tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post6908870807207438115..comments2024-01-13T18:35:19.562-08:00Comments on Backpacking Dad: Here. Here are the keys to my kitchen. Take them.Backpacking Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02498905428420679901noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-38205849384594382272008-08-11T13:03:00.000-07:002008-08-11T13:03:00.000-07:00"Baking feels like engineering" - no wonder I enjo..."Baking feels like engineering" - no wonder I enjoy it so much!T with Honeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13870996927675120152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-69954585909994429172008-08-10T23:37:00.000-07:002008-08-10T23:37:00.000-07:00I lost you after 'I want to make pancakes.'I lost you after 'I want to make pancakes.'Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16144713142229970998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-64742401631980185312008-08-10T20:44:00.000-07:002008-08-10T20:44:00.000-07:00Dude, trust grandma on this. Buy Pioneer biscuit ...Dude, trust grandma on this. Buy Pioneer biscuit mix and use the pancake recipe on the back. Bisquick sucks hard, but Pioneer rocks the house. Your kids will thank you.LipoSuckshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08080199622659734006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-61119500865896861952008-08-10T19:30:00.000-07:002008-08-10T19:30:00.000-07:00Start by finding a good, simple (number-of-ingredi...Start by finding a good, simple (number-of-ingredients-wise) organic mix, assuming that's a priority, and then just add what they say to add, and you should be fine. After you do that a few times, you can move on to making your own mixes.LiteralDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16704368269389527451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-5394338105089029242008-08-10T19:09:00.000-07:002008-08-10T19:09:00.000-07:00Okay, you MUST try those new boxes of packets. The...Okay, you MUST try those new boxes of packets. They are nearly idiot-proof (I'm not calling you an idiot, I'm just sayin' they're easy), as you only have to open the packet, add the water, mix, and then cook. I put veg oil in the pan on med-high, and flip when I see bubbling. They come in buttermilk & blueberry, and are awesome. If you prefer thinner, chewier cakes, just add a bit more water. I would NEVER make pancakes if they hadn't come up with this stuff (Hungry Jack, I think?).Kazahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04953977625325499626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-36087090645854244892008-08-10T10:58:00.000-07:002008-08-10T10:58:00.000-07:00Give it up, buy it in a box...no need in all that ...Give it up, buy it in a box...no need in all that extra workAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-80410750769735876332008-08-10T00:53:00.000-07:002008-08-10T00:53:00.000-07:00Baking is chemistry. It's not hard, it's just exac...Baking is chemistry. It's not hard, it's just exact. I suggest doing what they call "mise en place" for prepping - lay everything out before you start and you won't forget anything. <BR/><BR/>Uh, this would follow labeling the salt and sugar, however!<BR/><BR/>Keep persevering, you'll get it.Maurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03722654367214156056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-37948361303279244982008-08-09T22:57:00.000-07:002008-08-09T22:57:00.000-07:00So they taste a leetle different. Call them "manca...So they taste a leetle different. <BR/><BR/>Call them "mancakes" and sell them as "special." I find putting "special" in front of new food helps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-43793244453768755862008-08-09T21:32:00.000-07:002008-08-09T21:32:00.000-07:00Salt? Oh, I can't even imagine how those tasted! G...Salt? Oh, I can't even imagine how those tasted! Go the bisquick route, and add some fresh blueberries, and be done with it!<BR/>Leave the baking to the experts (not me!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-74871804135965173252008-08-09T12:51:00.000-07:002008-08-09T12:51:00.000-07:00Wow. You people sure like posts about pancakes. I ...Wow. You people sure like posts about pancakes. I will now write more posts about pancakes. I will keep you up to date on the Jug or Homemade war that I'll have in my house.