Batter Blaster (Pancakes from a Can) now available at Costco

[Peter Lawrence]

I've read about this new product that a San Franciscan invented in the
Chronicle today. Batter Blaster -- a USDA-certified organic pancake
batter that your spray out of a whip cream type of canister.

The article states that it already has been available at high-end
supermarkets like Whole Foods and Andronico's, but now it will be
available at Costco too.

Has anyone tried this stuff? I wonder how good it actually tastes.

I guess it can't be too bad if Andronico's and Whole Foods carry it.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/31/MN1PUKCD1.DTL

Batter Blaster, the new San Francisco treat! ;)

- Peter

[Steve Pope]

Post by Peter Lawrence
I've read about this new product that a San Franciscan invented in the
Chronicle today. Batter Blaster -- a USDA-certified organic pancake
batter that your spray out of a whip cream type of canister.

What is the point of an organic product if you incur the
overpackeging and fumes of a canister?

Plus pancake batter is the easiest thing in the world
to make from basic ingredients.

But who knows, maybe it will take off.

S.

[Peter Lawrence]

Post by Steve Pope

Post by Peter Lawrence
I've read about this new product that a San Franciscan invented in the
Chronicle today. Batter Blaster -- a USDA-certified organic pancake
batter that your spray out of a whip cream type of canister.

What is the point of an organic product if you incur the
overpackeging and fumes of a canister?
Plus pancake batter is the easiest thing in the world
to make from basic ingredients.
But who knows, maybe it will take off.

Batter Blaster advantage: it's quick and convenient.

As long as it tastes better than frozen toaster waffles, it's something
you could quickly cook up during weekday mornings before you head off to
work.

Also it uses CO2 propellant instead of nitrous oxide propellant to be
more environment friendly.

- Peter

[Steve Pope]

Post by Peter Lawrence

Post by Steve Pope
What is the point of an organic product if you incur the
overpackeging and fumes of a canister?
Plus pancake batter is the easiest thing in the world
to make from basic ingredients.
But who knows, maybe it will take off.

Batter Blaster advantage: it's quick and convenient.
As long as it tastes better than frozen toaster waffles, it's something
you could quickly cook up during weekday mornings before you head off to
work.

I like toaster waffles. Van's. I guess I like waffles made
by the same people who make my skate shoes, and similar texture.

Post by Peter Lawrence
Also it uses CO2 propellant instead of nitrous oxide propellant to be
more environment friendly.

But it's a greenhouse gas!!!

S.

[Jeffrey Lichtman]

Post by Steve Pope

Post by Peter Lawrence
Also it uses CO2 propellant instead of nitrous oxide propellant to be
more environment friendly.

But it's a greenhouse gas!!!
S.

It's carbon-neutral if they get the CO2 from the atmosphere. That is, when
CO2 is taken out of the air and then put back, the net effect on global
warming is zero.

[Steve Pope]

Post by Jeffrey Lichtman

Post by Steve Pope
But it's a greenhouse gas!!!

It's carbon-neutral if they get the CO2 from the atmosphere. That is, when
CO2 is taken out of the air and then put back, the net effect on global
warming is zero.

Well, I was somewhat joking as the amount of CO2 propellant in
a spray-pancake can is trivial compared to the 11 tons/year
average CO2 emissions for each californian.

That said I'm sure it's a carbon- and energy-inefficient way
to package pancake mix.

Steve

[Serene]

Post by Peter Lawrence

Post by Steve Pope

Post by Peter Lawrence
I've read about this new product that a San Franciscan invented in
the Chronicle today. Batter Blaster -- a USDA-certified organic
pancake batter that your spray out of a whip cream type of canister.

What is the point of an organic product if you incur the
overpackeging and fumes of a canister?
Plus pancake batter is the easiest thing in the world
to make from basic ingredients.
But who knows, maybe it will take off.

Batter Blaster advantage: it's quick and convenient.

So is making pancake batter, especially if you mix up the dry
ingredients in bulk and keep them on hand.

Serene

[Peter Lawrence]

Post by Serene

Post by Peter Lawrence
Batter Blaster advantage: it's quick and convenient.

