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?

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