Oh pshaw, on Fri 08 Sep 2006 12:16:06p, Andy meant to say...

> said...
>
>> I'd like to make Japanese pancake sandwiches with red bean filling (aka
>> dorayaki), one of my most favorite snacks ever! I've got the pancake
>> precursor, I've got the filling... How do I make perfectly uniform
>> pancake circles?
>>
>> I saw ring-shaped egg-poaching/pancake-shaping templates that you put
>> in the frying pan, but I wonder if there isn't some other (cheaper)
>> alternative to making consistent size circles (and doesn't require me
>> to eat 8 cans of tuna fish). How can I masterfully freehand pour the
>> exact volume of batter again and again and not buy a needles piece of
>> kitchen equipment?
>>
>> TIA for your thoughts,
>>
>> June
>
>
> A ladle will consistently drop the same amount of batter.
>
> Andy
>

Google for "batter funnel", as there are some specifically made and sized
for handling batter.

Wayne