So is making pancake batter, especially if you mix up the dry
ingredients in bulk and keep them on hand.

Still, that isn't as quick or convenient than spaying the pancake batter
directly from the canister onto the pan (or into the waffle maker).

:)

- Peter

[Serene]

Post by Peter Lawrence

Post by Serene

Post by Peter Lawrence
Batter Blaster advantage: it's quick and convenient.

So is making pancake batter, especially if you mix up the dry
ingredients in bulk and keep them on hand.

Still, that isn't as quick or convenient than spaying the pancake batter
directly from the canister onto the pan (or into the waffle maker).
:)

I suppose, but nearly so, and certainly the spray isn't something
I'll spend a ton of money and packaging on, when I can make pancakes
for literally pennies from ingredients I have around the house.

Serene

[Peter Lawrence]

Post by Serene

Post by Peter Lawrence
Batter Blaster advantage: it's quick and convenient.

So is making pancake batter, especially if you mix up the dry
ingredients in bulk and keep them on hand.

Still, that isn't as quick or convenient than spraying the pancake
batter directly from the canister onto the pan (or into the waffle
maker).
:)

I suppose, but nearly so, and certainly the spray isn't something I'll
spend a ton of money and packaging on, when I can make pancakes for
literally pennies from ingredients I have around the house.

True. And I doubt that they'll taste anywhere near as good as homemade
buttermilk pancakes.

But for convenience, only frozen toaster waffles can compete.

- Peter

[Steve Fenwick]

Post by Peter Lawrence

Post by Serene

Post by Peter Lawrence
Batter Blaster advantage: it's quick and convenient.

So is making pancake batter, especially if you mix up the dry
ingredients in bulk and keep them on hand.

Still, that isn't as quick or convenient than spraying the pancake
batter directly from the canister onto the pan (or into the waffle
maker).
:)

I suppose, but nearly so, and certainly the spray isn't something I'll
spend a ton of money and packaging on, when I can make pancakes for
literally pennies from ingredients I have around the house.

True. And I doubt that they'll taste anywhere near as good as homemade
buttermilk pancakes.
But for convenience, only frozen toaster waffles can compete.

Amy's is now marketing a line of frozen breakfast cereals--cream of
rice, multi-grain hot cereal, steel-cut oats, etc. Just microwave and
eat. About $2.50 per 10 ounce serving, available at Andronico's.

Steve

[Tim May]

Post by Serene
I suppose, but nearly so, and certainly the spray isn't something
I'll spend a ton of money and packaging on, when I can make pancakes
for literally pennies from ingredients I have around the house.

Reading all of these comments, after I had posted my screed against
Pancake Whiz, or Batter Blaster, or whatever it's called, shows me that
nearly all folks here have some basic common sense. Whatever their
political views.

There is absolutely nothing easier than using Krusteaz or other bulk
mix and making up pancake or waffle batter. And extra
ingredients--walnuts, blueberries, and extra egg or three--can be added
as one wishes. Why be stuck with what squirts out of a can?

By the way, I spend much more time getting the pan ready, to a proper
temperature and amount of greasing, than I do mixing the batter.

Seems like some Dot Gones have gotten into high tech for the sake of
high tech.


--Tim May

[Steve Fenwick]

Post by Tim May

Post by Serene
I suppose, but nearly so, and certainly the spray isn't something
I'll spend a ton of money and packaging on, when I can make pancakes
for literally pennies from ingredients I have around the house.

Reading all of these comments, after I had posted my screed against
Pancake Whiz, or Batter Blaster, or whatever it's called, shows me that
nearly all folks here have some basic common sense. Whatever their
political views.
There is absolutely nothing easier than using Krusteaz or other bulk
mix and making up pancake or waffle batter. And extra
ingredients--walnuts, blueberries, and extra egg or three--can be added
as one wishes. Why be stuck with what squirts out of a can?
By the way, I spend much more time getting the pan ready, to a proper
temperature and amount of greasing, than I do mixing the batter.
Seems like some Dot Gones have gotten into high tech for the sake of
high tech.

