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On the way down to Virginia, somehow in our rush to get ready, pack the car and just get on the road. I forgot to eat lunch. Driving down through Connecticut, New York and then New Jersey; my stomach didn’t even growl once. It wasn’t until we hit sundown and snow started to fall in Delaware, and driving got harder, that my tummy started to rumble. My hubby talked into his phone; summoning Siri, asking her where the nearest IHOP was located. The nearest International House of Pancakes was perfectly located just 3 miles off I-95; easy on, easy off. We pulled in and we both ordered a small stack with coffee. There are those times when pancakes just seem to hit the perfect spot; a pat of butter on top that I split into small pieces and applied those little pieces on each of the five layers of pancake and then, of course, a boatload of maple syrup; not the pure stuff from Canada, no, the thick sugary sweet stuff that you find in the supermarket. My throat is always irritated and for the few minutes that I eat pancakes loaded with the sweet syrup, the soft pancake swaddled in syrup just glides down my throat and makes it feel so much better. It was a very satisfying dinner, especially with the snowfall and the cold. The pancakes with the coffee, really hit the spot.
Breakfast for dinner — yay!
Every once in a while, breakfast makes the best type of dinner 🙂
You stopped in my state (DE). Glad you enjoyed the pancakes, breakfast for dinner is always a good choice!
The Delaware Memorial Bridge is one of my favorite bridges of all time. The weather was so bad that we couldn’t even see it. IHOP does make the best pancakes. Thanks for commenting! 😀
You had me at ‘forgot to eat lunch’. I don’t understand what that means. I have no comprehension of that kind of behaviour. I don’t get it.
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I know, it is not a French thing to do. It happens from time to time but only when I am with my hubby during the day. He never eats lunch, unless he is out with his colleagues. At home I don’t forget it, but when he is all a go-go, thoughts of food disappear and hurry, hurry is what is on my mind. The pancakes did make up for it, they were so very yummy and made my tummy very happy.
Glad you got the right snack. Already I am thinking about pancake day 2014…
I was thinking of you and your pancake trials while I was eating my short stack. I look forward to your pancake day. 🙂 Whoever invented the pancake did the world a favor, they are just so tasty going down.
I don’t know if I can bring myself to go through the ritual humiliation that Pancake day brings. It falls on my birthday this year. I’ll maybe go out for pancakes…
Yes definitely go out for pancakes!!
This reminds me of growing up, we either ate at our family restaurant or made breakfast for dinner EGGS.
Childhood memories involving food are always the most special, I think it’s because sharing food triggers something in our brains and associates feelings with love and appreciation. 🙂