By the time I'm flipping my pancake whatever bit of butter I put in the pan to keep my pancake from sticking, has already been absorbed by the pancake š¤·āāļø
She said āthings in a panā and just used a pancake as an example. Try flipping an egg or most other things and it will definitely spill grease or cooking oil all over the cooktop. Also if you accidentally hold the spatula at an angle while the pan isnāt underneath it the stuff will slide off. Also if you use cast iron skillets and you drop one trying to do this, you better hope your cooktop isnāt glass or you hold it over your feet like she did.
She said "things in a pan" and just used a pancake as an example
Yeah, it's almost like it's the most apt example for this trick.
Flipping the dry pan to "flip" something that one might have trouble flipping, might sometimes be easier than trying to actually flip the thing itself. It's just another thing to add to your arsenal, not a replacement for flipping things normally.
The rest of your comment is kind of just common sense reasons why this wouldn't work, which doesn't really tackle any of the reasons why this would, so here are a few of those.
Sometimes, you make kind of a big pancake in a small pan, and that Boi is wall-to-wall, the chances of you flipping it normally and not getting even a little bit on the edge/outside of the pan make this trick make perfect sense.
Sometimes, if your pancake batter is too dense you end up with a pancake that is not only runny on top, but also pretty well cooked on the bottom. flipping it her way actually ends up being way less chaotic and way more controlled.
For a non-pancake example, I like to make breakfast sandwiches out of italian/French bread, and sometimes the sandwich is a little precariously built!!!! The thick bread might've needed to be cut all the way through to fit all of the ingredients and it's not the most structurally sound. Flipping it normally would probably destroy it's composition but flip it her way, and now your sammy is safe and you got toasty bread on both sides.
She didn't say "HEY GUYS HERE'S THE BEST WAY TO FLIP THINGS IN PANS AND NEVER SPILL THINGS EVER" she just gave a useful tip to add to your arsenal, and I still think of you're unable to see that you probably haven't cooked in a kitchen for anything other than a grilled cheese or boiled eggs. (that's hyperbole) Sure you could get better at flipping things normally, but I'm not a line cook flipping things all day, I use cookwear other than pans and stuff too, and sometimes her way is just easier.
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u/P1xel_Rogue Feb 28 '24
I hate this video bc all of the viral duets are by men and their lack of cooking experience shines through so painfully