this afternoon mainly because I?ve never seen it before and I?m a sucker for advertising.

[red devil]

Delia to the rescue...

[Hannah6_6]

Brendan Wrote:

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> Heheh. Read the whole thread Hannah. I do actually

> make then but was offering a viable and quick

> alternative to jaybee.

>

> Although to be honest I came very close to buying

> the bottled stuff this afternoon mainly because

> I?ve never seen it before and I?m a sucker for

> advertising.

Brendan, you know I'm too half hearted with forum posting to read the whole thread, sorry I have no real doubt you can make pancakes.

I wonder if we could tell the difference between bottled and made from scratch?

[LuvPeckham]

Hannah6_6 Wrote:

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> I wonder if we could tell the difference between

> bottled and made from scratch?

I can - I eat very little processed food (ready meals...) and as a result it feels like a rush after I eat mass produced products (I am not sure if it is the Sugar or Salt that makes it feel like my heart is pumping 10 times harder - same effect after eating MSG)

Very strange, but am sticking to traditional home made ones myself

[Brendan]

Shit. Now I wish I had got the bottled stuff.

[jaybee82]

OK, am going to give Dave's a go but if things go belly up then Jif is definitely the way forward. Hiding the evidence, naturally...

[Michael Palaeologus]

They are easy to prepare.

Buy a packet from Sainsburys, place in microwave, heat, eat.

[Asset]

I'd be interested to read the ingredient list on a packet or bottle of pancake mix. I bet it's not just milk, eggs, flour and a pinch of salt.

[PeckhamRose]

The slightly thicker American style pancakes are my favourite. With maple syrup... yummmmmmmmm

[Michael Palaeologus]

The packet does actually say "Contains just milk, eggs, flour and a pinch of salt, but no nuts, as that would be distasteful"