<BR/><BR/>Thank you all for your recommendations, recipes, chastisements (I'm looking at you Greg :} ) and sympathy. I'm just gonna go ahead and try to not add a 1/4 cup of salt next time and see what happens.<BR/><BR/>I <I>will</I> make homemade pancakes that rock. Someday.<BR/><BR/>And now, because I'm masochistic:<BR/><BR/>ciii: I've heard good things about skillets.<BR/><BR/>badass geek: I did that once to my mom. Once.<BR/><BR/>a.c.: It's also a hilarious April Fool's Day joke<BR/><BR/>miss britt: I might switch to waffles.<BR/><BR/>undomestic diva: not toaster streudel? which, I wonder, does Pillsbury have a trademark on that? Because that would be like trademarking "microwave popcorn".<BR/><BR/>ali: you're so sheltered :}<BR/><BR/>megan: don't disillusion me. I need to hope that there is some last resort I can have.<BR/><BR/>imommy: how did you set off the fire alarm making macaroni and cheese???<BR/><BR/>scifi dad: I think I'm going to have a lot of recipes to try out after this one.<BR/><BR/>attiton: who's trying to make you feel bad about cooking? Not me. I'm a good cook. I just suck at baking. Carry on cooking!!<BR/><BR/>nancy: You can nuke pancakes? Oh, breakfast may have just gotten a hundred times easier<BR/><BR/>anonymous: word.<BR/><BR/>sus: no fair starting out with Bisquick :}<BR/><BR/>kittenpie: No, the Larousse Gastronomique is the bible. But I'm afraid of it, because it told me to take all day to make crepes and I don't want to think about what it will say about pancakes. :}<BR/><BR/>jen s.: If I can't make batter then I am no better than Betty Botter.<BR/><BR/>mr lady: oh, cookies I can do. I forgot that one. With caramel chocolate chips.<BR/><BR/>ms. single mama: I'm actually not afraid of ingredients like that. Because I know that when baking is involved you end up with some crazy chemical reaction that totally changes the flavour of the ingredients so the cottage cheese probably makes the whole thing taste like cherry pie or something.<BR/><BR/>FADKOG: yeah, I was all "butter? and 4 tablespoons of it? that's all the butter I have, and now I have no butter to put on top of my now way salty pancakes."<BR/><BR/>matt: a waffle iron would complicate my life severely. I'd be trying to make chicken with it.<BR/><BR/>phenom: I will probably end up doing the same thing.<BR/><BR/>loralee: yeah, I don't even want to try rolls. I'd end up with weapons.<BR/><BR/>anonymous: ooh, I need to try to make french toast too. dammit.<BR/><BR/>sunshine: If I ever manage to make pancake batter that works you can bet I'll be freezing them so I don't have to heat a pan ever again.<BR/><BR/>loudange: to hear the Larousse tell it crepes are the most complicated batter you would ever want to try to attempt to make. I like your version better. But I need one of those stick things to spread the batter thin.<BR/><BR/>tlc: Yeah, they're always oblong aren't they? How does IHOP do it?<BR/><BR/>starrlife: The word "Nutrigrain" makes me think I'm being lied to, like a consumer in some dystopic future who is being fed soylent green.<BR/><BR/>michelle: that is just one more reason why I hate cantaloupe. Sneaky bastards.<BR/><BR/>aea: yeah, the cinnamon fish was bad. But the cinnamon filled stuffed peppers made it bearable. No, no they didn't. Your fish sucked way bad though.<BR/><BR/>kile: actually, I never butter the pan. I don't want to partially fry the outside. That's just me, though. I know some people like that in a pancake.<BR/><BR/>felicity: organic pancake batter in a can? That sounds awesome. Just for the can part if nothing else.<BR/><BR/>chicky chicky baby: I will try. No, I will do.<BR/><BR/>greg: thanks. :}<BR/><BR/>country mouse city mouse indy: You made me feel much better about my breakfast laziness.<BR/><BR/>tootsie farklepants: I totally almost stole the picture of the Bisquick Jug from your site.<BR/><BR/>anissa mayhew: I think I have stock in that company now. I need to stop giving them money.<BR/><BR/>sara mehitable: and now I can never eat cereal again :}<BR/><BR/>forever in school: no fear, baby. Just try it, burn it, then you can say you gave it a shot and no one will make you do it again.<BR/><BR/>must be motherhood: so they were just cookies? Oh, you mean <I>all</I> the sugar. Yeah. That would be a doorstop, not a cookie :}<BR/><BR/>the yummy mummy cooks gourmet: see, I should have asked you first.