As the article implied, this is not for the ba.food demographic. It's
for the same groups that Fast&Easy is trying to hit--the crowd that eats
primarily bad fast food because they don't have a convenient grocery
store and have no basic home ec education (either formal or not). This
the is same group that buys lots of other prepackaged "foods", like
Lunchables and Tater Tots.

The prep for this product apparently involves a non-stick pan sprayed
with vegetable oil. The guy should get hooked up with the folks who make
Pam, and do a bundle for Costco--maybe 3 cans of batter with one of Pam.

Steve

[Tim May]

Post by Steve Fenwick

Post by Tim May

Post by Serene
I suppose, but nearly so, and certainly the spray isn't something
I'll spend a ton of money and packaging on, when I can make pancakes
for literally pennies from ingredients I have around the house.

Reading all of these comments, after I had posted my screed against
Pancake Whiz, or Batter Blaster, or whatever it's called, shows me that
nearly all folks here have some basic common sense. Whatever their
political views.
There is absolutely nothing easier than using Krusteaz or other bulk
mix and making up pancake or waffle batter. And extra
ingredients--walnuts, blueberries, and extra egg or three--can be added
as one wishes. Why be stuck with what squirts out of a can?
By the way, I spend much more time getting the pan ready, to a proper
temperature and amount of greasing, than I do mixing the batter.
Seems like some Dot Gones have gotten into high tech for the sake of
high tech.

As the article implied, this is not for the ba.food demographic. It's
for the same groups that Fast&Easy is trying to hit--the crowd that eats
primarily bad fast food because they don't have a convenient grocery
store and have no basic home ec education (either formal or not). This
the is same group that buys lots of other prepackaged "foods", like
Lunchables and Tater Tots.
The prep for this product apparently involves a non-stick pan sprayed
with vegetable oil. The guy should get hooked up with the folks who make
Pam, and do a bundle for Costco--maybe 3 cans of batter with one of Pam.

As several others have also said, heating the pan is 80% of the prep
time, during which the batter can be mixed. Someone mentioned "partial
eggs" not being easy to find, but I make my pancakes and waffles
without any eggs at all, and the instructions on the side of the
Krusteaz bag say no eggs are needed. They taste great. Sometimes, if
the mood strikes me, I add an egg or two, or blueberries, or walnuts.

None of these options are available with Pressurized Pancakes.

I do agree that much of Whole Foods, based on my one visit to the
Cupertino mega-store and my one earlier visit to the 1998 version
across the street (where it was more like a coventional health nut
store), supports the idea that it's primarily a "food court" and
high-end take-out place inside what passes for a health food store.
Much of the inner space is devoted to scented body oils, yoga and
massage music and videos, and high-priced goods. The periphery is
divided into a series of food court counters. Except instead of being
Panda Express, Hot Dog on a Stick, and Burger King, the meals are
ostensibly higher-end, allegedly healthier, and cost several times as
much as Food Court vendors charge.

And the stuff like macaroni salad and potato salad, convenience foods
we all know, is priced at astronomical levels. How much "healthier" can
potato salad be made so as to justify prices 3-5 times higher than what
ordinary markets charge?

("Our potatoes are only harvested when Saturn is in Pisces, and we wash
the potatoes 14 times in water drawn from the run-off of glaciers in
Patagonia. And we use only indigenous peoples from Patagonia, at Fair
Trade prices.")

Whole Food Market is a tax on the gullible.

Right arm!


--Tim May

[d***@yahoo.com]

Post by Tim May
As several others have also said, heating the pan is 80% of the prep
time, during which the batter can be mixed. Someone mentioned "partial
eggs" not being easy to find, but I make my pancakes and waffles
without any eggs at all, and the instructions on the side of the
Krusteaz bag say no eggs are needed. They taste great. Sometimes, if
the mood strikes me, I add an egg or two, or blueberries, or walnuts.

When I make pancakes I never add eggs. I get the Krusteaz without
dairy ingredients or a bag of buckwheats at Country Sun. I use a
teflon coated electric frying pan with safflower or canola oil. After
firing up the frying pan, I put the pancake powder about half way in a
tall paper drinking cup and add water and a pinch of salt. A little
more water makes the pancake thinner and cook faster. The pancakes
turn out so bland that I have to use maple syrup and butter, if I have
time. Cleanup is quick - only the frying pan and spatula need
washing. Everything else is disposable paper and plastic.

