man thats just lazy, shes using the soda in place of bicarb ;\ disgusting
a good pancake is rubbery and flexible... light but not aerated.... when u put salt and aeration into a pancake it becomes a pikelet (and i find them damn near inedible)...
imho the thinner the better - thick, aerated pikelets are like uncooked bread, which is a total degustation misnomer
-d