Pancakes-Do you prefer to buy or make it yourself?

@CTHanum (8234)
Malaysia
May 26, 2010 10:46am CST
Hi everyone!I loves pancakes. It's one of my favorite breakfast and will always be. Easy to prepare and do not need much time to cook. yet there are still people who loves to buy a box of pancake powder at store. So which one do you prefer the most? make it yourself or buy the ready-made one?:)
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@adnileb (5256)
• Philippines
8 Nov 12
I prefer making my own pancake. Sometimes, I put some chocolate and mix them together. But I buy those in boxes. My mom used to make her own, I mean the flour + egg + sugar... It's time consuming but she still prefers it sometimes. One time, she made pancakes for our snack using her ingredients. And to tell her honestly, it tasted not so good. You know what she did? She threw the pancakes away in our backyard.
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@CTHanum (8234)
• Malaysia
9 Nov 12
owh, it seems that she can't take~ Perhaps you could tell her what's missing in her recipe or maybe you could give her some pancake recipes- you can have so many of its on internet.(^^)(^^)
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@adnileb (5256)
• Philippines
9 Nov 12
I was wondering how did it happen. She used to make pancakes before but it was good. Maybe something's just missing that time.
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@Jlyn10 (11966)
• Malaysia
10 Jan 13
Belinda, you must have made your mom angry by insulting her cooking. That may be the reason why she threw the pancakes in your backyard.
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@Jlyn10 (11966)
• Malaysia
10 Jan 13
Hmm, I'm not very good at cooking, so I think I will just go find the most tastiest pancake stall in Penang and buy ready made.
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@CTHanum (8234)
• Malaysia
10 Jan 13
HI sis!! Long time no see. Happy new year!!!(^^) Pancake or we called it 'lempeng' in Malay, is so easy to make. You just need to mix all the ingredients and cook it in frying pan. I like plain pancake that use milk as one of the ingredients while mom likes to use plain water instead of milk with grated coconut.(^^)(^^)
@CTHanum (8234)
• Malaysia
26 Feb 13
Treat me some 'Penang Lempeng'. I want to try and taste it~ But need to go to Penang first~HUmppph~~~ I think for us malaysian western pancake is not that popular compared to 'roti canai' unless if we go to Mcdonald to have the morning breakfast with their McD pancakes. I am not even sure if there is any 'lempeng' stall here~
@Jlyn10 (11966)
• Malaysia
10 Jan 13
Happy New Year to you too. I was just in the neighbourhood and thought I'd drop by to check on you. I know pancake is easy to make, but since I'm not so "pakar" yet, I'm sure mine won't taste so nice. You know Penang, what you want to eat, you can always find it.
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@KrauseHome (36449)
• United States
26 Feb 13
Well, some of the best places to get pancakes a lot of times are places like ihop. I love their pancakes since this is one of the places that tends to specialize in something like this. But when we decide to have something. Like this at ho,e, we tend to usually do them quick and easy using Bisquick.
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@KrauseHome (36449)
• United States
28 Feb 13
Also the nice thing, is that with pancakes you can eat these any time of day, and can put almost anything on them.
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@CTHanum (8234)
• Malaysia
28 Feb 13
I like to have it with yogurt in flavor mango. I really like the combination. Sometimes I will have it with some fruit jam or honey. Eating it just like it is fine too!! Usually have it for breakfast~(^^)
@CTHanum (8234)
• Malaysia
26 Feb 13
Unlike in western countries, here we rarely have pancakes as our regular food. When I was a kid we don't even know how to make pancakes-I mean the fluffy western pancakes which use milk as one of the ingredients- local pancakes don't use milk but just water. But after watching so many English movies and get introduced with this kind of food I found it really easy to made and there are even the ready made pancake in a box at the store. I have tried both-homemade recipe and the ready made recipe and both are tasty!!(^^)
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@sender621 (14894)
• United States
26 May 10
I have made pancakes from scratch and mixes. i have also bought the frozen variety. I have been most pleased with the pancakes I have made from mixes. I do like to add a few of my own ingredients into the mix, but the batter from mixes can't be beat.
@CTHanum (8234)
• Malaysia
12 Jul 10
the pancakes we made and the original taste is better anyway.me too had tried to put some additional stuff but it taste turn slightly different from the original.so i prefer the original taste from basic recipe of pancake. thanks for sharing!
