Some call it rage bait, but this social media chef says scrambled pancakes started as a fun kitchen experiment. On June 11, TikToker Archived Chef (@archivedchef) to her account that got thousands and thousands of people talking. In the clip, which has amassed more than 20 million views, the home cook sarcastically instructs her audience to make a peculiar riff on a breakfast staple.
“Don’t take this the wrong way but you’ve been making pancakes wrong your whole life,” the creator said in her now-viral clip. “Did you know that you’re supposed to scramble them just like how you would scramble eggs?” The TikToker first pours pancake batter onto a nonstick pan before quickly flipping over the lightly browned flapjack and breaking it apart with a spatula, forming pancake pieces in various shapes and sizes. “It’s so much easier this way, you don’t have to worry about getting the perfect circle or whatever,” she says, tossing the bits of cooked dough around in her pan.
She says to make sure most of the pieces are golden brown before plating. “I added powdered sugar, whipped cream, blueberries and, of course, some syrup on top,” the TikToker continued. “As you can see, it even looks much better than regular pancakes would.
Like, tell me that does not look good.” As it turns out, Archived Chef was spoofing viewers the whole time. “Psych! Do not try this and it was good,” she said, to close out the video as syrup dribbled down a mountain of pancake ru.