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I was baking a pancake and the bottom surface of the pancake varied in color where the bottom of the pan had ridges (spaced by ~1mm)

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at least part of that is delays during batter flow, forming borders

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I really don't know about that halo, maybe the batter "scrunched up" to reveal unbaked parts

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lower left looks more like batter delay but is part of the same formation so I'm a bit confused

11:12 PM · Jul 16, 2016Twitter Web Client

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I might be totally wrong about your frying technique though, do you move the pan much?

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I pour a blob of batter, then tilt the pan in a few directions to distribute, then never touch it again

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also note the difference in textures in lower left: smooth vs spongy (bubbles had time to float up)

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pancake physics is serious business, there's a kind of pancake notable for hexagonal convection cells