Dave Smith wrote:
> Doug Weller wrote:
>> On Wed, 02 May 2007 12:55:05 -0400, in rec.food.cooking, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>>> Pancake mixes are a pet peeve of mine. Most of them require that you add
>>> milk, eggs and oil, the expensive ingredients, while the mix is just the
>>> keep ingredients, all inexpensive kitchen staples. They always seem to have
>>> a weird taste.
>> Try Krusteaze, you just add water (or beer, or whatever takes your fancy)
>> and they are delicious.
>
> They may be quite tasty, even though they contain powdered eggs, powdered
> milk and who knows what for the fat, but I doubt they compare to pancakes
> made from scratch. It takes less time for me to make up a batch of pancake
> batter from scratch than it does to heat the pan. From my experience,
> there is always a funny taste to pancake mixes.
>
> My SiL gave me a batch of multi grain pancake mix the last time she was
> here. It was okay, but still had that odd mix taste. It was not an add
> water only mix. I have no idea what she paid for that bag of mix, probably
> a lot because it came from a speciality store, but I figured the contents
> would be a few pennies worth of flour, sugar, salt and baking powder, maybe
> 25 cents total.


I need to cook bacon, sausage, and small pancakes for *50* next Sunday
morning. And maybe scrambled eggs. I will have some help, I think.
I'm trying to decide whether to make the pancakes from scratch or buy a
big bag of Krusteze mix at Sam's. I'll probably just grit my teeth and
buy the mix.

Bob