# Pancakes for dinner **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 5, 2006, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes-for-dinner/338590 "2006-01-05T17:02:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Greebo\_Ogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19adc/32.png) [@Greebo\_Ogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greebo_Ogg)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes-for-dinner/338590/1 "2006-01-05T17:02:35Z")
Make the batter. None of that sissy white flour stuff, but wholemeal, three free-range cornfed eggs and about a liter of whole milk. Stir and let it sit while you get the sliced bacon out of the fridge and cut the butter into cubes. Heat up the pan, and melt a cube of the rich, golden REAL butter. When the butter starts to turn brown, lay out three, or maybe even four slices of bacon and watch how they start to bubble and rise. Then laddle a big spoon of batter into the pan. WAIT!! Don´t just slosh it in there! Geez, what are you? A Philistine? Pour the batter from the laddle, and make sure you hit. Every. Slice. Of. Bacon! to cover it with batter. When you´ve done that, swirl the pan so you spread the batter evenly. Allow a little of the batter to touch the upstanding edges of the pan, so you get a nice crisp edge. Not to much, not too little. When the batter starts to turn almost dry on most of the top, flip the pancake. Use a spatula. Only show-offs and Tepan Yaki-chefs throw food to flip it. Are you a Tepan Yaki-chef? That´s still no excuse to flip a pancake by throwing it. (I must admit, I´ve been known to flip, to impress my nepfew. He´s almost 18 now. So we don´t flip anymore.) Wait a bit, and lift one edge to check for optimum browness on the underside. When The Pancake (Yes, we start to capitalize) is done, we serve it. On a pre-heated plate, preferrably. With sugar syrup, grape syrup, or if you must, powdered sugar. People planning to eat only one (The fools!!) might add a slice of cheese, or bake in some raisins soaked in brandy. But I´ve never seen anyone eat ´only one´ of my pancakes. So, what are you guys having for dinner? ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes-for-dinner/338590/2 "2006-01-05T17:07:00Z")
The squeeze is supposed to take me out for dinner but dammit, now I want pancakes. It’s all your fault, too. Therefore, **Greebo Ogg** , I hereby darn you! I darn you to heck! ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes-for-dinner/338590/3 "2006-01-05T17:12:51Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > The squeeze is supposed to take me out for dinner but dammit, now I want pancakes. It’s all your fault, too. Therefore, **Greebo Ogg** , I hereby darn you! I darn you to heck! Pssssst, **swampy** , think IHOP or your choice of pancake house. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes-for-dinner/338590/4 "2006-01-05T17:15:01Z")
> [@Tupug Anachi](#): > > Pssssst, **swampy** , think IHOP or your choice of pancake house. 😉 I may lose my lunch. No International House Of Puke for me. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes-for-dinner/338590/5 "2006-01-05T17:19:05Z")
Well, that sound good and all, but down here in Texas, we prefer [Chicken Fried Bacon](http://www.shakabuku.org/photos/snook1103/gom.html#). MMMMMmmm gooood. And good or ya too! ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes-for-dinner/338590/6 "2006-01-05T17:32:10Z")
I give it an 8 out of 10. No pancake can be a 10 if served with anything less than pure maple syrup. Sugar syrup?!? GRAPE syrup? Good God, man, you go through all that work to make a superlative pancake and you cover it with such monstrosities? ---
**Author:** ![Greebo\_Ogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19adc/32.png) [@Greebo\_Ogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greebo_Ogg)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes-for-dinner/338590/7 "2006-01-05T17:36:45Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > I give it an 8 out of 10. No pancake can be a 10 if served with anything less than pure maple syrup. Sugar syrup?!? GRAPE syrup? Good God, man, you go through all that work to make a superlative pancake and you cover it with such monstrosities? I can´t get good maple syrup in this country, the armpit of the syrup-producing world. So we make do with what we´ve got. And the sugar syrup they make here is actually quite good. And the grape syrup I found in a small Turkish supermarket down in the village. And it´s yummy! ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes-for-dinner/338590/8 "2006-01-05T18:29:52Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > I may lose my lunch. No International House Of Puke for me. 😛 How DARE you insult the house of the food of gods!!! Take it back, or I shall be forced to challenge you to a duel! Besides, few other chains around (no, Denny’s doesn’t count) serve breakfast all day. And when I want pancakes, I want pancakes! ---
**Author:** ![Witch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Witch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Witch)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes-for-dinner/338590/9 "2006-01-05T18:44:33Z")
Must. Have. Pancakes. _Now_. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes-for-dinner/338590/10 "2006-01-05T18:50:24Z")
