Have you ever tried the frozen or refrigerated pancakes? It has been a long time since I have gotten them, but from what I remember they were darn good.
Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Linda S. via Cookinginthedark Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 10:47 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Linda S. Subject: Re: [CnD] Reminder of list guidelines: all members please read! Pancakes are my favorite breakfast. I can stir up the batter, but my problem is timing them, and turning them. Any suggestions? Now I just substitute frozen waffles, life is always a compromise. right? On 7/12/2020 9:25 AM, Pamela Fairchild via Cookinginthedark wrote: > I used to have lots of trouble with pancakes. I either didn't cook them with > enough oil so that they stuck to the pan and didn't turn correctly, or I > tried to turn them too early and made an equally terrible mess of them. Now > I wait until all the bubbles go away on top, and they are almost dry but not > quite. Then the spatula slides under nicely and they turn correctly. If I > haven't made them for a while though it may take two or three to get back > into the groove. The other thing is that I need to keep the heat lower than > my sighted friends or I tend to make burnt offerings. If there is a sighted > person around, if they are willing I let them cook the pancakes. I am not > above buying frozen pancakes and heating them in the microwave. By the time > I make a batch from raw dough, I have too many for one and have to freeze > some of them anyway, refrigerate them, or feed them to the birds in my back > yard. When growing up it was feed them to the chickens, and other farm > animals. Back then it was sour dough pancakes, which I love but have not > kept an ongoing starter for years for lack of use. There are not enough > people in my household to do that anymore, but one of these days I will > begin a new starter. The temptation is growing just like the yeast does. > > Pamela Fairchild > <pamelafairch...@comcast.net> > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cookinginthedark On Behalf Of meward1954--- via Cookinginthedark > Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 11:39 AM > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > Cc: meward1...@gmail.com > Subject: Re: [CnD] Reminder of list guidelines: all members please read! > > This has not come up as a problem here, but respect for everyone is so > important. I'm a pretty experienced cook for example, but there are things > I just don't do well. I don't even try to accurately measure small amounts > of liquid, like vanilla, anymore. I just pour over my finger and hope it > isn't too much. I have never successfully made pancakes, one of the first > things that rehab teachers teach. But I bake yeast breads, grow sprouts and > microgreens, and always get called on to make the Thanksgiving dressing. So > there are some things I do pretty well and some, well, not so much. Are we > all that way? Maybe we are just here to support and help each other out. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cookinginthedark <cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org> On Behalf Of > Helen Whitehead via Cookinginthedark > Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 5:45 AM > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > Cc: Helen Whitehead <hwhiteh...@cogeco.ca> > Subject: [CnD] Reminder of list guidelines: all members please read! > > Cooking in the Dark List Guidelines: > 1. Keep messages on the topic of cooking. > This is not a social list...it is a cooking list. > 2. Change subject lines to reflect the body of the message. > 3. Avoid sending short, meaningless messages. Examples follow: > "Thanks for the recipe" > "This sounds good" > "Me too" > Messages like this clutter up the list and greatly increase the time it > takes to read through posted messages. > If you want to thank someone for a recipe please do so off list. > 4. 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