@litvillegas (1274)
• Philippines
2 Dec 12
Hmmmm,, me too.. I love pancakes. My sister loves to make homemade pancakes and the taste is good. We can also save extra money because it's just easy and affordable. On the other hand, buying the commercial pancakes taste good too because of some mixture ingredients on it.. If we want to save money perhaps it's better to have homemade pancakes.
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@CTHanum (8234)
• Malaysia
10 Jan 13
Before my I made my own pancakes I have tried several brands of ready-made pancake and yeah,they tastes good. But I found that the price is costly so to save budget I would prefer to make my own. The taste is still the same.(^^)
@TLilly12 (1229)
• United States
26 Mar 13
I like to make my own pancakes, they taste better than the, boxed ones the ones that come in the box are frozen, and you don't know how long, they have been frozen, my sister brought some pancakes, when we visit her in Chicago, and they were frozen pancakes, there were good but it's nothing like, having pancakes that are homemade.
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@CTHanum (8234)
• Malaysia
28 Mar 13
I never know about frozen pancakes. I just know about frozen waffles but I do agree that home made pancake is much better than the pre-made. I like to make it my own since it is so easy, much cheaper and even taste good.(^^)
@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
16 Aug 10
i like buying the ready made mix from the grocery store. i find that they are always light and fluffy and quite tasty!
@CTHanum (8234)
• Malaysia
20 Aug 10
hi cher! yeah, there are instant, fluffy, light and easy to make.all 4 in 1.sometimes i do buy the mix from the shop especially the new brand ones just to try them out.
@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
29 May 10
we make our own pancakes from scratch but i do like the mixes but the rest of my family does not.
@CTHanum (8234)
• Malaysia
12 Jul 10
yeah, our own recipe tastes better than the mixes.i do love the original taste of mine plus it is easy to prepare for it.but sometimes i still buy mixes from the shop especially the new brand of pancakes mixes. thanks for sharing cher!
@cream97 (29087)
• United States
26 May 10
Hi, CTHaum. I will do either or. I like it anyway it is cooked. But I prefer to make my own pancakes. They taste so much better and it is very delicious. My husband love to buy pancake mix. He will just take his time standing at the stove frying them all. He cooks about 25 pancakes.
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@CTHanum (8234)
• Malaysia
12 Jul 10
yeah sometimes pancake mix save the day.but i would say that making our own batter of pancake is as easy as 123 and it does not take much time to prepare them.yes i agree with you that home made pancake taste is better than the one we buy at the groceries shop. thanks for sharing!
@ankit_620 (496)
• India
26 May 10
hello CThanum.Hey i love pancakes too..they are just too delicious.Now that you have put up this discussion so i am craving to have it right now lol.. I prefer to have have a tailored one which my mother make for me and that is just according to my taste and i always keep it very interesting trying to put different stuff on it sometimes..it does tastes awful sometimes but there are times when my experiments pays me off finally.So its Homemade for me.
@CTHanum (8234)
• Malaysia
26 May 10
Hi ankit!I love the plain taste of it.Any new recipes to share?:)
• India
25 Apr 13
Thanks for this discussion, we never buy this my wife makes at home, we have so many varieties, sweet and salty, home made is cheaper too.
@CTHanum (8234)
• Malaysia
25 Apr 13
I like homemade pancakes too. it's easy to made and the taste is better. I love plain pancakes with honey, chocolate syrup or mango flavored yogurt.(^^)
@crackx (628)
• Belgium
26 May 10
I have actually never bought a ready-made, cause I know it's not as healthy nor as tasty as the ones you prepare yourself. I eventually think there is some fun included in cooking pan-cakes. Hehe
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@CTHanum (8234)
• Malaysia
26 May 10
I love to see the way the pancake expand double size when we making it.The pancakes i make is always fluffy and i'm thinking to make one right now.Oh my...:)
• Philippines
26 May 10
I have tried them both ways. I love the home-made ones but somehow the powder at the store seems to have an extra ingredients that makes it more fragrant and tastier. Don't know if its just me :p
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@CTHanum (8234)
• Malaysia
26 May 10
Me either.Besides, the price is quite expensive.but sometimes i just can't control myself from buying it especially the new brand one.:)