They’re fast! They’re easy! And most importantly, they’re the perfect hangover food because they require little-to-no coordination. In fact, they practically reward you for being lazy! But just like other simple foods like grilled cheese sandwiches, there’s always room for improvement, but you need to know where to start. Pancakes are quick breads, batters that get their bubbles from chemical leaveners instead of slow-working yeasts. The acid and base components react to form baby CO 2 bubbles. Your job as Pancake Master is to help most of those bubbles fulfill their destiny and create the fluffiest flapjack humanly possible! Said babies are nurtured by the griddle’s heat so that they can grow and mature into adult bubbles, rising to the pancake surface lightening the pancake in the process.
(I have been dying to include a Mighty Boosh crimp in one of my articles for the past few months and this seemed more appropriate than Ode to Bouncy Castles.) You don’t need her! What’s in a pancake anyways? If Aunt Jemima wooes you from the baking aisle with promises of pancakes, speed and convenience, stop listening to her siren calls. Given that it is milk, eggs and flour, you don’t need to shell out money for pre-mixed flour, baking powder, baking soda and sugar. I am 80% sure you have that in your kitchen already.