The key to good, fluffy-as-fuck pancakes is buttermilk.  Buttermilk is, at it’s heart curdled milk.  It’s super easy to make and there’s basically no reason to pony up for the pre-ruined stuff.  Here are a few simple but fab tips for making your own buttermilk AND non-dairy buttermilk:

• You can sour your milk with basically anything acidic, but I prefer lemon or lime juice.  It goes fast and doesn’t give your pancakes a sour taste.  The most common alternative to this is vinegar.

• Ratios for lemon or lime juice: 3/4 cup milk, 2 tablespoons juice.
• Ratios for vinegar: 1 cup milk, 1 tablespoon vinegar.

• Fat content in the milk does not matter.  I use 1% because I want skim and my partner wants full fat, but do whatever youse feel.

• You can sour soy milk with the same ratios listed above!  The pancakes will be slightly less fluffy, but still wonderful.  I am more than happy to have this when a non-dairy friend comes by.

Take these notes and go out and make amazing, fucking fluffy pancakes.  You can never go wrong with these at a bitchin’ American brunch!