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The box
"brags" JUST ADD WATER. I have to admit I'm always ultra skeptical of
mixes that only need water added. I think the mixes that ask you to add things
like oil and eggs as well as water tend to come out better but as I mentioned
the other day, a) I happen to really like pancakes and b) ever since Maimon's
won that Product of the Year Award I really wanted to try some of their items
so I decided to go for it regardless of my hesitation. Later when I read the
"fine print" I learned that I can substitute half of the 1 and 3/4
cups of water for milk if I would like to, so that’s exactly what I did, (the
mix itself is non dairy).
I decided
to mix the batter in a blender and not a mixer, this way it would make pouring
the batter into the frying pan a much neater process. I thought the batter
mixed really easily and well. The 1 and 3/4 cups liquid was the perfect amount
to give me the consistency I was expecting. So I seemed to be off to a good
start :)
As my
frying pan got hotter and hotter the pancakes looked better and better. I was
actually enjoying the wonderful aroma of fresh pancakes that was filling up my
kitchen.
Things
seemed to go downhill once I actually tasted the pancakes. They were far from
the perfect pancake I was hoping for; instead they were gummy and rubbery. Even
the ones that I know were completely cooked through seemed to taste raw. It
actually reminded me of a potato levivah that I tried one Chanukah. Those
levivot were also made from a "just add water" readymade mix. I
wonder if the powdered eggs in the mix might be part of the problem, I don’t know for sure all I do know is that
both these pancakes and those potato pancakes had that same rubbery texture and
were very unappealing to me. I know I'm no Julia Child but still I don’t think
this fail was my fault.
Bottom Line:
I enjoyed making the pancakes but I didn't enjoy eating them. To me they tasted
like a raw gummy mess. I actually had to throw most of them in the garbage
because they were simply inedible and got worse as they cooled off. As my
friend always reminds me, whenever we talk about foods we love, there's nothing
like fresh pancakes made from scratch! I agree with her even more after trying
this mix :) I for one will not be buying Maimon's Pancakes Mix ever again.
400 gram
box – 12.99
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Disclaimer: All items were purchased by me. No one is paying me for this
review. All opinions are my own.
Good to know! I agree, any mix that only requires water makes me nervous too - blech :(
ReplyDelete"blech :("
ReplyDeleteLOL well said Toby:)
Well apparently looks can be deceiving cuz that photo looks divine! ;)!
ReplyDeleteHAHA - yeah I wish they would have tasted as good as they looked :(
ReplyDeleteI guess I learned my lesson not to make pancakes from a "just add water" mix.