Pancakes ! HELP !

Something that makes me laugh every time I read a pancake recipe:

"Makes 16 four inch pancakes."

Four inch pancakes? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I grew up with skillet sized pancakes! And when we used the griddle across two burners on the stove, they were STILL skillet sized!

Honestly, you had to worry about syrup overflowing the plate if you weren't careful, because the pancakes pretty much covered the plate!
 
RetiredUSNChief said:
Something that makes me laugh every time I read a pancake recipe:

"Makes 16 four inch pancakes."

Four inch pancakes? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I grew up with skillet sized pancakes! And when we used the griddle across two burners on the stove, they were STILL skillet sized!

Honestly, you had to worry about syrup overflowing the plate if you weren't careful, because the pancakes pretty much covered the plate!
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You've reminded me of an idea I had to use a hot wok to make pancake bowls, by sloshing the batter around until it firm s up.

The inside won't be browned but it should cook, then you can go hog wild with the fruit etc and it won't escape.

Or maybe drop another heated smaller wok inside to make a bowl press and brown both sides.....
 
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fishgutzy said:
Going to good old days. He had a great routine he did on giving the kids cake for breakfast.
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Bill Cosby, Himself. If I don't have all his albums from growing up, I darn sure gotta have most of them!

"Chocolate Cake for Breakfast".

The story of the time his wife woke him up to fix the kid's breakfast before school and he didn't want to. Asked the kids what they wanted and they said "chocolate cake". Once he realized that practically ALL the ingredients in chocolate cake (eggs, milk, wheat flour) were things found in a healthy breakfast (with a side glass of grapefruit juice), that's what they had! Which, of course, didn't endear him to his wife.
 
NCLivingBrit said:
You've reminded me of an idea I had to use a hot wok to make pancake bowls, by sloshing the batter around until it firm s up.

The inside won't be browned but it should cook, then you can go hog wild with the fruit etc and it won't escape.

Or maybe drop another heated smaller wok inside to make a bowl press and brown both sides.....
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I'm likin' the way you're thinkin'...
 
Now you guys got me thinkin' about gettin' a flat top gas grill.

Pancakes outdoors...and japanese hibachi and all that other really good stuff that can be made on a large flat top grill!


EDIT:

Probably just get myself a large cast iron griddle for use on our existing grill. Probably a cheap Lodge which I'll sand to a proper smooth surface and properly season.
 
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RetiredUSNChief said:
The temperature should be hot enough to pleasantly brown the pancake on its first side at the point where it's ready to flip.
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This reminds me, though I’ve never understood why, the first one never has that uniform brown color that subsequent ones get.
 
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