There's a small place in Palo Alto that has good buttermilk pancakes
for $4.50, on the corner of High and Channing.

[Veronique]

Post by Peter Lawrence

Post by Serene

Post by Peter Lawrence
Batter Blaster advantage: it's quick and convenient.

So is making pancake batter, especially if you mix up the dry
ingredients in bulk and keep them on hand.

Still, that isn't as quick or convenient than spaying the pancake batter
directly from the canister onto the pan (or into the waffle maker).
:)

Well, it does score all the "cool and fun" points over boring ol'
pancake batter.


V.
--
Veronique Chez Sheep

[Al Eisner]

Post by Peter Lawrence

Post by Peter Lawrence
Batter Blaster advantage: it's quick and convenient.

So is making pancake batter, especially if you mix up the dry ingredients
in bulk and keep them on hand.

Still, that isn't as quick or convenient than spaying the pancake batter
directly from the canister onto the pan (or into the waffle maker).
:)

Is Batter Blaster better buttered? (It better be.)

[Steve Pope]

Post by Serene

Post by Peter Lawrence
Batter Blaster advantage: it's quick and convenient.

So is making pancake batter, especially if you mix up the dry
ingredients in bulk and keep them on hand.

For me, mixing up pancake batter is the easy part. The difficult
part is digging out the cast-iron griddle, heating it up evenly, and
making sure it doesn't smoke and set off the smoke alarm
while still being hot enough to cook pancakes.

(Yes, I know I should season/bake the thing, it's cast iron,
so maybe if I took that step the whole process would be easier.)

I make pancakes about three times per year. On my birthday
and Christmas usually. But a few times per month, I wake
up 7 or 8-ish to the smell of a neighbor making pancakes,
probably in mass quantities compared to my typical batch of two.
It's a great smell, better even than distant coffee which
you smell every morning.

Anyone remember how when you went over the Bay Bridge, there'd
always be an intense smell of coffee roasting at the SF end
every night? Now there's just the weird new tall skinny building.

Steve

[Serene]

Post by Steve Pope
I make pancakes about three times per year. On my birthday
and Christmas usually. But a few times per month, I wake
up 7 or 8-ish to the smell of a neighbor making pancakes,
probably in mass quantities compared to my typical batch of two.
It's a great smell, better even than distant coffee which
you smell every morning.

When I make pancakes (once or twice a month), I usually make and
freeze extras. They heat up nicely in the toaster oven, and they're
a hell of a lot cheaper than buying toaster waffles.

(I'm happy to spend lots of money on some foods -- morels, good
cheese, things I can't whip up myself. I just can't see spending
that money that could be buying me red Leicester or Cotswald or
something on something it takes me ten minutes to make.)

Serene

[inky dink]

Post by Steve Pope
Anyone remember how when you went over the Bay Bridge, there'd
always be an intense smell of coffee roasting at the SF end
every night? Now there's just the weird new tall skinny building.

yes, and the Hamm's (?) brewery off of 101 in S.F., and the aroma of
butchertown. And the French Bread bakery (along 101 too?), which probably
changed hands and names a number of times. And the garlic smell from the
old Shilling plant (5 gallon pails of minced garlic . . .). What other
aromas of old S.F food do you recall?

what, if anything, is there to smell in S.F. now? easy now! I mean food
related.

[N***@excite.de]

And the garlic smell from the old Shilling plant
(5 gallon pails of minced garlic . . .). What other
aromas of old S.F food do you recall?
what, if anything, is there to smell in S.F. now?

The jew stench raising from the non-existent crematoriums
set up by the non-existent Nazis.
'
Could you jew-boys quit clogging up USENET with your non-existent
conspiracies?

Nathan

[Sqwertz]

Post by Peter Lawrence

Post by Steve Pope

Post by Peter Lawrence
I've read about this new product that a San Franciscan invented in the
Chronicle today. Batter Blaster -- a USDA-certified organic pancake
batter that your spray out of a whip cream type of canister.

