vegetable oil? vegetable oil?!?!?
Butter is the only way to go. While you’re at it, change the milk to buttermilk and add a quarter teaspoon of baking soda.
There’s room for everyone, when the zombies come. I figure with three dogs that don’t sit on the porch to be picked off early in the movie I have a fighting chance already. I might be that crazy guy that comes to the rescue in a fast car, armed to the teeth. I’m afraid that my hubris might be my undoing, however. I could plow into a whole army of zombies if I turn down the wrong road trying to be a hero. Then, inexplicably, I’ll freeze up and let them overwhelm me – instead of splatting them one-by-one on my increasingly dented front end.
No, the vegetable oil goes in the batter…the butter goes onto the griddle. And you might want to mention that soured milk can be substituted for buttermilk - take the amount of milk called for, add a tablespoon or so of lemon juice, and let it sit for a few minutes.
I’ll have to try that, come to think of it.
Waitaminnit. Movie? I was just in the garage rigging up a spud gun. (Thank you very much, Mr. Brady.)
And yes, I think Beagle’s satisfying the OP nicely, thank you.
And if one of the trolls has actually personally insulted you, blowing off steam in the pit seems preferable to feeding the troll in the thread…
I have recently replied to trolls, initially by being a bit too naive and giving the benefit of the doubt. Later also by trying to support other people who were insulted and provide a spot of factual correction for other readers. I’m sure now I would not reply directly again, but i think I’d still jump in with facts or virtual hugs as needed after someone else replied.
And pancakes - try Welsh pancakes; they are yummy!
Use Hamadryad’s recipe, but no oil, no sugar. Butter the pan well, and just as you add the batter to the pan, sprinkle a few currants over. Eat with a spoonful of sugar and a good squeeze of lemon.
That sounds ridiculously, outrageously good…but what if I don’t like currants?
Sausage or bacon? And a side of home fries, please.
I hope that thing launches spuds at one thousand feet per second, at least. Idaho?
Currants? On pancakes? OK, I’ll try it if you’ll cook them.
Anyway, I think we all ignore death rays at our peril. Particle-beam-accelerated-energy spud cannons cannot be far behind. I’m not sure we have the pancakes to do anything about it.
Well, Hamadryad, what about raisins? Or better yet, blueberries!!!
And the syrup, of course just has to be real maple syrup, not the fake kind.
When the OP says ‘dogpile,’ does that mean members use the search engine in order to dispel the Troll’s mythology, or does it mean Dopers pile on and have fun with the Troll?
After all this talk about pancakes and currants and tips to get around buttermilk dearth and blueberries, fresh-picked wild blueberries discovered right after sun-up while my wife still snoozes in the tent (it’s hypnotic, really), I just had to re-read the OP.
Don’t forget the fresh-squeezed orange juice!
Dammit!
Who has time to squeeze fucking oranges with marauding death-ray wielding zombies overrunning Florida AT THIS VERY SEC
Okay, then, maybe you could throw the oranges at the zombies.
Yes! YES!!! That’s IT!!!
The zombies, splattered with Florida’s finest fluid, will begin to smoke and sputter; then, as they lurch to a halt in shock and dismay, they’ll all burst into flame and melt!
We can lob grapefruits into large concentrations of them too. Use tangerines as hand grenades. Strew their paths with kumquats of death!
Florida! Saved by
Not to mention the happy bonus that, if they burst into flame, we won’t have to use gas or electricity to heat the griddle.
It’s a win/win situation.
Fortunately, I live far enough from Florida that I’ll have time to eat even if your brilliant koff plan doesn’t work.
If I citrus my MIL into oblivion, y’all will back me up that she was already a zombie, right?
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Um… Okay, Mr. Cynical, if you say so…
(Backing cautiously away while groping behind her for an orange)
Do you mean… Could it be? Mr. Cynical is a Zombie?
Where’s my sidekick Tesla?
The currants aren’t so much on as in. These specific pancakes are thicker than a crepe, but a lot thinner than the high raised buttermilk type. And you sprinkle a few over in the pan while the batter is still liquid, so they get sort of set in as the batter cooks. And you must have them with the sugar and lemon sprinkle, not syrup.
If you don’t like currants, fair enough, but there is no substitute without your welsh crempog turning into something else. Possibly something very nice, but not the same. You do get currants? I mean those teeny weeny dried black grapes, not fresh red or black currants. Blueberries would be too big and thick to go in these - save them for the buttermilk pancakes.