**Greebo Ogg** , your recipe and pancake technique sound yummy. I am always amazed at the shelves and shelves of pancake mix sold in the US, when pancakes are so simple to make from scratch. Some “pancake mix” is little more than flour and sugar. I usually make buttermilk pancakes and I heat up the maple syrup (or pancake syrup if that’s all I have) before serving. My family loves it. ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes-for-dinner/338590/11 "2006-01-05T19:00:01Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > I give it an 8 out of 10. No pancake can be a 10 if served with anything less than pure maple syrup. Sugar syrup?!? GRAPE syrup? Good God, man, you go through all that work to make a superlative pancake and you cover it with such monstrosities? I second this. No pancake is a truly good pancake if it doesn’t involve real, true, pure maple syrup (from Upstate New York of course!). Although I will give you credit for not using that abomination that is pancake syrup. YUCK! Bleh! Eeeeew! ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes-for-dinner/338590/12 "2006-01-05T20:38:13Z")
Huh. So that’s what food porn is like. I must admit, I’m hot for pancakes now. Which I cannot eat without bacon, but you’ve managed to make bacon inside the pancakes. I need to go take a cold shower. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes-for-dinner/338590/13 "2006-01-05T20:49:12Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > How DARE you insult the house of the food of gods!!! Take it back, or I shall be forced to challenge you to a duel! > > Besides, few other chains around (no, Denny’s doesn’t count) serve breakfast all day. And when I want pancakes, I want pancakes! Then it’s Rootie Tootie Fresh 'n Fruities at dawn then, Sir! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes-for-dinner/338590/14 "2006-01-05T20:52:39Z")
Gaaah! I’ve packed all my frying pans in preparation for moving next week, but luckily I live in New Jersey–diners everywhere, and they _might_ cook the bacon right into the pancake like that if I beg them to. But **ivylass** is right. Food porn. And all I’ve got to eat here at work is granola bars. That _so_ will not cut it. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes-for-dinner/338590/15 "2006-01-05T22:01:03Z")
My grandma on a budget used to serve strawberry preserves instead of pancake syrup - she only made pancakes for the grands so no need to buy syrup. When I dream I pancakes I want homemade preserves and melted butter. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes-for-dinner/338590/16 "2006-01-05T22:26:19Z")
> [@jali](#): > > My grandma on a budget used to serve strawberry preserves instead of pancake syrup - she only made pancakes for the grands so no need to buy syrup. > > When I dream I pancakes I want homemade preserves and melted butter. OK, that’s one exception to the “nothing but maple syrup” rule. Homemade preserves are On The List. Also on the list, now that you mention it, are compound butters made with homemade preserves. Just mix butter about half and half with the preserves, and put that on the pancakes. I used to live near a restaurant that did this. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes-for-dinner/338590/17 "2006-01-05T22:45:44Z")
Syrup on bacon? Urk. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes-for-dinner/338590/18 "2006-01-05T22:53:57Z")
Cooking the bacon into the pancake does sound nice, but I cook for more than myself and I think making them that way would get me cold stares and possibly a severe beating. I actually made pancakes for dinner on Monday. Lovely thick buttermilk pancakes with choice of maple syrup or homemade raspberry syrup. Gonna have to do that more often. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2006, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes-for-dinner/338590/19 "2006-01-06T00:42:56Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Then it’s Rootie Tootie Fresh 'n Fruities at dawn then, Sir! 😃 :eek: :eek: :eek: My Gawd, **Swampy** , there ain’t enough \s in the world to cover this statement… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Veni\_Vidi\_Vicinal\_planes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/848f3c/32.png) [@Veni\_Vidi\_Vicinal\_planes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Veni_Vidi_Vicinal_planes)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2006, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes-for-dinner/338590/20 "2006-01-06T01:20:13Z")
> [@Greebo Ogg](#): > > Make the batter. None of that sissy white flour stuff, but wholemeal, three free-range cornfed eggs and about a liter of whole milk. Stir and let it sit while you get the sliced bacon out of the fridge and cut the butter into cubes. > > Heat up the pan, and melt a cube of the rich, golden REAL butter. When the butter starts to turn brown, lay out three, or maybe even four slices of bacon and watch how they start to bubble and rise. Then laddle a big spoon of batter into the pan. > > WAIT!! Don´t just slosh it in there! Geez, what are you? A Philistine? Pour the batter from the laddle, and make sure you hit. Every. Slice. Of. Bacon! to cover it with batter. When you´ve done that, swirl the pan so you spread the batter evenly. Allow a little of the batter to touch the upstanding edges of the pan, so you get a nice crisp edge. Not to much, not too little. > > When the batter starts to turn almost dry on most of the top, flip the pancake. Use a spatula. Only show-offs and Tepan Yaki-chefs throw food to flip it. Are you a Tepan Yaki-chef? That´s still no excuse to flip a pancake by throwing it. (I must admit, I´ve been known to flip, to impress my nepfew. He´s almost 18 now. So we don´t flip anymore.) > > Wait a bit, and lift one edge to check for optimum browness on the underside. When The Pancake (Yes, we start to capitalize) is done, we serve it. On a pre-heated plate, preferrably. With sugar syrup, grape syrup, or if you must, powdered sugar. People planning to eat only one (The fools!!) might add a slice of cheese, or bake in some raisins soaked in brandy. But I´ve never seen anyone eat ´only one´ of my pancakes. > > So, what are you guys having for dinner? None of these thing suggest “pancake” to me. I think you’re on the wrong page of the cookbook. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes-for-dinner/338590.md?page=2)