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.