On 9/14/2016 5:52 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2016-09-14 3:12 PM, Gary wrote:
>> wrote:
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>>> On a hunch, when I saw a dented/discounted box of Aunt Jemima mix
>>> yesterday, I bought it and used it this morning. That texture is
>>> similar, but a little more dense than the diner pancakes.
>>>
>>> Normally, I don't buy pancake mix, since the second ingredient is
>>> sugar. I only hope that wasn't the case at the diner.
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>> Don't buy any pancake mix. It's so cheap and easy to make from scratch.
>> Use the old Betty Crocker recipe and just add a bit more milk for the
>> best you'll ever eat.
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> I find it hard to believe that the second ingredient in a pancake mix
> would be sugar because pancakes usually have only a very small amount of
> sugar in them. I will have to check, but I would be really surprised if
> they had more sugar than baking powder, fats or milk powder.
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> I am with you about mixes. Most of them require the addition of milk,
> eggs and oil, which are the expensive ingredients. I always make them
> from scratch. In fact, I very rarely order pancakes in restaurants, and
> especially not in pancake specialty restaurants, because they are
> usually made from a mix and taste like crap. Pancakes are too easy to
> make and use only basic kitchen staple ingredients. FWIW, I prefer them
> with buttermilk, and if I do not have buttermilk I use milk with a bit
> if vinegar added to it.
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I mix multiple dry mix portions and use powdered buttermilk in it and
then just add water and eggs later.
Too often I'd want to make pancakes and had no buttermilk on hand, now
it is in there.