• @Ultragigagigantic
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    Nice viral marketing campaign. Why are the products from competitors turned away?

    • @Tikiporch
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      45 months ago

      Because they’re on the top shelf and the store doesn’t want you breaking your neck and suing when the clearly visible Mrs Butterworth on the shelf beside the pancake mix runs out.

    • @Stovetop
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      This stuff will make decent waffles but shitty crepes. It’s self-raising so it’ll puff up when made into batter.

    • @olutukko
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      I have thought that so many times when I see these flour mixes. like bro you can literally make your own premix and I would assume you save a lot of money doing so

      • @TwanHE
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        Here its legit cheaper than making it yourself unless you’re buying in bulk.

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          I mean by buying every ingredient yeah, but if you consider the amount of sugar, salt and baking powder you need which most peoplenown and use anyway it’s soo much cheaper to just flour and mix that stuff in it. here cheapest flours are 0,90€ while pancake mix is over 3€. the rest of the stuff you add there costs almsot nothing if you consider how little you need them. like maybe 1€ total

          if you however have to buy every ingredient for the mix it costs like 4€ here.

    • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️
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      125 months ago

      But I also have to mix that with eggs and milk. The mix is just add water and there’s no difference in taste or texture. Why do extra work when you get the same results with less?

      • @[email protected]
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        55 months ago

        I prefer to have some ingredients that are more flexible over having a specialized product that only makes few things or just one thing.

        I do like to bake and I cook a fair amount, so ingredients like flour, baking soda, baking powder, and sugar go far in my household.

        Sometimes my family needs to go on special diets and having more control over what goes into my food helps a lot. (That low FODMAP diet was a bitch.)

        But that’s just my situation. These types of mixes save a lot of time and effort. Can’t really knock that.

    • @kbotc
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      It’s “buttermilk” just add water, so I suspect there’s some dairy flavoring of some kind in there.

      EDIT: Yea, it’s flour, sugar, a leavener, starch, salt, a bit of soybean oil, some dehydrated egg whites, and dehydrated buttermilk

      • @[email protected]
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        55 months ago

        I wish there was a store with all sorts of food additives the regular person doesn’t have access to, like dehydrated buttermilk, or whatever artificial and natural flavors is.

          • @[email protected]
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            65 months ago

            But I’m old and I like to shop with my feet and ADHD fueled puppy-like enthusiasm. If the staff leaves me alone and there aren’t many people there, I’d wind up with a whole chemistry lab of barely regulated food additives.

            I’d have whole brunches with solid mimosas (agar), and fully cooked liquid eggs (I don’t know, but I’d do it. I’ll find something that prevents the proteins from tangling!). My friends would hate me.

            • @kbotc
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              35 months ago

              Agar agar is a bit of a laxative, so I may suggest you find another thickening agent. I think the store you are looking for is a baking supply store for most weird flavorings and powders. Restaurant supply may also have aisles as well, though the good ones are harder to come by. If only the modernist pantry had a storefront.

              https://modernistpantry.com/categories/ingredients.html

              Liquid eggs are pretty easy too: Just pasteurize the darn things with a sous vide machine. Hold them at 130 for a few hours.

              https://www.seriouseats.com/sous-vide-101-all-about-eggs

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                The actual food items I suggested were a bit of a joke, but the food science and baking store suggestion you offered are excellent.

                It looks like the closest fit for a baking supply store is a Williams Sonoma, otherwise I’ve got an hour+ drive of me. But it’s on the list for next time we travel to more populous cities!

                Edit: A local (hour drive away) baking shop has a pretty comprehensive website. I’ve learned that Vanilla powder exists and I might wind up buying edible metallic powders to put on things that shouldn’t be those colors.
                We’re doing a ‘super soft’ birthday for one of our dogs this year. My whole paradigm for decoration and (human) foods has shifted.

  • Count Regal Inkwell
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    It’s a Party in the DnD sense. Gotta have enough pancakes for the Cleric, the Barbarian, the Bard, and the Paladin.

  • @mipadaitu
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    185 months ago

    Check out any small town fire department on July 4th.

    It’s dozens of those bags in the kitchen and hundreds of boxes of scrambled egg goo.

  • @clearedtoland
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    We had a brunch wedding. I may be biased but it’s still the best wedding party I’ve been to.

  • @[email protected]
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    I had sleepovers for birthday parties as a kid, usually we’d have pancakes for breakfast - they’re cheap, easy, and everybody likes them.

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    I made pancakes for a cabin full of stoned people. I was their messiah.

    • @marreniakaza
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      to be fair its piss easy to make these premix pancakes altho maybe to much for a stoned mind lol

    • @Got_Bent
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      Well that’s an unexpected wrinkle!

  • @[email protected]
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    65 months ago

    Bet those two words can significantly increase sales for some products. Encourages and gives permission for someone to show up with the thing at a party.

    -my observation the last time I saw it on a bag of chocolate

  • @Crismus
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    45 months ago

    Somewhere in middle America, a church is having a Saturday pancake breakfast during the summer fundraising time.

    At least that’s what I remember from my younger days. I’m getting too old for this shit.

  • @BreadOven
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    Old people at churches on Saturday late mornings?

  • @Juvyn00b
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    45 months ago

    I’ve heard Prince had some rolling pancake parties! Shirts… Blouses…

  • @[email protected]
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    45 months ago

    So I just feel like I should point out OP is experiencing a sudden, life-changing insight involving a thin, flat cake of batter.