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gravy
02/16/18 10:53:23 PM
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...almost always the same height?

No matter how wide or narrow I pour then they're like always the same, man.

Why???
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helIy
02/16/18 10:54:48 PM
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idk what you're doing, but i know how to make thinner and thicker pancakes

it has to do with how thin or thick the batter is
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gravy
02/16/18 11:04:12 PM
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No but like in each batch it's the same height.

Like if I make a thin batter they're the same as all the others in that batch. How does that work? Why does it even out to the same height
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SunWuKung420
02/16/18 11:05:24 PM
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Surface tension and the specific gravity of that batch of batter.
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helIy
02/16/18 11:10:18 PM
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gravy posted...
No but like in each batch it's the same height.

Like if I make a thin batter they're the same as all the others in that batch. How does that work? Why does it even out to the same height

because it has to do with how thin or thick the batter is.

make a pancake, thin or thicken the batter, and make another pancake, it'll be thinner or thicker than the last one.
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gravy
02/16/18 11:59:39 PM
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helIy posted...
gravy posted...
No but like in each batch it's the same height.

Like if I make a thin batter they're the same as all the others in that batch. How does that work? Why does it even out to the same height

because it has to do with how thin or thick the batter is.

make a pancake, thin or thicken the batter, and make another pancake, it'll be thinner or thicker than the last one.

Yeah but how to change thickness without changing batter
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LinkPizza
02/17/18 12:14:52 AM
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gravy posted...
helIy posted...
gravy posted...
No but like in each batch it's the same height.

Like if I make a thin batter they're the same as all the others in that batch. How does that work? Why does it even out to the same height

because it has to do with how thin or thick the batter is.

make a pancake, thin or thicken the batter, and make another pancake, it'll be thinner or thicker than the last one.

Yeah but how to change thickness without changing batter

Adding more liquid like milk can make it thinner. Adding more of the powder for the batter can make it thicker. So, you're not changing ge batter, but altering it...
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adjl
02/17/18 12:23:56 AM
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The thickness of the pancake is a consequence of how much the batter's own weight is able to squish itself over the course of the cooking, which is going to be unchanging within any given batch. The only way to make a pancake thicker without changing the batter's consistency would be to pour it into some kind of mold that prevented it from expanding horizontally. The only way to make it thinner would be to spread it out (the extreme of this being crepe-making, though obviously that's starting with a much thinner batter than most pancakes).
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gravy
02/17/18 12:41:51 PM
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adjl posted...
The thickness of the pancake is a consequence of how much the batter's own weight is able to squish itself over the course of the cooking, which is going to be unchanging within any given batch

awesome thanks, makes sense.
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dedbus
02/17/18 1:11:38 PM
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Unless you pour a ton of batter in a narrow sauce pan which is apparently some Japanese abomination.
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Super_Thug44
02/17/18 1:17:20 PM
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add some baking powder to make pancakes a little more fluffy. prevents them from being really thin and dense
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SunWuKung420
02/17/18 1:34:49 PM
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Zangulus posted...
The real question: Is pancake batter a gravy?


No.
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Krazy_Kirby
02/17/18 1:56:37 PM
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waffles > pancakes
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Johnny Eagle
02/17/18 2:27:33 PM
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LinkPizza posted...
gravy posted...
helIy posted...
gravy posted...
No but like in each batch it's the same height.

Like if I make a thin batter they're the same as all the others in that batch. How does that work? Why does it even out to the same height

because it has to do with how thin or thick the batter is.

make a pancake, thin or thicken the batter, and make another pancake, it'll be thinner or thicker than the last one.

Yeah but how to change thickness without changing batter

Adding more liquid like milk can make it thinner. Adding more of the powder for the batter can make it thicker. So, you're not changing ge batter, but altering it...


.........wut?
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helIy
02/17/18 3:36:00 PM
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Zangulus posted...
The real question: Is pancake batter a gravy?

no

it's a cake batter
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