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Pancakes in a spray can
Okay, there are plenty of serious issues I could write about, and I will, in Steel and Slag on Saturday and maybe next week too. But right now I just have to comment on an article I ran across while helping with Wednesday's Food section.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — You want pancakes, but the idea
of adding water to powder and stirring it around just
seems like too much effort.
Okay, my ears were burning here. Given my work schedule, I usually don't cook at all during the week, just a few big batches of (usually) one-pot meals over the weekends.
Enter Batter Blaster, the pancake you just point and
spray.
Gastronomic genius? Or sign of the apocalypse?
It all depends on how you feel about really fast food.
...
“If you sit down with your family in the morning, you
can cook these pancakes so quick,” developer Nate Steck said...
“You can actually give the house that smell of home
cooking,” Steck said.
Okaaaaay. From spray can to skillet, and you're calling it "the smell of home cooking." Hey, why not just spray butter-flavored Pam around the house?
“You're not burning the frozen waffles in the toaster.
This heats up the house. The kids like it; they feel
like they're spending some time with the family.”
Sure. SOME time. Just that minute less of family time than adding water to the Bisquick bottle and shaking it up would have taken. Look, you have to wait a little while for the burner and pan to heat up anyway, right?
The contents are pressurized and the can has a nozzle
similar to a whipped cream can, which can unleash
artistic aspirations in the way of animal, geometric
and letter-shaped pancakes.
Preparation: Shake the can firmly before spraying.
Clean up: Rinse the nozzle under running water after
using.
It's true, convenience food is helpful. I often eat canned food, prepared food, etc. I know this is all part of our hurried modern lives. So I don't know why this product in particular has me laughing out loud while I shake my head, both amused and slightly horrified.
Posted by
Patricia Matson
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — You want pancakes, but the idea
of adding water to powder and stirring it around just
seems like too much effort.
Okay, my ears were burning here. Given my work schedule, I usually don't cook at all during the week, just a few big batches of (usually) one-pot meals over the weekends.
Enter Batter Blaster, the pancake you just point and
spray.
Gastronomic genius? Or sign of the apocalypse?
It all depends on how you feel about really fast food.
...
“If you sit down with your family in the morning, you
can cook these pancakes so quick,” developer Nate Steck said...
“You can actually give the house that smell of home
cooking,” Steck said.
Okaaaaay. From spray can to skillet, and you're calling it "the smell of home cooking." Hey, why not just spray butter-flavored Pam around the house?
“You're not burning the frozen waffles in the toaster.
This heats up the house. The kids like it; they feel
like they're spending some time with the family.”
Sure. SOME time. Just that minute less of family time than adding water to the Bisquick bottle and shaking it up would have taken. Look, you have to wait a little while for the burner and pan to heat up anyway, right?
The contents are pressurized and the can has a nozzle
similar to a whipped cream can, which can unleash
artistic aspirations in the way of animal, geometric
and letter-shaped pancakes.
Preparation: Shake the can firmly before spraying.
Clean up: Rinse the nozzle under running water after
using.
It's true, convenience food is helpful. I often eat canned food, prepared food, etc. I know this is all part of our hurried modern lives. So I don't know why this product in particular has me laughing out loud while I shake my head, both amused and slightly horrified.
Posted by
Patricia Matson
posted by The Phoenix Files at
4:04 PM
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