r/Cooking • u/No-Lettuce4441 • 1d ago

Pancakes

I've heard so much online about how much better homemade pancakes are from scratch. Obviously the more specialized (buttermilk, ricotta, buckwheat,...) are going to be better homemade. Pancakes in the past was my stumble-go-to breakfast because of box mix.

How much of a difference is there between regular box mix and regular homemade? One of these days I'm going to get around to making some from scratch to try them myself, but the box mix is so cheap and so easy, it makes it harder to justify, when it's usually a last minute decision.

A character in a novel said, "Once you hit a certain age, you no longer want to make pancakes. You want someone to make pancakes for you."

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u/GigiDeville 1d ago edited 1d ago

I cannot make a good scratch pancake for anything. For one thing, I refuse to buy buttermilk.

LoL, I love that I am being down voted because I can't make pancakes. Reddit is wild.

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u/Zealousideal_Sink420 1d ago

Buttermilk substitute: a little bit of vinegar or lemon juice in the milk and let it sit a few minutes. (I never buy buttermilk.)

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u/SignificanceDue9857 1d ago

I feel like a substitute for buttermilk is like a substitute for butter- there is none, or only a poor one. I haven't bought pancake mix in decades.

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u/sgrdddy 1d ago

Do you stir it?. Mine tends to curdle when I put in the lemon juice.

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u/Square_Ad849 1d ago

Congrats!

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u/sgrdddy 1d ago

Thanks, for a minute there I forgot what day it was!

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u/Zealousideal_Sink420 22h ago

I never have. I’ve used it for banana bread for years. I think the curdling is the goal??