So we used a coffee mug for a cup measurement and a small spoon for a teaspoon. But soon enough, I ended up just adding whatever ingredient I thought we needed until the pancakes turned out closer to what they were supposed to. I did bring measuring cups from the US to Norway, just in case I needed them for an occasion like this, but me, being the genius I am, left them at home when I walked to my friend's house to make them... So therefor, it required some improvisation.
The ingredients were no easy task to find either. First of all Norway does not sell the powder pancake/waffle mix the you just have to add water and oil to; so we had no choice but to make it from scratch Which, by the way, if you ask me, is the better tasting option anyway. So as I told you, we did not think of buying buttermilk on Saturday because we were not completely sure that we were making pancakes today anyway. So instead we just used whole milk and added some butter in. Adding the butter didn't work out very well. Our pancakes were quite flat, but they were also really moist and we didn't need to add butter or nonstick spray to the pan before we cooked them. Then we needed baking soda. Baking soda is nearly impossible to find in the country of Norway. In fact, we actually found it when we went on a trip to Sweden. You need to go to a big grocery store and also look very closely. It is not in a big orange box, like it is in the US, no. It is in a very small white and yellow container that if you walk a little to fast or you happen to blink when you are walking down the aisle, you will miss the section it is in. Then we added the salt, the flour, and the egg (those are normal ingredients in Norway). We also ended up finding the maple syrup we used in Sweden also. Just know that if you try to make American food in Norway, you are probably better off grocery shopping in Sweden...
Our pancakes were not as fluffy as the usual American pancake, but they tasted good. So I guess it all worked out in the end!
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