On 29/01/2013 1:24 PM, gtr wrote:

> I eat both French toast and pancakes with a drizzle of molasses. Though
> I spent my early years in Oklahoma and Texas, I was relatively surprised
> that molasses simply could not be found at Norm's, Denny's or even
> IHOP. That makes no sense to me.
>
> So I only eat it thataway at home. At restaurants I sulk.
>


I rarely get either in restaurants. They are almost always a
disappointment, and especially disappointing in places that specialize
in pancakes. I was raised with a decent syrup hat was a mix of real
maple and artificial. I later developed a taste for real maple. The
pancakes and french toast in restaurants are disappointing in their own
right, but the horrible syrup served with them makes them even worse.
There is one local place that has acceptable pancakes, but not as good
as my home made.

Dave Smith wrote about pancakes and French toast:

> I rarely get either in restaurants. They are almost always a
> disappointment, and especially disappointing in places that specialize in
> pancakes.

The absolute worst pancakes, the utter bottom of the barrel, are the ones
cooked up and served by the U. S. Navy. They've got a magical power: When
you pour syrup on them, the syrup simply disappears, and the pancakes still
taste like sawdust. Now, clueless AOL newbie Sheldon "Pussy" Katz claims to
have been a cook in that selfsame navy, so maybe he can answer this: Pussy,
what do you *do* to make those pancakes so bad?

Bob

On 2013-01-30 03:19:58 +0000, Bob Terwilliger said:

> Dave Smith wrote about pancakes and French toast:
>
>> I rarely get either in restaurants. They are almost always a
>> disappointment, and especially disappointing in places that specialize
>> in pancakes.
>
> The absolute worst pancakes, the utter bottom of the barrel, are the
> ones cooked up and served by the U. S. Navy. They've got a magical
> power: When you pour syrup on them, the syrup simply disappears, and
> the pancakes still taste like sawdust.

I once had a girlfriend who, at my pleading, made buckwheat cakes. My
mom had made them and I like them plenty, again with molasses. My
girlfriend's hotcakes did have that curious quality of being amazingly
absorptive and texturally unpleasant.

gtr wrote:

> I once had a girlfriend who, at my pleading, made buckwheat cakes. My
> mom had made them and I like them plenty, again with molasses. My
> girlfriend's hotcakes did have that curious quality of being amazingly
> absorptive and texturally unpleasant.

As Terw pointed out, Shelley aims for that used-condom texture.

Bob Terwilliger wrote:

> The absolute worst pancakes, the utter bottom of the barrel, are the ones
> cooked up and served by the U. S. Navy. They've got a magical power: When
> you pour syrup on them, the syrup simply disappears, and the pancakes still
> taste like sawdust. Now, clueless AOL newbie Sheldon "Pussy" Katz claims to
> have been a cook in that selfsame navy, so maybe he can answer this: Pussy,
> what do you *do* to make those pancakes so bad?

Would you say you're pushing Shelley's buttons or lighting his fuse?

On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:17:51 -0500, George M. Middius
> wrote:

>Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>
>> The absolute worst pancakes, the utter bottom of the barrel, are the ones
>> cooked up and served by the U. S. Navy. They've got a magical power: When
>> you pour syrup on them, the syrup simply disappears, and the pancakes still
>> taste like sawdust. Now, clueless AOL newbie Sheldon "Pussy" Katz claims to
>> have been a cook in that selfsame navy, so maybe he can answer this: Pussy,
>> what do you *do* to make those pancakes so bad?
>
>Would you say you're pushing Shelley's buttons or lighting his fuse?
>

We may never find out. Sheldon has not been able to post to
newsgroups for a few days.

On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:54:18 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

> On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:17:51 -0500, George M. Middius
> > wrote:
>
> >Bob Terwilliger wrote:
> >
> >> The absolute worst pancakes, the utter bottom of the barrel, are the ones
> >> cooked up and served by the U. S. Navy. They've got a magical power: When
> >> you pour syrup on them, the syrup simply disappears, and the pancakes still
> >> taste like sawdust. Now, clueless AOL newbie Sheldon "Pussy" Katz claims to
> >> have been a cook in that selfsame navy, so maybe he can answer this: Pussy,
> >> what do you *do* to make those pancakes so bad?
> >
> >Would you say you're pushing Shelley's buttons or lighting his fuse?
> >
>
> We may never find out. Sheldon has not been able to post to
> newsgroups for a few days.

I've seen gravesend@verizon even today.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:54:18 -0500, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:17:51 -0500, George M. Middius
> wrote:
>>
>>Would you say you're pushing Shelley's buttons or lighting his fuse.
>
>We may never find out. Sheldon has not been able to post to
>newsgroups for a few days.