What is the point of an organic product if you incur the
overpackeging and fumes of a canister?
Plus pancake batter is the easiest thing in the world
to make from basic ingredients.
But who knows, maybe it will take off.

Batter Blaster advantage: it's quick and convenient.
As long as it tastes better than frozen toaster waffles, it's something
you could quickly cook up during weekday mornings before you head off to
work.
Also it uses CO2 propellant instead of nitrous oxide propellant to be
more environment friendly.

But you could just as easily put it into a milk carton-type
package.

-sw

[George Grapman]

Post by Sqwertz

Post by Peter Lawrence

Post by Steve Pope

Post by Peter Lawrence
I've read about this new product that a San Franciscan invented in the
Chronicle today. Batter Blaster -- a USDA-certified organic pancake
batter that your spray out of a whip cream type of canister.

What is the point of an organic product if you incur the
overpackeging and fumes of a canister?
Plus pancake batter is the easiest thing in the world
to make from basic ingredients.
But who knows, maybe it will take off.

Batter Blaster advantage: it's quick and convenient.
As long as it tastes better than frozen toaster waffles, it's something
you could quickly cook up during weekday mornings before you head off to
work.
Also it uses CO2 propellant instead of nitrous oxide propellant to be
more environment friendly.

But you could just as easily put it into a milk carton-type
package.
-sw

There is one pancake mix out there that comes in a half filled
container. You add water,shake and put in in a pan. I tried them once
and would rate the taste as acceptable.

[Karen]

Post by Sqwertz
But you could just as easily put it into a milk carton-type
package.

But, we need more cans and packaging materials in our landfills. It's
a sign of prosperity.

Karen

[Veronique]

Post by Steve Pope

Post by Peter Lawrence
I've read about this new product that a San Franciscan invented in the
Chronicle today. Batter Blaster -- a USDA-certified organic pancake
batter that your spray out of a whip cream type of canister.

What is the point of an organic product if you incur the
overpackeging and fumes of a canister?

I saw the original article, and that was my first thought: one step
forward, two steps back. Especially since you've got to wait for the
grill to heat anyway; why not use that time to mix up pancakes from
scratch?


Although it might be a great backpacking product (except you've still
got to pack the container in and out.)


V.
--
Veronique Chez Sheep

[Steve Fenwick]

Post by Steve Pope

Post by Peter Lawrence
I've read about this new product that a San Franciscan invented in the
Chronicle today. Batter Blaster -- a USDA-certified organic pancake
batter that your spray out of a whip cream type of canister.

What is the point of an organic product if you incur the
overpackeging and fumes of a canister?
Plus pancake batter is the easiest thing in the world
to make from basic ingredients.
But who knows, maybe it will take off.
S.

It will sell like hotcakes.

:)

Steve

[Tim May]

Post by Peter Lawrence
I've read about this new product that a San Franciscan invented in the
Chronicle today. Batter Blaster -- a USDA-certified organic pancake
batter that your spray out of a whip cream type of canister.
The article states that it already has been available at high-end
supermarkets like Whole Foods and Andronico's, but now it will be
available at Costco too.
Has anyone tried this stuff? I wonder how good it actually tastes.
I guess it can't be too bad if Andronico's and Whole Foods carry it.

But it "can" be very, very expensive.

Jeez, who needs an aerosol-sprayed can of pancake batter? (Answer: for
the person into conspicuous consumption of the "save the planet" kind.
"No dolphins wer harmed in the consruction of this can. The carbon
dioxide used was purchased through Carbon Credits.")

Last I made pancakes, about a week ago, it involved dumping some
Krusteaz from a big bag into a bowl, adding some water, stirring,
adding some more water, and then dolloping the mix into a greased cast
iron pan. (Sometimes I add an egg, though this is not called for.
Sometimes I add blueberries from a bag I keep in my freezer.)

This is as easy as it gets, allows addition of available ingredients,
and is vastly less expensive than some kind of Batter Whiz that comes
out of a can.

