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John Locke’s recipe for Pancakes (2021)

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Re: John Locke’s recipe for Pancakes (2021)

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Post by Firmwarrior »

Why would he beat the batter for 15 minutes? Did flour back then not have as much gluten?

This is all the info I could manage to find about this on my own: (mangled the link since the site is jam-packed with ads and trackers)

www.realsimple (dot) com (slash) food-recipes/cooking-tips-techniques/pancake-secret-ingredient-gluten

Re: John Locke’s recipe for Pancakes (2021)

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Post by mlyle »

Firmwarrior wrote: post #3

Why would he beat the batter for 15 minutes? Did flour back then not have as much gluten? This is all the info I could manage to find about this on my own: (mangled the link since the site is jam-packed with ads and trackers) www.realsimple (dot) com (slash) food-recipes/cooking-tips-techniques/pancake-secret-ingredient-gluten

Flour was not milled as finely or consistently so more mixing was required and gluten development was not as much of a concern.

Re: John Locke’s recipe for Pancakes (2021)

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Post by guerrilla »

Locke is a bit early for this, but if you like this kind of thing, then you'll love Townsends' channel about 18th century living, focused on cooking.[1] Seriously, they have over 18 seasons worth of "18th Century Cooking"[2]

1. https://www.youtube.com/user/jastownsendandson

2. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4e4wpjna1vx3DFU7r7gj...

Re: John Locke’s recipe for Pancakes (2021)

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Post by analog31 »

Firmwarrior wrote: post #3

Why would he beat the batter for 15 minutes? Did flour back then not have as much gluten? This is all the info I could manage to find about this on my own: (mangled the link since the site is jam-packed with ads and trackers) www.realsimple (dot) com (slash) food-recipes/cooking-tips-techniques/pancake-secret-ingredient-gluten

My hunch is no baking powder. I've made pancakes without baking powder by heavily beating the eggs before gently folding in the other ingredients. Haven't tried this particular recipe.

Re: John Locke’s recipe for Pancakes (2021)

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Post by frazbin »

analog31 wrote: post #7
Firmwarrior wrote: post #3

Why would he beat the batter for 15 minutes? Did flour back then not have as much gluten? This is all the info I could manage to find about this on my own: (mangled the link since the site is jam-packed with ads and trackers) www.realsimple (dot) com (slash) food-recipes/cooking-tips-techniques/pancake-secret-ingredient-gluten

My hunch is no baking powder. I've made pancakes without baking powder by heavily beating the eggs before gently folding in the other ingredients. Haven't tried this particular recipe.

Yep that's the one-- gotta get gas into the batter somehow

Re: John Locke’s recipe for Pancakes (2021)

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Post by 0xbadcafebee »

guerrilla wrote: post #5

Locke is a bit early for this, but if you like this kind of thing, then you'll love Townsends' channel about 18th century living, focused on cooking.[1] Seriously, they have over 18 seasons worth of "18th Century Cooking"[2] 1. https://www.youtube.com/user/jastownsendandson 2. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4e4wpjna1vx3DFU7r7gj...

Here is Tasting History's Pancake episode, from the same period as Locke. It appears to be similar, using cream and nutmeg, and Max whips the egg and cream for a while to add air: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD3WKbXhm6M
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