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I don't think anybody wants spray cheese...
Give spray cheese a chance. Put it on a hot dog !
But I get my cheese already in the hot dog...
It's pancakes. In a can. It's made $15 million.
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#32Something is wrong with a society that needs shortcuts to make pancake batter. It takes less than 5 minutes --- and even less time if you take just a few minutes to premix the dry ingredients ahead of time. I 100% believe this product adds value to people's lives, but I'm also pretty confident that that's because people are terrified to learn how to cook.
I'm definitely not terrified to cook, my idea of fun is spending an hour or two in the kitchen making new exciting food. However, I picked up a can of this stuff the other day at the market and have been happy with it.
My mornings are usually rushed, it takes less effort, and makes less of a mess. It's pretty easy to make bad food decisions in our society, and pancakes in a can are one of them, however, every once in a while it's OK. Also, they don't taste amazing, but they taste solidly average, which is fine by me for a quick breakfast.
I don't see why people are getting so worked up about it. If there's anything people should be worked up about it's fast food breakfasts, that stuff makes these pancakes look like gourmet health food.
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#33I tried them once and I thought they tasted pretty bad. I'm not sure how I could have screwed them up (shake, spray on hot griddle).
Same here, tasted like cardboard and had an awful consistency. I also threw the rest of the can away.
Re: It's pancakes. In a can. It's made $15 million.
#34Something is wrong with a society that needs shortcuts to make pancake batter. It takes less than 5 minutes --- and even less time if you take just a few minutes to premix the dry ingredients ahead of time. I 100% believe this product adds value to people's lives, but I'm also pretty confident that that's because people are terrified to learn how to cook.
Time is money. The fact that this man came up with a product that customers want doesn't mean "Something is wrong with a society". I bike to work, if I used your logic I would think: "Something is wrong with a society" because most people drive to work. But I don't think this. I realize context matters and again; time is money.
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It frustrates me when people insult others ideas because the idea is successful but it isn't something they would use. If the earth's population was 1, then it would be okay. Until that day, please have an open mind.
Re: It's pancakes. In a can. It's made $15 million.
#35Something is wrong with a society that needs shortcuts to make pancake batter. It takes less than 5 minutes --- and even less time if you take just a few minutes to premix the dry ingredients ahead of time. I 100% believe this product adds value to people's lives, but I'm also pretty confident that that's because people are terrified to learn how to cook.
I think a lot of the value has to do with not needing to clean up or store the extra batter if you mix it yourself. You just shoot in whatever you need to use and the rest is in insta-storage. Disposable everythings are sold by the boatload largely because of no-hassle cleanup which falls under convenience.
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#36Darn it, now I am hungry for pancakes after reading that, lol.
And I don't have any of the ingredients around - see how handy his product would be?!
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I like how you call yourself a grammar nazi, cite the old (and wrong) definition of a sentence as something with a subject and verb, but then say that "it is pancakes" is not a sentence. Why not? It's got a subject -- it -- and it's got a verb -- is. Further, English has subject-verb agreement not subject-object agreement or verb-object agreement, hence "it is pancakes" is completely fine. Sure there maybe be some se…
You're awesome and I'm looking forward to everything else you might write about linguistics on HN, but I'm not going to be the only person on Hacker News to tell you not to call people "idiots" on our comment threads.
You're one of the first. ;)
Re: It's pancakes. In a can. It's made $15 million.
#38Something is wrong with a society that needs shortcuts to make pancake batter. It takes less than 5 minutes --- and even less time if you take just a few minutes to premix the dry ingredients ahead of time. I 100% believe this product adds value to people's lives, but I'm also pretty confident that that's because people are terrified to learn how to cook.
If you read the article, you notice that the inventor claims that it's not something he'd use himself, but as a "low brow" product especially marketed towards children. A little kid would be more entertained by the notion of "spraying" food rather than go through the hassle of measuring ingredients and cleaning up the mixing bowls, etc.
It's not the inventor who claims that but a New York Chef: Manuel Trevino.
Re: It's pancakes. In a can. It's made $15 million.
#39Something is wrong with a society that needs shortcuts to make pancake batter. It takes less than 5 minutes --- and even less time if you take just a few minutes to premix the dry ingredients ahead of time. I 100% believe this product adds value to people's lives, but I'm also pretty confident that that's because people are terrified to learn how to cook.
Time is money. The fact that this man came up with a product that customers want doesn't mean "Something is wrong with a society". I bike to work, if I used your logic I would think: "Something is wrong with a society" because most people drive to work. But I don't think this. I realize context matters and again; time is money. . It frustrates me when people insult others ideas because the idea is successful but it i…
I wouldn't use this, but I also wish others wouldn't either, as it changes the market in which I live by further lowering the quality standards deemed acceptable in the marketplace. It's not about being closed minded.
Its existence also dramatically increases the likelihood that I'll have to eat a pancake from a can at some point in the future.
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#40Bjelkeman's (Swedish) pancakes/crepes, serves two:
3 eggs
6 dl milk
3 dl wheat flour
1 table spoon sugar
1 tea spoon salt
1/2 dl cooking oil (I use olive oil)
100 g butter
If you cook electric, start warming the frying pans. I normally fry on 7 (out of 10). Mix the eggs. Add half the milk. Add the flour. Whisk together until smooth. Add the sugar, salt and remainder of the milk. Add the oil. Mix until the batter is smooth.
About now the pans should be warm. Put a tea spoon of butter in each pan, spread it out in the pan. Add about a cup of batter (or so) to each pan. When the batter is congealed on the top of the pancake, use a long thin spatula to turn the pancake over. It should be yellow/golden brown on the fried side. Wait a minute. The pancake is done. Repeat from beginning of paragraph until out of batter.
Serve with sweats or savoury as you prefer. Blueberries, ice cream, sugar and butter, strawberry jam, are my favourite toppings.
All in all you can do this, with a bit of practice, from a standing start in 20 minutes. And the pancakes are superior to anything you will buy in a pack or a box. Promise.
Notes:
1) can easily be scaled to fit, 1 egg = 2 dl milk = 1 dl flour
2) dl = decilitre 1/10 litre (about a small coffee cup)