But, yes, based on the Yupsters I saw tonight at Whole Paycheck in
Cupertino, they need some kind of new aerosol-powered pancake batter.
After all, $7.95 for a 6-ounce can of Cheez Whiz, er, I mean, Pancake
Whiz, is a great use of one's money. And it helps the planet! ("3% of
the purchase price of this can of Batter Blaster goes to The
Inconvenient Truth Foundation, to help stop global warming by banning
atoms.")

By the way, this was my first visit to this Whole Foods, opened within
the past year I gather, and only the second time ever that I've been
inside a Whole Foods at all. (I was in the one formerly across the
street, around 1998 or so.)

I didn't buy anything. I was just there as a tourist. It was indeed
huge, filled with extremely expensive jars of varous processed foods,
extremely expensive meats laid out, and an actually not very large
produce section. But with large sections devoted to yoga music, body
oils, all the stuff a Yupster empty nester in Cupertino really needs.

And the apparent large size of this Whole Foods is partly undercut by
the fact that relatively large parts of the square footage are taken up
by WiFi surfing zones, in-store cafes, some kind of food training
school over on the Stevens Creek side, and the aforementioned knicknack
areas selling DVDs, CDs, aromatherapy oils, and various religious
icons.

A wonder great cooks could ever cook fine meals based on what they find
in small markets. The contrast between even a t.v. cook like Jamie
Oliver, buying produce and meats at small markets, and the miles of
aisles of Whole Foods is something to consider.

I had a shopping cart, but left without buying anything. Prices were
way higher than I can get locally, on things I knew the prices of. I
skipped over the hundreds of feet devoted to cooked food....if I want
restaurants, I don't need to go to a supermarket to sit at tables
surrounded by shopping carts.

And I don't need to decide amongst 23 varieties of potato salad, all
grossly overpriced.



--Tim May

[Patti Beadles]

In fact, I have a can of it in my refrigerator right now. It's
not the first one I've bought, and I'm not typically a convenience
food sort of girl. I was rather surprised when I tried it and
discovered that it didn't suck at all.

Making pancakes or waffles from scratch isn't hard. It's more
of a pain in the butt to do it for one person-- it's tough to
buy fractional eggs. Being able to whip up one waffle when I
want to is actually rather nice.

-Patti

[theclyde]

Post by Peter Lawrence
I've read about this new product that a San Franciscan invented in the
Chronicle today.  Batter Blaster -- a USDA-certified organic pancake
batter that your spray out of a whip cream type of canister.
The article states that it already has been available at high-end
supermarkets like Whole Foods and Andronico's, but now it will be
available at Costco too.
Has anyone tried this stuff?  I wonder how good it actually tastes.
I guess it can't be too bad if Andronico's and Whole Foods carry it.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/31/MN1PUKCD1...
Batter Blaster, the new San Francisco treat!   ;)
- Peter

I just have to say - sounds like an utter waste of energy.

[Joe Petolino]

For those still skeptical about making pancakes from scratch, here's
the recipe I use. I got it from Fanny Farmer years ago.

Dry ingredients:
1 cup flour
2 Tbsp sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt

Wet ingredients:
2 Tbsp butter
3/4 cup milk
1 egg

Put dry ingredients into a bowl and mix well with a whisk.
Put butter into a pyrex cup and melt in the microwave.
Add milk and egg to the pyrex cup and mix with the same whisk.
Pour wet mixture into dry mixture and mix gently with the same whisk.

Do all of this while the griddle is heating up.

Makes enough for six 1/4-cup pancakes - feeds two.

-Joe

[Tim May]

Post by Joe Petolino
For those still skeptical about making pancakes from scratch, here's
the recipe I use. I got it from Fanny Farmer years ago.
1 cup flour
2 Tbsp sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
2 Tbsp butter
3/4 cup milk
1 egg
Put dry ingredients into a bowl and mix well with a whisk.
Put butter into a pyrex cup and melt in the microwave.
Add milk and egg to the pyrex cup and mix with the same whisk.
Pour wet mixture into dry mixture and mix gently with the same whisk.
Do all of this while the griddle is heating up.
Makes enough for six 1/4-cup pancakes - feeds two.

