no you do not need baking powder for pancakes only pancake mix and milk and eggs and then cook it for 20 min if on a stove.
If you combine baking soda with an acid you can neutralize it and turn it into baking powder. If baking powder is unavailable, sometimes cooks will substitute baking soda and a proportional quantity...
You don't. They two diff things. Sorry.
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hmmm maybe because it is a part of the compound maybe?! lol..........