I don't get the metaphor. Does it mean the first pancake in the batch? I haven't ever noticed a problem. (Sometimes I do a full-pan mega-pancake where I only m

I don't get the metaphor. Does it mean the first pancake in the batch? I haven't ever noticed a problem. (Sometimes I do a full-pan mega-pancake where I only make one pancake.) Or the first time someone tries making pancakes? But isn't that true of a lot of things you make the first time? I assume the first, as in "Gotta get your sea legs" or Brooks' "Build one to throw away" (with the followup "second-system effect".) ... Oh, I'm an old fart. It's a phrase, like https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=first%20pancake https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=first%20panc... from 10 years ago. FWIW, follow the advice at https://www.quora.com/Why-do-you-have-to-throw-out-the-first-pancake?share=1 https://www.quora.com/Why-do-you-have-to-throw-out-the-first... - make sure the pan is up to temp, don't use much grease (I use butter), and give the leavening time to act.