New version: Shake some amount from Krusteaz bag. Add water. Stir. If
too thick, add more water. If too thin, add more from Krusteaz bag.
Stir.

Ladle or pour into griddle.

If not enough pancakes, see above.

No butter, no milk, no eggs, no baking powder, etc.

This is why "Pancake Shooter (Refrigeration Required)" is not needed.


--Tim May

[Peter Lawrence]

Post by Tim May

Post by Joe Petolino
For those still skeptical about making pancakes from scratch, here's
the recipe I use. I got it from Fanny Farmer years ago.
1 cup flour
2 Tbsp sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
2 Tbsp butter
3/4 cup milk
1 egg
Put dry ingredients into a bowl and mix well with a whisk.
Put butter into a pyrex cup and melt in the microwave.
Add milk and egg to the pyrex cup and mix with the same whisk.
Pour wet mixture into dry mixture and mix gently with the same whisk.
Do all of this while the griddle is heating up.
Makes enough for six 1/4-cup pancakes - feeds two.

New version: Shake some amount from Krusteaz bag. Add water. Stir. If
too thick, add more water. If too thin, add more from Krusteaz bag.
Stir.
Ladle or pour into griddle.
If not enough pancakes, see above.
No butter, no milk, no eggs, no baking powder, etc.
This is why "Pancake Shooter (Refrigeration Required)" is not needed.

Thanks Tim,

I wouldn't have known that the Batter Blaster was a non-essential item
without your enlightening post.

- Peter

[d***@yahoo.com]

Post by Peter Lawrence

Post by Tim May

Post by Joe Petolino
For those still skeptical about making pancakes from scratch, here's
the recipe I use.  I got it from Fanny Farmer years ago.
1 cup flour
2 Tbsp sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
2 Tbsp butter
3/4 cup milk
1 egg
Put dry ingredients into a bowl and mix well with a whisk.
Put butter into a pyrex cup and melt in the microwave.
Add milk and egg to the pyrex cup and mix with the same whisk.
Pour wet mixture into dry mixture and mix gently with the same whisk.
Do all of this while the griddle is heating up.
Makes enough for six 1/4-cup pancakes - feeds two.

New version: Shake some amount from Krusteaz bag. Add water. Stir. If
too thick, add more water. If too thin, add more from Krusteaz bag.
Stir.
Ladle or pour into griddle.
If not enough pancakes, see above.
No butter, no milk, no eggs, no baking powder, etc.
This is why "Pancake Shooter (Refrigeration Required)" is not needed.

Thanks Tim,
I wouldn't have known that the Batter Blaster was a non-essential item
without your enlightening post.
- Peter

Please - don't invite me over for pancakes.

[d***@yahoo.com]

Post by d***@yahoo.com
Please - don't invite me over for pancakes.

oops, I forgot - I don't even know Peter or Joe. How crude of me to
post that. Sorry guys. It seemed like a funny thing to say.

[Owen Gilmore]

Post by Tim May

Post by Joe Petolino
For those still skeptical about making pancakes from scratch, here's
the recipe I use.  I got it from Fanny Farmer years ago.
1 cup flour
2 Tbsp sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
2 Tbsp butter
3/4 cup milk
1 egg
Put dry ingredients into a bowl and mix well with a whisk.
Put butter into a pyrex cup and melt in the microwave.
Add milk and egg to the pyrex cup and mix with the same whisk.
Pour wet mixture into dry mixture and mix gently with the same whisk.
Do all of this while the griddle is heating up.
Makes enough for six 1/4-cup pancakes - feeds two.

New version: Shake some amount from Krusteaz bag. Add water. Stir. If
too thick, add more water. If too thin, add more from Krusteaz bag.
Stir.
Ladle or pour into griddle.
If not enough pancakes, see above.
No butter, no milk, no eggs, no baking powder, etc.
This is why "Pancake Shooter (Refrigeration Required)" is not needed.
--Tim May- Hide quoted text -
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Joe's recipe is a little more complicated than mine but I don't see
the advantage to your method... As somebody pointed out earlier, the
only moderately hard part of making pancakes is heating the pan,
spooning the batter and flipping the cakes at the right time. Mixing
the ingredients is trivial. I've used Krusteaz a lot. Since the
last time we ran out of Krusteaz I've used a "Better Homes" recipe --
I'm sticking with that recipe, since it's cheaper and not much more
work. FWIW, you use baking powder or baking soda depending on
whether you use buttermilk or regular milk. Definitely not rocket
science.

