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wrote:
> I just got a box of buckwheat flour by accident. The wife sent me
> shopping and now she's raising hell because she wanted buckwheat
> pancake mix. Now that we got this stuff, how can we make pancakes out
> of it. I thought pancakes were all flour anyhow. What else is needed
> to be added to it, and in what quantities. Maybe she'll shut the hell
> up when she sees some pancakes on her plate. Sometimes I wish I was
> single again.....
>
> George

I don't use mixes, so I would have got the same thing.

If it was so d! important, she should have gone to the store herself.

If I were her (you're not going to make them now are you?) I'd use a
regular pancake recipe, and substitute buckwheat flour for half the
all-purpose flour. Maybe use 3/4 cup buckwheat and 1/2 cup regular
flour. Separate the eggs, whip the whites, and fold the white in at the
end (like some waffle recipes) to make them lighter. Buckwheat tends to
be kind of heavy.

If you don't have buttermilk, use regular milk; reduce the baking soda
to 1/4 tsp, and you might have to add a tablespoon more flour:

Buttermilk Pancakes

1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
2 Tbsp sugar [light brown sugar is nice]
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 egg, beaten
1 1/3 cups cultured buttermilk (or sour milk)
1 Tbsp cooking oil (or melted butter, or bacon grease)

Mix dry ingredients. In a separate bowl, whisk together the egg,
buttermilk, and oil. Add all at once to the dry mixture and stir until
blended but still lumpy. Thin the batter with additional buttermilk if
necessary. Bake on a hot! lightly greased griddle or heavy skillet,
flip and cook the other side when the bubbles leave pock marks. The
second side cooks really fast, so don't let it burn.

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Best regards,
Bob