wordless pancake recipe

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toasta says:

I love this idea - well done. I stumbled on the last one though, but got it after a few seconds. So much quicker that reading - I could take it all in and underdstand the details of the recipe in under 30 seconds - would have taken ME about 2 mins to read the equivelent.

If I was not a cook then the image for folding in the yolk mix with the beaten whites would confuse I think. I would understand better if veiwed from the top - or maybe it the cockeyed way I do my folding.

Well done - keep at the good work
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

bootload says:

2 things I noticed:

* at step 5 there is no bowl over the head
- to check if the whites are whipped

* the 1/2 cup in step 2 for the milk looks weird with half vertical

Besides that, fine. I'd still manage to burn it though.
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

macro girl says:

Bootlaod, it sounds like you know more about cooking than you let on - bowls over the head indeed : D
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

bootload says:

'... sounds like you know more about cooking than you let on ...

Don't you watch Jamie? Always putting freshly whipped Merengue over his head.

'... Beat the egg whites until they form stiff peaks like snow (you should be able to put the bowl over your head and not get wet!). Slowly incorporate the mascarpone mixture. ...' [CH4, Come Dine with Me, Tiramasu]

It's simply a way to test if the whipping is ready. As for cooking, na I just burn & char :)
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

kylemcinnes12321 says:

Uh, doesn't that say "PLAIN FLOUR" in step 2? Wordless?
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

The Lawgiver says:

I needed to view this at original size to see the fine detail! Excellent work!
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

citronixtech says:

is that a pinch of salt or a fistful of salt? to a non-english speaker who doesn't know a "pinch" measurement, but instead works with "dashes" or "bits" it could be confusing.

i'd like to see a larger version, it looks really cool
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

zachninme says:

To see the big size, click "+ All sizes" at the top ;-)
Also, what kind of pancake is this? I've never heard of anything like this!
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

macro girl says:

kylemcinnes12321: Apart from photographing a plain flour package how do you suggest I communicate the ingredient? I'm interested in all ideas!

citronixtech: thanks for the advice the "pinch of salt" is defenitely an area I need to clarify

zachninme: It's a recipe entitled "American style pancakes" - it seems like a standard pancake recipe to me?!
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

DavidWSmith says:

First, Kivitel CALM DOWN... her iconography is discernably different than yours - folks like you always think everyone on earth has seen your stuff and mst STEAL it. LOL - get some humility.

So, some questions:
- in step 5, I'm not sure I'd get the 'folding'... what about adding a mixer/beater with a NO circle over it?
- in step 6, why is the mixture two-toned with brown?

Oh, and you made it on digg:
www.digg.com/mods/wordless_pancake_recipe
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

cviebrock says:

The clock is confusing for me. At first, I thought it was meant to show "heat for 12 seconds", which seemed pretty short to me. It wasn't until I saw your chocolate cake recipe that I realized how you were indicating elapsed time (i.e. 2-1/2 minutes).

The number "12" then, in your icon, is redundant. More helpful would be to replace it with "2.5m", IMHO.
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

macro girl says:

Kivitel, I have no idea what you are talking about? seriously? I have never ever seen your work?

Take a breath and check next time before you start making accusations.

and if you read the description you will see that this is a WORK IN PROGRESS.
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

macro girl says:

I am so incredibly serious, if you wish to contact me directly: laurenbugeja[at]gmail[dot]com, I can refer you to my University Supervisor who can verify the 12 weeks worth of research that has contributed to my design result.
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

hello! i'm stefan! says:

Kivitel:

you are f*cking insane. seriously.

1. the clock - are you saying you invtended how to illustrate a basic clock?

2. layout - its a basic layout.. right to left, and in steps going downard...

3. arrows? ROFL, THEY ARE ARROWS.. EVERYONE USES THEM.

4. illustration - i dont see how its the same illustration.. maybe im blind.