I've also quit buying microwave popcorn, not because of any health
concerns (though there is a lot of crap added to those little bags)
but because I rediscovered that doing it the old-fashioned way with a
little oil in a pot is almost as easy, is much cheaper and tastes much
better.

OG

[Tim May]

In article

Post by Owen Gilmore
I've also quit buying microwave popcorn, not because of any health
concerns (though there is a lot of crap added to those little bags)
but because I rediscovered that doing it the old-fashioned way with a
little oil in a pot is almost as easy, is much cheaper and tastes much
better.

Ordinary popcorn can be popped in the microwave. I do it several times
a year. In a stapled paper bag, the Alton Brown method, or in a bowl
with a suscepter plate in the bottom, available for about $7 at Target.

(The suscepter plate is not necessary, but speeds things up a bit.)

The oil in the pot method works fine, but leaves one more pot to clean.



--Tim May

[Peter Lawrence]

Post by Owen Gilmore
As somebody pointed out earlier, the
only moderately hard part of making pancakes is heating the pan,
spooning the batter and flipping the cakes at the right time. Mixing
the ingredients is trivial.

Do a lot of you here live in Wonderland (of Alice fame)?

The only moderately hard part is heating the pan? Or spooning the
batter? Or flipping the pancakes?

There is *NOTHING* hard about making pancakes. But measuring and mixing
the ingredients (if making from scratch and not a mix) is usually the
part that requires the most work. (And it takes a longer time than the
pre-heating of the griddle -- at least in my kitchen.)

As someone who cooks homemade pancakes usually every other week, I know
exactly how long it takes to prepare and cook homemade pancakes.

And I'm smart enough to realize how a product like Batter Blaster can
save time and effort in making them. Maybe even save enough time so it
becomes practical to cook a few of them before work during weekday mornings.

But is the time-saving convenience (including less cleanup afterwards)
worth the premium price for Batter Blaster? I wouldn't know until I try
it and see how it tastes.


- Peter

[Owen Gilmore]

Post by Peter Lawrence

Post by Owen Gilmore
As somebody pointed out earlier, the
only moderately hard part of making pancakes is heating the pan,
spooning the batter and flipping the cakes at the right time.  Mixing
the ingredients is trivial.

Do a lot of you here live in Wonderland (of Alice fame)?
The only moderately hard part is heating the pan?  Or spooning the
batter? Or flipping the pancakes?
There is *NOTHING* hard about making pancakes.  But measuring and mixing
the ingredients (if making from scratch and not a mix) is usually the
part that requires the most work. (And it takes a longer time than the
pre-heating of the griddle -- at least in my kitchen.)

Sez you! I used to be klutzy in the kitchen, and had my share of
burns and spills while cooking the batter and flipping. I've gotten
better; pretty rare now for me to make a mess.
Gathering the ingredients and mixing them are easier. Not much chance
for error unless you get an ingredient wrong.
I agree that none of this is very hard when you've had a little
practice, which was kind of my point.

-OG

[Ciccio]

Post by Peter Lawrence
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/31/MN1PUKCD1...
Batter Blaster, the new San Francisco treat! ;)

I find it as unappealing as that "Easy Cheese," which is a like
concept. That said, God bless him, with his loans from family and
friends. I hope he makes millions. Small business entrepreneurs have
always been the backbone of this nation, if not every nation.

Two quotes from Machiavelli come to mind after reading the article...

"Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little
difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both
to their advantage."

"Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment
that he who will trick will always find another who will suffer to be
tricked."

Ciccio

[Geoff Miller]

Post by Peter Lawrence
Batter Blaster

Sounds like a term from a porno novel.



Geoff

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"Is it hot in here or am I crazy?" -- Charles Manson