<BR/><BR/>heather: that gadget totally sounds like cheating. <BR/><BR/>elisa: I had aspirations of baking my daughter's first birthday cake. Yeah, <I>that</I> didn't happen.<BR/><BR/>mary beth: I'm starting to not like pancakes too. They're too salty and burnt tasting. I don't know what people see in them.<BR/><BR/>melizzard: it sounds like cheating though. They are PAN-cakes. Right?<BR/><BR/>redneck mommy: if you ask her she will tell you that I never listen to her. And I would agree, except that I wouldn't have known that she said it.<BR/><BR/>xbox4nappyrash: ah, those were good breakfast days. I miss those days.<BR/><BR/>caramama: You are blowing my mind. Both soda and powder?? But, what about the paradox? The space-time continuum? <BR/><BR/>fishygirl: but if I follow the box directions then I can't really say that I made them when I want to brag about the awesome pancakes my daughter is eating.<BR/><BR/>dto3: word.<BR/><BR/>bejewell: Good to know. :}<BR/><BR/>amr: I've heard of cracker barrel for cheese and sausages, but pancakes? really?<BR/><BR/>overflowing brain: again with the butter in the pan. hmm. maybe I have to rethink my objection.<BR/><BR/>christina: you are smarter than all of these people :}<BR/><BR/>insane mama: but pancakes aren't all pancakes. If I'm the one making them.<BR/><BR/>lollie: after all of this I think I'm obsessed with making my own pancakes. Next you hear of me I will be covered in 8 different versions of the batter and gibbering to myself about ratios.<BR/><BR/>kyddryn: Ah!! one thing at a time, especially when it's baked goods.Backpacking Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02498905428420679901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-5844186786563667402008-08-09T10:41:00.000-07:002008-08-09T10:41:00.000-07:00Not that you asked: pancakesPlease believe that I...Not that you asked: <A HREF="http://kyddryn.blogspot.com/2008/05/mmm-pancakes.html" REL="nofollow">pancakes</A><BR/><BR/>Please believe that I am not usually given to shameless acts of self-promotion.<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, have you considered muffins?<BR/><BR/>Shade and Sweetwater,<BR/>KKyddrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07668797984157146798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-10722570049920570552008-08-09T10:36:00.000-07:002008-08-09T10:36:00.000-07:00Don't kill yourself...go with the Bisquick in a co...Don't kill yourself...go with the Bisquick in a container. Add water. Voila. 'Nuff said.Lolliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02434675448319103586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-76891662058932412872008-08-09T10:27:00.000-07:002008-08-09T10:27:00.000-07:00Pancakes are pancakes, no matter how you make them...Pancakes are pancakes, no matter how you make them... Personally I go with the easy ones, where you just add water and shake the container.Insane Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13772208953959596713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-79706202267909171462008-08-09T09:53:00.000-07:002008-08-09T09:53:00.000-07:00You really don't need to go out and buy the pre-ma...You really don't need to go out and buy the pre-made stuff.<BR/><BR/>You just need a good label maker. Then label all of the canisters in the kitchen. Voila - problem solved. Perfect pancakes next time.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07345875955750219033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-37717231122773723062008-08-09T07:11:00.000-07:002008-08-09T07:11:00.000-07:00Don't dis' the Bisquick version. If you add about...Don't dis' the Bisquick version. If you add about a 1/3 to 1/2 cup melted butter to their recipe (my grandfather swears by this) they are superb. No kidding. Make sure you butter the pan too. I wonder why my family has cholesterol issues?<BR/><BR/>And I've done the salt thing, only it was when I was a kid for a cake baking contest. Somehow 1/2 tsp became 1/2 cup and there just no amount of cocoa or chocolate chips in the universe that will overcome 1/2 cup of salt.Overflowing Brainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11424131699024802462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-83247384493157282902008-08-08T20:15:00.000-07:002008-08-08T20:15:00.000-07:00Two words.Cracker Barrel.They dominate the pancake...Two words.<BR/><BR/>Cracker Barrel.