oldrustycars
Senior Cook
What is it with the first pancake? I know I'm not the only one who messes up the first pancake. I can make 75 perfect ones after that, but the first one ALWAYS messes up. Why?
It's always my last one that is odd. Using up the batter gets you one that is too big or too small compared to the rest. And it's always flat for me since the batter has lost some of its "oomph". I make sure I put it right onto my own plate.
My SIL was always pancake challenged. Hers would come out in shapes...DH says they always looked like states and the family would try to guess which one! She and her DH come to our home for pancakes now...
Interesting analogy......
Moral of the story, know your equipment and technique. It's like shooting a bow, consistancy in method will insure great results.
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I have a Lodge CI griddle, I can't say I'm completely happy with it. You don't get the even heat of a round cast iron skillet. Lodge suggests placing it in a 350 oven for a while before cooking on it, I often don't feel like fiddling with that step. I bought it to make lots of bacon on it (mmmmmmm....bacon), but the outside pieces never cook as fast as the inside ones. Same with pancakes, if you try to make four at a time the outside edges of the pancakes cook slower. Just my two cents, and I'm a lover of iron.. I see a CI griddle in my future!
I have a Lodge CI griddle, I can't say I'm completely happy with it. You don't get the even heat of a round cast iron skillet. Lodge suggests placing it in a 350 oven for a while before cooking on it, I often don't feel like fiddling with that step. I bought it to make lots of bacon on it (mmmmmmm....bacon), but the outside pieces never cook as fast as the inside ones. Same with pancakes, if you try to make four at a time the outside edges of the pancakes cook slower. Just my two cents, and I'm a lover of iron.
... I bought it to make lots of bacon on it (mmmmmmm....bacon), but the outside pieces never cook as fast as the inside ones...
No, just a square 10 inch griddle. I would imagine the double burner griddle would never heat completely evenly, between the burners. Glass cooktops seem to have regular round burners under them, right?
My favorite Youtube cook, Dave Can Cook, uses CI all the time on his glass cooktop, he said it works just fine. I'm not sure if the weight was the issue, or worries of scratching it up.