I was able to post starting yesterday PM... Forte Agent's latest
upgrade is experiencing server problems, still.

Bob Terwilliger wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote about pancakes and French toast:
>
>> I rarely get either in restaurants. They are almost always a
>> disappointment, and especially disappointing in places that specialize
>> in pancakes.
>
> The absolute worst pancakes, the utter bottom of the barrel, are the
> ones cooked up and served by the U. S. Navy. They've got a magical
> power: When you pour syrup on them, the syrup simply disappears, and the
> pancakes still taste like sawdust. [snip]

That's interesting. My daughter has spoken many times over the
years of pancakes that were as dry as sawdust, which she ate in
New Mexico. I wonder whether the chef was Navy-trained?

Dave Smith wrote:
> On 29/01/2013 1:24 PM, gtr wrote:
>
>> I eat both French toast and pancakes with a drizzle of molasses. Though
>> I spent my early years in Oklahoma and Texas, I was relatively surprised
>> that molasses simply could not be found at Norm's, Denny's or even
>> IHOP. That makes no sense to me.
>>
>> So I only eat it thataway at home. At restaurants I sulk.
>>
>
>
> I rarely get either in restaurants. They are almost always a
> disappointment, and especially disappointing in places that specialize
> in pancakes. I was raised with a decent syrup hat was a mix of real
> maple and artificial. I later developed a taste for real maple. The
> pancakes and french toast in restaurants are disappointing in their own
> right, but the horrible syrup served with them makes them even worse.
> There is one local place that has acceptable pancakes, but not as good
> as my home made.
>
Ah, back when my daughter and I would go out for breakfast, we
brought our own syrup as self-defense.

On Sun, 03 Feb 2013 23:28:53 -0500, "Jean B." > wrote:

> Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 29/01/2013 1:24 PM, gtr wrote:
> >
> >> I eat both French toast and pancakes with a drizzle of molasses. Though
> >> I spent my early years in Oklahoma and Texas, I was relatively surprised
> >> that molasses simply could not be found at Norm's, Denny's or even
> >> IHOP. That makes no sense to me.
> >>
> >> So I only eat it thataway at home. At restaurants I sulk.
> >>
> >
> >
> > I rarely get either in restaurants. They are almost always a
> > disappointment, and especially disappointing in places that specialize
> > in pancakes. I was raised with a decent syrup hat was a mix of real
> > maple and artificial. I later developed a taste for real maple. The
> > pancakes and french toast in restaurants are disappointing in their own
> > right, but the horrible syrup served with them makes them even worse.
> > There is one local place that has acceptable pancakes, but not as good
> > as my home made.
> >
> Ah, back when my daughter and I would go out for breakfast, we
> brought our own syrup as self-defense.
>
I don't get it. Why bother eating out if that's the case?

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On 03/02/2013 11:32 PM, sf wrote:
>as my home made.
>>>
>> Ah, back when my daughter and I would go out for breakfast, we
>> brought our own syrup as self-defense.
>>
> I don't get it. Why bother eating out if that's the case?
>
Especially when it is the most expensive ingredient.

On Sun, 03 Feb 2013 23:28:53 -0500, "Jean B." > wrote:

>Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 29/01/2013 1:24 PM, gtr wrote:
>>
>>> I eat both French toast and pancakes with a drizzle of molasses. Though
>>> I spent my early years in Oklahoma and Texas, I was relatively surprised
>>> that molasses simply could not be found at Norm's, Denny's or even
>>> IHOP. That makes no sense to me.
>>>
>>> So I only eat it thataway at home. At restaurants I sulk.
>>>
>>
>>
>> I rarely get either in restaurants. They are almost always a
>> disappointment, and especially disappointing in places that specialize
>> in pancakes. I was raised with a decent syrup hat was a mix of real
>> maple and artificial. I later developed a taste for real maple. The
>> pancakes and french toast in restaurants are disappointing in their own
>> right, but the horrible syrup served with them makes them even worse.
>> There is one local place that has acceptable pancakes, but not as good
>> as my home made.
>>
>Ah, back when my daughter and I would go out for breakfast, we
>brought our own syrup as self-defense.
>
There used to be a truck stop on the Interstate about 50 miles from
here. Just about everyone was willing to make the trip to eat there.
They made everything from scratch. My husband always had the
pancakes. There were three of them the size of dinner plates on the
plate. They were perfectly moist. I always got the biscuits and
gravy. The portions for each came on a platter. There was real
sausage in the gravy. They made their own pies (20 different kinds)
The truck stop was small then. Then it grew, and grew, and grew until
it was a typical Interstate truck stop with showers for truckers,
stalls for 50 trucks to fuel up, phones at every table, gift shop,
yadda, yadda, yadda. Then it burned down and was never replaced.

We still reminisce about that great place.

Janet US