<BR/><BR/>They dominate the pancake kingdom for me. <BR/><BR/>Cracker Barrel in NorCal? Probably not. Come down to NC -- Greg and I will meet you there.AMRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12914904745033720478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-41917431111806433502008-08-08T19:52:00.000-07:002008-08-08T19:52:00.000-07:00I tried the pre-made batter once.Once.I tried the pre-made batter once.<BR/><BR/>Once.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-80356907573457840382008-08-08T18:56:00.000-07:002008-08-08T18:56:00.000-07:00Nuked eggs and a peeled banana still sounds better...Nuked eggs and a peeled banana still sounds better than instant oatmeal.Dto3https://www.blogger.com/profile/13450262520783006447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-17810235309391597672008-08-08T15:29:00.000-07:002008-08-08T15:29:00.000-07:00Just use the bisquick in a box, but follow the rec...Just use the bisquick in a box, but follow the recipe (on the box) for the melt-in-your-mouth pancakes. They really are. <BR/><BR/>Since I've got to get 4 kids under 9 out the door every morning starting in two weeks, we do just fine with cold cereal and milk or frozen waffles. I only do pancakes when we have breakfast for dinner. Nothing wrong with eggs and fruit, that's for sure. Healthy and quick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-33053307091748848072008-08-08T13:15:00.000-07:002008-08-08T13:15:00.000-07:00I'm a baker, and I love making pancakes. So I can'...I'm a baker, and I love making pancakes. So I can't relate to that. Sorry, man.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Homemade-Pancake-Mix/Detail.aspx" REL="nofollow">Here</A> is an awesome recipe for pancake mix. You mix together all of the dry ingredients (it includes both baking powder and baking soda!!!), and store in a ziplock bag or container. Then, when you want to make pancakes, you take 1 cup of the mix, the milk and the egg and mix. <BR/><BR/>Makes delicious pancakes. I made them this morning, and I added blueberries. Mmmmm.caramamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02327695885346537321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-38956102055044284872008-08-08T10:41:00.000-07:002008-08-08T10:41:00.000-07:00Breakfast here tends to be whatever you can scoff ...Breakfast here tends to be whatever you can scoff between coming home drunk and passing out until the following afternoon.<BR/><BR/>Is there something I need to learn?Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11044403947730363259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-16548493729592792512008-08-08T10:40:00.000-07:002008-08-08T10:40:00.000-07:00Your wife strikes me as a smart woman.Perhaps you ...Your wife strikes me as a smart woman.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps you should try listening to her sometime.<BR/><BR/>Especially before attempting to make pancakes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-26823204723452654982008-08-08T10:16:00.000-07:002008-08-08T10:16:00.000-07:00Go get the jug, it saves all that time and energy....Go get the jug, it saves all that time and energy. And I second the electric skillet suggestion - it wasn't until I discovered the electric skillet that I really learned to make pancakes well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-82729474484545887432008-08-08T10:09:00.000-07:002008-08-08T10:09:00.000-07:00I love baking but I don't even try pancakes. Lucki...I love baking but I don't even try pancakes. Luckily, I don't particularly like them either so I'm not missing out on anything. I'm a frozen waffle kind of gal.Mary Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236441806234261588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-775208920171527729.post-53891408642846323762008-08-08T09:18:00.000-07:002008-08-08T09:18:00.000-07:00no worries, I suck at making pancakes too. Hey, go...no worries, I suck at making pancakes too. Hey, good cooks can have their weaknesses! baking was scary to me too, so I started small - with cupcakes ;-) Checkout <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1569242739?ie=UTF8&tag=eblink-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1569242739" REL="nofollow">Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World</A>, they are the best damn cupcakes ever!<BR/>Cakes still scare me though.Elisa @ Globetrotting in Heelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920820564549246339noreply@blogger.com