5. ROFL

6. not the same.
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

macro girl says:

And I'd appreciate it if you could remove the comment on your own piece of work that claims I have "stolen" your idea. who owns an idea anyway?
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

hello! i'm stefan! says:

macro girl: i just wanna say great illustration.

i wouldnt mind talking to you on aim about how to show basic flour and such.

as for MILK, just show a cow on the front of the box, ppl will understand its milk.
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

Dunny says:

i like this.. nice job macro girl
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

hello! i'm stefan! says:

im not talking to you about your illustration kivitel.

im talking to the person who's image i am commenting on.

i dont think you have ANY basis to accuse this person.
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

springforts says:

Hmm. The only resemblance I see is that they are both recipes and are wordless.
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

Steve Sydney says:

love ya work Lau. Congrats on the digg.
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

hello! i'm stefan! says:

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springforts Pro User says:

Hmm. The only resemblance I see is that they are both recipes and are wordless.

agreed.
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

macro girl says:

Thanks Steve - means a lot coming from you : ) Ps. I've just been offered a graduate job with a big Sydney web co!
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

James "Busdriver" Scott says:

I'm a bit stoned right now, so some pancakes sound good. I can understand this one immediately. Not so much the Kivitel one.
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

jasonjoh says:

good job, except the beater looks like a car door =)
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

Ruxton says:

a few comments.. to start with excellent illustration nice and simple.

- perhaps to show flour without words, you show the process made to create it above, kinda of like a ... wheat + mill = flour bag

- the pinch illustration needs to be more obvious as to what it is, also convey salt as a salt shaker, S on the front, i wasnt really sure what it was at first.

- somebody already suggested milk carton, no words and then a cow near it.. or perhaps you can write a legend up top. So you'd have Cow and guy milking it = milk carton and then the other one above.. you could even stick eggs up there too (could be interesting.. chook, arrow coming out its backside to egg?)

also the no beater idea as mentioned above on the folding is a very good idea i think.

Anyway.. good luck with your project keep us all posted on it
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

megnut says:

I'm an American and I've always made pancakes from scratch and I've never beaten egg whites. That's always done for waffles. If you change the recipe a bit (not sure if you want to bother) then you might be able to clarify some of the more complicated steps. It's really neat.

One suggestion (like Bootload said); the liquid measurement for a half a cup looks odd with the vertical representation. It would make more sense for it to mimic how it looks in reality. Also, if you've never made pancakes before, how would you know how much to pour in step 6? Maybe you'd pour the entire bowl into the pan at once?

Looking forward to seeing how this progresses. Again, very cool.
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

Seth and Alexa says:

Ahhh! I majored in Visual Communication Design at Ohio State and proposed doing a visual recipe book for my senior thesis project as well! But I ended up doing something else (Influences on Urban Patterns - www.jewskistreet.com/design/ ). And it never got digged or anything so cool. Boohoo. ;-) But good work and good luck!!
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

Monochrome says:

Have you seen Wordless Diagrams by Nigel Holmes? Similar stuff.
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

macro girl says:

Sure have Monochrome, Holme's work is where I drew a lot of my research from!
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

barnaclebarnes says:

Good but there is no step to remove the cooked pancake from the pan. You would get a thicker and thicker pancake for each iteration of the cooking steps.
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

macro girl says:

good point barnaclebarnes I'll be sure to ammend that : )
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

m-arx says:

i would make a book of those recipes. they rule.

in germany, a big dictionary company, "Langenscheidt", made a dictionary called "without-words-book" (given that dictionary is "Words book", literally).
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

du_dragons says:

I didn't find the 1/2 cup of milk confusing at all, although I think a horizontal orientation would communicate the same thing. I thought the teaspoon was a great touch. The only question I had at the end was "how much heat on the burner?"
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

macro girl says:

du_dragons : if you check v.2 you will see the burner now shows 3 options for heat - low medium and high!
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

Le Xav says:

Anyway, I've tried the recipe, and my family and I where very happy.

Thx!
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

macro girl says:

Good to hear Le Xav!
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

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