Pass the Syrup.

[trista]

So the other day The fontosaurus and I were talking about the horror that is syrup. He was telling me about a pancake that can absorb up to two gallons of the horrid goop.

The trista: Syrup is vile. It is an abomination. A crime against god and nature.

The fontosaurus: Syrup is wonderful! A pancake is merely the vessel for the syrup.

The trista: Why would you defile

Comments

[oxlahun]

Let's be clear here, before I get all New Englandy on you. Are we talking about real maple syrup, Grade A Dark Amber, boiled down that morning; or are we talking about nasty slimy artificially flavored corn syrup, purchased in a plastic bottle shaped like some horribly antiquated racial or regional stereotype?

[birdofparadox]

Damn right!

Deirdra, syrup snob.

[oxlahun]

How on earth do you get good syrup in Jackson?

[trista]

Ugh. Does it matter?

[birdofparadox]

what do you eat on pancakes?

[trista]

Butter! Perhaps jam, or perhaps a squidge of lemon juice and a little sprinkle of sugar. Mostly, though, just butter. The way pancakes were meant to be eaten.

[nilsigma]

Butter? Dear God, the colonies ... freshly squeezed lemon juice and the merest hint of sugar thank you.

[trista]

Yes, butter! And then the squidge of lemon juice and the tiny sprinkle of sugar. Mmmmm.

[geekjul]

I like syrup, but I put it far far away from the pancakes and then gently dip into it with each bite. I can't let the syrup actually reside on the pancakes because then they would get s*ggy. (Cannot even bear to type that word.)

[trista]

Sometimes I suppose it is okay to make a small, isolated puddle and perhaps dip just the tiniest corner of a piece of french toast into it. But never a pancake.

[wurmwyd]

Hi there!

Yes, but do you pronnounce it like: "Seer-up", "Suh-rup", or "Syr-up"?? (or just "Srup"?)

The one thing my wife and I will never be able to reconcile in our marriage is the proper pronnunciation of "syrup"

[fontosaurus]

"Seer-up."

[trista]

I say pronounce it "sir up." How do you pronounce it? How does she?

[wurmwyd]

Hi there!

Charlene is fontosaurus, and I'm you. [nods]

We should swap ... :P

[rebecoming]

I like maple syrup, but if I use it - I just use a little. I mostly like buttery stuff on pancakes - or maybe peanut butter.

Ohhh, I had really good "peanut butter pancakes" a couple weeks ago. They're pancakes made with peanut butter chips in them. I had them at the same place that makes really, really good corn pancakes.

Well, that's enough from me!

Hey - is it actually a fact that a pancake can absorb 2 gallons of syrup?? Or is that hyperbole?

[trista]

OMG, peanut butter! I bet that's good. I'll have to remember to try it.

[trista]

I think it was actually something like two pints, but still. That is entirely too much sugar goo. Ugh.