to not understand premade 'pancake mix'?

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Pancakes: eggs, milk, water, flour - simples?

I know some people can't cook, but if anything, cooking them in the pan is the hardest bit! I was a bit shocked to walk into my local Tesco today and find that they had loads of eggs and flour in stock but had sold completely out of the premade packets......?

Food snob?

YANBU. For me it's as simple as why would you eat something processed when you can make it fresh.

I didn't know pancakes have eggs in them

Our shakey bottle mix was even out of date.

So we not only had crap,but also stale crap....

Its the tossing thats the fun bit anyway - TBH I think pancakes are pretty 'orrible .

I puzzle over this every year I've lived here.

And it's huge - practically Easter like. WTF? They are pancakes.

Didn't have any today (dd had 2 lots) but make them occasionally.

I keep reading this thread title as to not understand premature 'pancake mix'?

it might be time for bed

The joke is pancakes were designed to use up stuff before a period of fasting for Lent. Nowadays it's another reason to buy stuff.

"and de shelled coconuts"

Now, I would be tempted with those. Getting the shell off a coconut is a right pain - far, far more of a faff than making pancakes from scratch.

I can't understand why so many posters are proud of not being able to cook. I feel sorry for their children.

I don't get why anyone wouldn't have flour in the house either. I don't just use flour for baking. I use it in gravy, coating meat for a casserole, thickening sauces, rolling out pastry (yes I use ready made), making Yorkshire pudding (although I do get why some people buy them ready made).

The worthies are out in force tonight.

And so are the "I'm not worthies"

I am very worthy. I just quantify my worth differently.

I ean cook I cook all day at work I just choose to use a pancake mix sometimes

It is not about being worthy is it. But really I had no idea that so many people could not make something so simple or even name the ingredients. How will their children learn to cook then. I was certainly not brought up by Delia Smith or anything but being able to make basic things is surely an essential skill for life. It is not like expecting people to knock up their own ruff puff pastry it is three really simple and incredibly basic ingredients.

My dd is six. She regularly helps me cook. One day, I might show her how to make pancakes. But if not, she can either buy a mix or google a recipe.

It's hardly an essential life skill, is it?

I agree brandy. It's depressing isn't it.

But the point is your DD helps you cook so she has some frame of reference. Some people obviously don't do that very much and are not sure what goes into simple foods. Cooking is an essential life skill - no wonder we are all so bloody unhealthy

My husband will teach my children to cook properly.Its not only the Mums who are responsible for that skill.

Yes agreed very depressing. Food should be a pleasure and making it a skill not merely the shortest cut to the most compromised result. Having something really nicely cooked by someone with care, nice ingredients and so on is a lovely thing. Nice to share as a family too all a bit sad when it is a matter of just bunging something in a plate which is a poor replica of the real thing.

No one said it should be down to the Mum. I was merely talking about how things happen in my family as others were too. Really not a feminist issue.

I hate the I feel sorry for their children smug bollocks on here, how bloody nasty

See I disagree, food is a pleasure for some people, I know some people who love to cook, bake etc I'm just not one of them, there are lots of other things I do/share with my family thats non food related.

I can cook, I know what pancakes are made of, my children although young can certainly help out in the kitchen etc but there are other things I and them would rather do - as I said earlier - different strokes..

But choosing to use a pancake mix doesn't mean people can't cook. Even if they can't make pancakes, they might be able to cook lots of other things. There are tons of "basic" recipes that I can't cook. For example, I wouldn't know where to start on stuff like Yorkshire pudding or gravy. But I make a mean curry, excellent pasta sauces and reasonably authentic sushi.

I just don't get the judginess about people not wanting to bother making pancakes from scratch. I make biscuits sometimes - they're dead easy, but sometimes I just buy ready made ones instead. What's the big deal?

Thank Goodness for that then brandy cos what I bunged on the plate wasn't even a poor replica of the premade thing

Again, not said by me. I just think it is a life skill that needs to be learned. It is not smug or nasty it is a difference in the way we see things.

I know at least two people who don't know what goes into pancakes (and they're both old enough to know better).

We have them regularly for breakfast, they're easier & cheaper than sausage sandwiches and use up leftovers from baking.

I don't get the "pity the children" comments either. Pancake day comes once a year. Using a pancake mix on that one day a year is hardly child abuse, is it?

Completely agree Honey.I can cook good simple basic food for my kids - fresh veg,chops,potatoes etc.I generally don't do processed food.But neither do I really do stuff that involves ingredients or recipes.