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lea_hazel ([personal profile] lea_hazel) wrote in [community profile] boilingwater2011-01-30 09:46 pm
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Frying Question

I am a decent semi-cook. I can make a few things reliably, including a few steady mistakes. Recently I realized that my kitchen always gets slightly smoky when I fry pancakes or French toast. Not like billowing smoke, but enough for me to notice once I've gone into the other room and back.

I get the feeling that I am doing something basic wrong. That is, my basic frying-things-in-a-teflon-pan technique is flawed. Part of it is that I tend to have lousy timing, and flip the pancakes either too soon or too late. I think. Anyway, it strikes me as a beginner's question, so I'm posting here for tips or advice. Please save my tearing eyes from breakfast-for-supper. ;_;
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[personal profile] yarnofariadne 2011-01-30 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I had the same problem until I really, really scrubbed the burner and under the burner. It's not a fun job but it solved the problem.