Pre-made dough... that is definitely a smart short-cut for something like that. [The kinds of conveniences that are available on the Near Shore are truly amazing!] I'll have to remember to try my own hand at it sometime, I bet they were really tasty.

[As for that second comment;] I'd imagine for the same reason you might make a competition out of anything else. Show off your skills, or push your abilities past their limits. Competition can foster some pretty intense growth, after all, and learning off an opponent with a different skill set can always be useful.

[Let's go ahead and finish loosening up her own pancake now. Flipping it with these tiny spatulas is still something she's not confident with, but the only way to learn is to keep trying. She positions the spatulas under the food, steadies herself and...!

The execution is a little sloppy, but the pancake is, at the very least, completely turned over. Nice!]