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Are you itching for a new pancake war? :-)
by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 09:37:11 AM EST
What is it with pancakes anyway ? sicky sweet nastiness. Give me a beer anyday

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 09:45:55 AM EST
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I quite agree.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 09:49:29 AM EST
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Have it with lemon juice then!

Ad astra per aspera
by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 10:24:29 AM EST
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While in no wish wishing to ignite pancake controversy.... ;-)

The point is Calvinistic: play must be balanced by work, pleasure balanced by pain, sweetness by the sour, and fat must be balanced by acids. You don't go loading sweetness on sweetness, calories on calories, with your disgusting maple syrup. You BALANCE ;-)

I shall now retire before the sugar fundamentalists come out to play ;-)

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 11:55:34 AM EST
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the maple syrup controversy. Maple syrup (real maple syrup) was the second most important gift of aboriginal Americans to the European invaders (maize was number one).

The trick is not to make sweet pancakes - just eggs, flour, milk, wheat germ, brewer's yeast, and vanilla. And, per Fran, et al., crepe style.

paul spencer

by paul spencer (spencerinthegorge AT yahoo DOT com) on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 11:59:18 AM EST
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Paul, if you want to be the peace maker in this controversy, you are putting yourself in a difficult position. :-)
by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 12:01:34 PM EST
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I am not a fan of maple syrup.  But I bought a bottle a couple of years back to make a Christmas recipe (that turned out to be too sweet to eat) and the leftover syrup was still in the cupboard come Shrove Tuesday.

The teensiest drizzle on pancakes (proper ones), however, with a generous squeezing of lemon juice...mmmmmm....

by Sassafras on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 12:47:39 PM EST
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Maple Syrup has a bitter metallic aftertaste to it, and I cannot stand it.  I have some weird tongue thing, I think, probably genetic or something.

Fake American syrup is just fine, and I quite like it.  I love slathering it over thick whole grain blueberry pancakes, for a massive shocking sweetness.  I love sweet things.

But sadly, real Maple Syrup is becoming more and more popular, and more and more common at restaurants in the US.  Given the massive snob quotient that comes with it, I get some odd looks when asking if I can get some fake/regular syrup instead of the maple.

by Zwackus on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 07:04:00 PM EST
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Ahh, so you blame natural maple syrup for being the bionic man/person?  (;

Our knowledge has surpassed our wisdom. -Charu Saxena.
by metavision on Sun Sep 7th, 2008 at 10:30:51 AM EST
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So the french thing of adding butter and sugar to crepes - out?
by MarekNYC on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 12:09:26 PM EST
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Lemon juice and sugar!

Ad astra per aspera
by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 12:19:31 PM EST
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(Pssst In Wales... hold back with the sugar additions, you're weakening my position ;-))

You can't be me, I'm taken
by Sven Triloqvist on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 12:28:20 PM EST
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Did you notice I put some marmite for you in the photoblog?  I'll have my sugar, thank you.

Ad astra per aspera
by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 01:09:02 PM EST
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As long as you didn't put the Marmite in the pancake mix.
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 02:48:06 PM EST
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Bleh, yuk.

Ad astra per aspera
by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sun Sep 7th, 2008 at 05:21:58 AM EST
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And I was just thinking -'hmm interesting'

You can't be me, I'm taken
by Sven Triloqvist on Sun Sep 7th, 2008 at 03:11:12 PM EST
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time and time again by the experiential qualities of taste. I'm just crazy about a thick cut marmalade that my m-in-law made. Why? Because it takes me back to every jar of Dundee my mother ever purchased.

You can't be me, I'm taken
by Sven Triloqvist on Sun Sep 7th, 2008 at 03:42:41 PM EST
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I am more for the crepes, the way my grandmother used to make them. The simplest version, she just put some sugar on them and rolled them. But they could also be filled with any kind compote, or be part of the meal filled ground meat.
by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 10:38:42 AM EST
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I've been meaning to write a pancake blog and have been saving this... but the horror of it... well, let's just say I can relate to the cartoon - IHOP is soul-crushing.  You may as well know the worst...

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Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes

by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 04:19:13 PM EST
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French toast - nice day or two old challah bread, briefly soaked in eggs and milk, if you like add cinnamon and/or sugar as well. Saute in generous quantities of butter. Add maple syrup and fresh fruit. Serve. Go back to sleep.
by MarekNYC on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 04:22:34 PM EST
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A little vanilla is really nice, too.

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes
by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 04:36:42 PM EST
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That's our brave Izzy!  And just before the meetup, too.

Our knowledge has surpassed our wisdom. -Charu Saxena.
by metavision on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 04:41:43 PM EST
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Yes, I'm going to have my work cut out for me!  Things have gotten VERY out of hand on this blog.  

Luckily, I'm more persuasive in person.  I'm pretty sure I could have everyone converted in a weekend, but the lead lemoneer, Sven, won't be there, so...

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes

by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 04:49:09 PM EST
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Iz in yr pankeik

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 05:17:01 PM EST
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Mmmmmmm . . . IHOP.  There used to be some in Japan, but sadly the franchisee here had a dispute with the home company, and they all closed.  Sadness.
by Zwackus on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 07:04:53 PM EST
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