An anonymous tip led us on a desperate search for American-style pancake mix. Left temptingly on Jonmikel's blog site, the tip just begged us to move out, Marine style, and find us some buttermilk goodness. Well, ok, we're way far off from buttermilk country, but still... the thought of thick, fluffy pancakes was well worth the search. The tip mentioned that Tesco's pancake mix was similar to that of the Americans, as opposed to the crepe-stuff we've been coming across lately. No offense the French and their woosy pancakes, but we wanted thick stuff. So we set out Uptown, where there is a small Tesco that caters to the college crowd-they even have microwave popcorn!

When we got there, the only mix would find was "batter mix." Now, I don't know if this is what our buddy anon. meant when he said Tesco pancake mix, but I certainly hope not. I'm hoping that he really meant "pancake mix" and that this "batter mix" was just a silly attempt by the British to understand the true nature of the pancake/yorkshire pudding cups. The first few we fried up were just like mini-crepes. So our solution, which always seemed to work with Bisquick, was to make the batter thicker. This was not Bisquick, however, but Tesco "batter mix" and thickening the batter just made the pancakes feel much like a tire when chewing. So we slathered them in maple-flavored goo and bacon. Seemed to work.

Aha! Status update on the pancake search: the Tesco website lists something called pancake mix that is NOT what we bought; in fact, this product is sold in one of those convenient shake-and-pour bottles, you know, handy for camping, just add water and all that. Perhaps this is what our buddy anon. meant.... hmmmmmm.